First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[JRNash]

If I'm counting right I should start getting eggs around December.

 

[Red Nugget]

Can't you just kill a gator that is doing or about to do damage? ie Kill your birds?

That is the law up here, we can kill a wild animal that is doing damage, about to do damage or harassing livestock, (chickens are livestock).

They are protected here. I can only kill it if it threatens people. I can however kill the bobcat and coyote coons and other such vermon.

 

[JRNash]

Red Nugget,what happens in Vegas....

 

[duluthralphie]

Red Nugget,what happens in Vegas....

Soooo the three S's apply..


Shoot shovel and shut up

 

[JRNash]

Ralph you just made Dr.Pepper come out my nose!!!

 

[JRNash]

It burns!!!

 

[Red Nugget]

Ralph, I am so very sorry I have caused such sadness for you, JJ and Ethel.  And that I have caused your turkeys to drink.  That especially makes me sad.
I need a cocktail now.

I am cracking up though!  Awesome answers and welcome to the clan Peep!

Jessica- I would vote for you if you ran for president!

Red Nugget- Ummm... I would not let my kids catch gators!  Or maybe I would, if that was the norm. 

That is my neighbor Wendy's son Nathan. He does the catching usually with his dad. They are survivalist types. Bert is my 28 year old And I can't stop him.

 

[LindaB220]

I'm following the posts about commercial feed "rules" vs. chickens fending for themselves and scraps, and guess what came in the mail today? A reprinted copy of the 1941 UK publication "Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps". I found out about it over on Rabbitalk (discussion over there related to issues with poor quality commercial pellets and potential for natural feed). Got it from Amazon.

Lots of non-feeding info on care of chickens/rabbits mixed in, but contains a very interesting discussion of wartime/postwar ration rules of chicken feed (chicks, layers), how to supplement it with scraps, how to encourage the chickens to find as much of their own food as possible from early chickhood, how to best manage a grass run so the greens they forage in are most nutritious, how to choose when to cull annually, etc.

E.g.: "Prewar, a layer's rations consisted of 2 oz. of corn and 2-1/2 oz of layer's mash a day... Under post-war conditions poultry keepers with not over 25 birds receive only just over 2 oz. of Balancer meal (laying mash) daily per bird and no corn on the surrender (at some periods) of egg registrations... [then a paragraph on how you apply for and obtain the rations]. But 2 oz. of Balancer meal per day is not sufficient for a layer as indicated from the pre-war ration..." Then, "A Pullet's Complete Daily Ration: This 2 oz represents one small teacup. With it must be mixed about 8 oz. of minced kitchen scraps, potatoes and vegetables. This is the equivalent of a 1/2 pint glass and with the tea-cup of meal forms a laying hen's complete daily ration..." (And then follows a very detailed discussion of what you can use to feed and how to prepare.) 

I just got it, but it looks to be REALLY interesting...(There's a whole bit about how to best use acorns, for instance).

Looks like I have yet one more book for the bedside table stack! 

- Ant Farm

I love these old kinds of books. You can learn a lot from. And a yeah, "Hello, my name is Linda and I am a Kindle addict.". Lol

Found a new tipple. Barnett's Vodka with whipping cream flavor. Add to white grape juice and water makes a mighty tasty drink.

 

[Red Nugget]

Vodka up mine. I can't stop laughing.

 

[LindaB220]

Well, I spend the day drinking, wasted my whole day,,,,, I was so depresses when I heard MM was not coming to Duluth this summer, I just started binge drinking. I went out and sat with JJ and Ethel and told them, they were heartbroken and each one took a Mikes..........


I take some solace in knowing MM will be feeling guilty as sin for what she has done to the 3 of us...

Ralphie, I love ya!! Funniest post ever. Lol