Dixie Chicks

[minihorse927]

It keeps the whole cage 80 and the area under the light is 93

 

[Amberjem]

well day four of putting the cherry tomatoe outside...............it's doing good.. I planted three more on the slope...am going to do a row of tomatoes right along the drive way strip on the slope...also got some artichokes into the ground on the slope...yanked a buncha blackberry roots, and uncovered a jungle nest of ivy vines...gonna have to hack the suckers out

 

[NotAFarm]

Quote: She has a very large garden area fenced behind a 6 foot fence. Inside are two chicken coops, fruit trees, berry patch, etc. Inside that is a garden area (surrounded by another 6 ft wire fence) that she plants her veggies in. The outer fence is for the deer, the inner fence is to keep the chickens out of the veggie garden. Around the base of the veggie fence she puts the "flakes" of clean wheat straw to prevent the grass from growing into the garden area. She doesn't scattered the straw but lays it out by the whole "flake". She also puts a row of the flakes along the inside of the fence to extend the "barrier". The wire is zip-tied to metal t-posts and at the end of the season, she cuts the zip-ties and rakes the straw into the dying veggies. The chickens "till" it for her and she adds any coop litter she may have along the way. The chickens continue their job until spring when she tills it and puts the fence back up. She has a wonderful garden each year and shares with those that have a pick-up and help her haul straw

I think I can start mowing the lawn soon too. We would need a bit of rain though, it's pretty dry... We got a bit last night, but not much.

We have had the perfect combination of rain and warm to get the grass looking good. It has been cooler this week but it is time for a cut. We are forecast for rain on Saturday, so today or tomorrow it has to be done.

I hope the bunny babies are okay. They won't come out of the hole until they are hungry enough to search for food.

 

[Amberjem]

She has a very large garden area fenced behind a 6 foot fence. Inside are two chicken coops, fruit trees, berry patch, etc. Inside that is a garden area (surrounded by another 6 ft wire fence) that she plants her veggies in. The outer fence is for the deer, the inner fence is to keep the chickens out of the veggie garden. Around the base of the veggie fence she puts the "flakes" of clean wheat straw to prevent the grass from growing into the garden area. She doesn't scattered the straw but lays it out by the whole "flake". She also puts a row of the flakes along the inside of the fence to extend the "barrier". The wire is zip-tied to metal t-posts and at the end of the season, she cuts the zip-ties and rakes the straw into the dying veggies. The chickens "till" it for her and she adds any coop litter she may have along the way. The chickens continue their job until spring when she tills it and puts the fence back up. She has a wonderful garden each year and shares with those that have a pick-up and help her haul straw

We have had the perfect combination of rain and warm to get the grass looking good. It has been cooler this week but it is time for a cut. We are forecast for rain on Saturday, so today or tomorrow it has to be done.

I hope the bunny babies are okay. They won't come out of the hole until they are hungry enough to search for food.

nice sounds great be interesting to see

 

[Beer can]

My phone camera sucks. You can't see how hard the snow was blowing or the pair of pretty wild ducks, the snow did block out the view of my neighbors huge pond past ours though. I hate snow!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Good morning from a rainy Northern Alberta! Could be worse: snow.

Checked the tracking on my ancona duck eggs: supposed to arrive today!!! e Just started my incubator which made me wonder...

Water: I filled one half of the water hole with tab water which comes from our well(ours is terrible, high iron and arsenic for example) Should I be using bottled (filtered, bought) water?

If you're worried about it, then I'd go with bought water... especially if it has arsenic in it... miniscule amounts may not seem bad, but wouldn't want it enclosed with eggs in a bator...

 

[minihorse927]

If you're worried about it, then I'd go with bought water... especially if it has arsenic in it... miniscule amounts may not seem bad, but wouldn't want it enclosed with eggs in a bator...

yeah, I think I'd go with bottled.
oops, meant to quote @BriardChickens

 

[Beer can]

Arsenic! I hope you are not drinking it! We had our water tested for heavy metals and bacteria. I think it cost $40.I was concerned when we moved into this 100+ yr old house cause the well pump is in the cellar with a plastic pipe going to it, and a copper pipe coming out of the wall AND a lead pipe! Water was good. Turns out the lead pipe is just stil stuck in the stone foundation.

 

[minihorse927]

Well 6 ducklings should be sold. They just wanted egg layers so I sexed out the overmarked girls.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Well 6 ducklings should be sold. They just wanted egg layers so I sexed out the overmarked girls.

Sooo how big do the drakes get?