Granny's gone and done it again

[jane s chickens]

Went to pick turnip greens & roo had eaten most of them. Watered all plants with miracle grow. No rain for 79 days.

 

[WPFarmstead]

Good morning. I am planning on starting my fermented feed project today. Anyone on here do it? I want the ez way. I dint feel like reading that monster thread on fermenting. We already ferment kefir and kombucha. How hard could it be?

I just dump water into feed till it looks right, leave it for 8 hours, and boom! It starts smelling delish.

I dump water in, too. No need to add anything else. I mix enough in that the grain feed is like sloppy wet cement. Once it sits overnight, it firms up as the grains absorb the liquid. When I'm doing it, I don't let it run empty, just add more feed and water as it runs low. That cuts way back on the time needed to ferment, just like Kombucha.

 

[WPFarmstead]

Hi all! How've ya'll been? I finally got caught back up last night, then I was too tired and had a bit of a headache from staring at the screen to post.

We are having to change all of our plans around for next year and will have little to no egg hatching, because I will be "hatching" one of my own! I'm super excited, we've been trying for 2 years now.

 

[h2oratt]

Hi all! How've ya'll been? I finally got caught back up last night, then I was too tired and had a bit of a headache from staring at the screen to post.

We are having to change all of our plans around for next year and will have little to no egg hatching, because I will be "hatching" one of my own! I'm super excited, we've been trying for 2 years now.

How cool is that!!! Congrats

 

[h2oratt]

Went to pick turnip greens & roo had eaten most of them. Watered all plants with miracle grow. No rain for 79 days.

that is bad.

I guess we are getting rain this weekend.

 

[campingshaws]

Hi all! How've ya'll been? I finally got caught back up last night, then I was too tired and had a bit of a headache from staring at the screen to post.

We are having to change all of our plans around for next year and will have little to no egg hatching, because I will be "hatching" one of my own! I'm super excited, we've been trying for 2 years now.

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star and I are off te hook!

 

[WPFarmstead]

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star and I are off te hook!

Oh no you aren't! Babies need playmates! Lol

How cool is that!!! Congrats

Thanks!

 

[campingshaws]

e

star and I are off te hook!

Oh no you aren't! Babies need playmates! Lol

How cool is that!!! Congrats

Thanks!

Then I hope you have twins!

 

[WPFarmstead]

Then I hope you have twins!

Lol I would be good with that. I like to tease my husband that we need enough for a hockey team (6 players with a few extra just to make sure)

 

[campingshaws]

I noticed DD's silkie felt light the other day. Last night I caught a whiff of that wet pox smell, so I gave her an exam today. No pox of any type that I can see, but she is literally skin and bones. Not a shred of meat on her. I brought her to feed and she went straight to eating. Not sure if she couldn't find it, or was being bullied away from it. I stuck her in the empty broody suite with a big bowl of 24% crumbles, wet down and a couple drops of polyvisol mixed in. And water. I hope that's enough to give her a boost and she'll pull through. Later today I'll trim her crest a bit.