Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

Weirdest 1st pullet egg ever, lol... it literally has a perfect spiral all around to the pointed end...

tooo kewl!!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Thats what she sai.....

 

[Alaskan]

DH's dog is still missing. I think I failed to mention that. Also, as some of you know, this is not my first go around with Pepper (the dog) attacking the chickens. UGH! It most worries me that now she is at large and who knows what will happen. One time she was gone nearly a week and when she came back, she had whip worm. She adds much stress to my life.....

You all have a good day!

I hate stuff like that

I saw on that tv show 'Dirty Jobs' where he went to a turkey farm. Well those big white turkeys can't breed naturally so they gave him a bottle with a straw going in and one going out. They made him suck the sperm into the bottle with his mouth. Gross!!
I think I would invest in some sort of battery operated one.

that is just SO WRONG!

Looks like Sharps is making good progress in the bathroom

achem, I meant TMI

Wohoo, just didnt work on the mobile version!@Alaskan

that looks like loads of work... but how do you keep it from getting wet?

That is one of the "args" of heating with wood... it takes up a giant amount of space in the garage since we try to store at least 4 full cords in there.

 

[Beer can]

Is it hard wood? That really gets Alaskan going when you have hard wood, that's all we burn around here. Alaskan only has soft wood.
We use the soft wood for sending to paper mills, lumber, telephone poles, we have tons of it, but we also have tons of hard wood. I split some birch today, that stuff smells yummy. Shame I'm still feeding the wood boiler this time of year. But it is nice I'm only feeding it once a day instead of three. It was 28F last night.

 

[Beer can]

My dad always had a wood shed. I sometimes build one big pile and throw a tarp over it. I don't really have to the wood boiler dries it out. But it nice to keep the snow and ice off it.

 

[Beer can]

@RavynFallen
That is one cool egg, I'd keep it. Blow it out and save it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

@RavynFallen
That is one cool egg, I'd keep it. Blow it out and save it.

Not a bad idea... thinkin' I'm gonna... it already looks like one of those twisted xmas ornaments...

 

[BriardChickens]

Is it hard wood? That really gets Alaskan going when you have hard wood, that's all we burn around here. Alaskan only has soft wood.
We use the soft wood for sending to paper mills, lumber, telephone poles, we have tons of it, but we also have tons of hard wood. I split some birch today, that stuff smells yummy. Shame I'm still feeding the wood boiler this time of year. But it is nice I'm only feeding it once a day instead of three. It was 28F last night.

mostly poplar, some birch and a little bit of pine.

The poplar isn't doing so well here, the stems rot from the inside out.



Confession: I know I said I wouldn't candle my eggs until may 7. But... Looks like 6/7 eggs are developing. Those eggs were set Thursday night. Go Ancona's!!

In the meantime by "broody" escaped from her eggs today. They felt cold when I got there but since I set those yesterday, all shouldn't be lost.

 

[BriardChickens]

Lol!

 

[Alaskan]

Is it hard wood? That really gets Alaskan going when you have hard wood, that's all we burn around here. Alaskan only has soft wood.
We use the soft wood for sending to paper mills, lumber, telephone poles, we have tons of it, but we also have tons of hard wood. I split some birch today, that stuff smells yummy. Shame I'm still feeding the wood boiler this time of year. But it is nice I'm only feeding it once a day instead of three. It was 28F last night.

Yes, I am always bummed that all I have is soft wood!

But, soft wood or hard wood, it is always better if it is DRY!

And actually, a tarp over the pile isn't the best, since it can get condensation under there, and wick up the moisture from the ground....

Best outside storage is you put down a row of pallets, stack the wood on the pallets, and put plywood on top of the stack. You need the stack in a sheltered place so the wind doesn't blow the snow and rain sideways into the stack.

But stacked outside, you get air on the sides and in between the wood, it helps it dry super well.

The amount of heat that you get from SUPER dry wood is monumentally greater than from wood that has gotten wet.

Quote: I too vote to keep it forever.

If you are worried that you will not be able to blow it out correctly... then DON'T, keep it as is. If you can manage to keep it without cracking, it will actually keep evaporating until everything inside is totally dried up.

My mom has one like that in Houston... super humid down there, and it still worked for her.