I agree with them being extremely expensive and small capacity. Temperature tends to be extremely stable but the one that borrowed to try was absolutely terrible when it came to humidity.
I'm a huge fan of GQF brand and have 3 of them. Much cheaper, higher capacity and once set up, very stable
Don't have one, or I'd never have bothered with the one I made out of an old storage tote. Just what I've gleaned from too many hours spent paging thru the notes, old threads, and Google.....
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Wonderful! Nice dog, yours? Hello Pensmaster! Happy birthday to your Dad, enjoy the family visit! I hope you are about done with that cold/flu. Sorry you are sick. Drive safely, looking forward to pics. LOL. I sprayed someone in the face with the dogs kennel cough stuff before. I hatched marans and OE together not so long ago.
In case anyone lives in doubt that the yard is full of critters we can't see at night, here's an empty feed pan that was apparently of interest to a 'coon: (Hence, my coops are built like fortresses...) - Ant Farm
If I set traps, I would would have to quit my job with all the time I spent relocating raccoons, only to have new ones, plus possums, skunks, and armadillos come back in, as well as all the neighbors' cats (ok, so I don't think armadillos eat chickens, but they are wrecking the garden!) And I can't keep the 'coons out of the chicken water outside of the coops. I just try to protect the chickens at night and keep the local rat population at bay... - Ant Farm
Yup - and indeed, we can't grow it in the lab. How do we culture it, you may ask? Why injecting it into the foot pads of nine-banded armadillos, of course!!! (Benny, here in South Texas, we've got anthrax, brucellosis, dengue, zika, you name it - it's an interesting place to be a microbiologist!)
That's a good synopsis. Back in the old days when I was growing up, we baled our own hay. Mostly it was timothy, orchard grass and fescue. I think in all the years our horses had hooves trimmed twice. However, they had 100 acres to run with rocky slopes so I'm sure that made a big difference. They almost never went into the barn. We never vaccinated nor did they ever see a vet. My comment that Jerusalem Artichokes were the best source of sugar for alcohol was from a 2 day alcohol fuels seminar put on by the Mother Earth News. They taught how to make alcohol from a wide array of vegetative sources and the yield of each. They also taught how to convert any gasoline engine to run on alcohol. There was a pickup truck, a car, a Harley Davidson and a generator all running on alcohol. After hours of the Harley running on pure alcohol, you could put your hand right on the pipes and it didn't burn. 100 is a good number. Tell him happy birthday from all of us. Mother Earth News did a great in depth study of all the old methods of storage. Some were worse than doing nothing. http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/how-to-store-fresh-eggs-zmaz77ndzgoe
Question on the sugar level of Jerusalem artichokes. Is that processed sugar? I've read they are supposed to be good for diabetics would the sugar level be a contradiction? When I've eaten them they don't taste sweet to me. Told dad hi for everyone. Learned some more family history tonight. Fun night.
It's inulin, a different sort of polysaccharide... Cooking two Quiche Lorraines tonight. They will be chilled, cut into wedges, and each slide frozen individually for single serve dinners. Tomorrow will be the fruit cake (I'm overdue on that - will start soaking the dried fruit in booze tonight) and a kale quiche. And flan. I'm getting cooking done before the holidays, and now that I'm feeling a bit better, I'm on a roll. I feel a bit bad - I've gone from begging friends to take eggs to being very stingy (since they're not laying much, and I'm also saving hatching eggs) - short of seeing the chickens every day, I'm not sure they all quite understand the seasonality for those who don't use lights. (I knew, though, since my farmer who provided by eggs pre-chickens was always low or out this time of year...) - Ant Farm
When I teach about Coch postulate (I hope I write ir right I am sure I don't! ) the Hansen disease is the example I use to show its trikiness (triciness?)
ONLY because you asked (I would never correct you otherwise, your English is so much better than my Hebrew!) - Koch's postulates. (And trickiness). English is a bizarre language, I can't imagine learning it as a second language, and impressed with anyone who does. When I took German, I was astonished at how... LOGICAL... it was! Dutch, too! But yes, you have to be careful with Koch's postulates - that stymied us in the identification of Hepatitis C virus for a long time, for example (a frighteningly common chronic viral infection). Also Whipples disease... - Ant Farm [/quote] Thak you, it is difficult!
I agree with them being extremely expensive and small capacity. Temperature tends to be extremely stable but the one that borrowed to try was absolutely terrible when it came to humidity.
I'm a huge fan of GQF brand and have 3 of them. Much cheaper, higher capacity and once set up, very stable
I hope everyone is well today. I will catch up soon. Have been battling down the hatches, vaccinating goats, putting put hay, etc. as we get freezing rain heading down to three tonight.
I just started a new thread
You might be a red neck if...
I just stood in an open barn blow drying a goat that has been sick so I could put a blanket on her since she was shaking from the mist that has changed to freezing rain as we head down.
The things I have done that I would never have imagined and I laugh imagining the reaction of non animal people I know.
Has anyone heard from @meltel? Are you getting better????
@Fire Ant Farm@Pensmaster Are you guys doing better?
@MotorcycleChick I hope you were able to settle and slept well.
@Beer can@kwhites634 . Sending wishes of big deer to come your way.
@chicken hawk 33That is a beautiful egg.
@Akrnaf2 I hope your visit went well.
@Sally Sunshine Missing you. I hope to hear a funny story from you on my you might be a red neck if... thread.
Wonderful! Nice dog, yours? Hello Pensmaster! Happy birthday to your Dad, enjoy the family visit! I hope you are about done with that cold/flu. Sorry you are sick. Drive safely, looking forward to pics. LOL. I sprayed someone in the face with the dogs kennel cough stuff before. I hatched marans and OE together not so long ago.
Which is why my trap it set at all times.In case anyone lives in doubt that the yard is full of critters we can't see at night, here's an empty feed pan that was apparently of interest to a 'coon:(Hence, my coops are built like fortresses...) - Ant Farm
It's inulin, a different sort of polysaccharide... Cooking two Quiche Lorraines tonight. They will be chilled, cut into wedges, and each slide frozen individually for single serve dinners. Tomorrow will be the fruit cake (I'm overdue on that - will start soaking the dried fruit in booze tonight) and a kale quiche. And flan. I'm getting cooking done before the holidays, and now that I'm feeling a bit better, I'm on a roll.I feel a bit bad - I've gone from begging friends to take eggs to being very stingy (since they're not laying much, and I'm also saving hatching eggs) - short of seeing the chickens every day, I'm not sure they all quite understand the seasonality for those who don't use lights. (I knew, though, since my farmer who provided by eggs pre-chickens was always low or out this time of year...) - Ant Farm
But yes, you have to be careful with Koch's postulates - that stymied us in the identification of Hepatitis C virus for a long time, for example (a frighteningly common chronic viral infection). Also Whipples disease... - Ant Farm [/quote] Thak you, it is difficult!
I hope everyone is well today. I will catch up soon. Have been battling down the hatches, vaccinating goats, putting put hay, etc. as we get freezing rain heading down to three tonight.
. Sending wishes of big deer to come your way.
