"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[PrimroseMom1]

Thanks, everyone, for all the well wishes for my hubby! He's doing very well! Foreverlearning - I'm definitely following your advice. I've been setting an alarm to make sure he doesn't miss any meds & I've been keeping everything he comes into contact with disinfected.

I love the chick and duckling pics! I have 2 incubators running, but none of the chicks are for me. I'll get to enjoy them for a day though.

I have so many chores to do outside and I sure wish we could have a full weekend of nice weather. It's hard to clean out coops in a thunderstorm. Grr.

So glad your hubby is healing. What a great nurse you are! I need to do so much outside too. I might as well start my taxes. Ho Hum.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I don't have any chickens. just joined to learn a bit more about peafowl and pheasants.

Terri la chicks and kuntrygirl both have peas. They will probably be around tomorrow. Others might have them oh yea buggles mommy has them too. That is who could help you.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I still have 14 days to go, BUT
I just learned a new word, The “Chickenization”. (Quite)This comes from an article on meatpoultry.com explaining how consolidation in the beef industry has gotten so extreme that just three companies now control more than 70% of the market: JBS 31%, Tyson 21%, and Cargill 21%. Monopoly capitalism in action! (This we know)

We have talked about this... There has been a word, name for it coined, as close as I can figure 2008. It is were the chicken, beef, dairy, grain farmer are by definition of contract are SURFS to the COMPANY. Tyson spent both a great deal of time and money trying it every way... Their findings is the raising of chickens (beef... ). Is most expensive and not profitable in the long run. Making the farmer into a contracted SURF is most profitable. Make/force the farmer Surf to make the investments, they pay for the improvements. They become indebted to them, ever more in the hole, that way they gain greater control at no risk to them. They even know at what point the SURF FARMER will be at the point of no return. But, sense the Surf Farmer is the contracted responsible financially, no harm done--- to them. The next owner of the farm will become the next SURF FARMER.

Solution, FARMERS MARKET, KNOW TGE SUPPLIER. Chief obstacle: the big 3 producers and FDA. Possable way to get around the FDA, individual contracting a farmer to raise YOUR chickens, beef, pork and so on.

I have pages and pages of thoughts, idea's... Best for a different forum or thread. I am confident there are many of you way ahead of me anyway.

 

[Angelicisi]

I did some gardening today.

Got seedlings in a bed, covers ready, cleaned up rabbitry, fertilized and bagged some up for later. Collected 25 gallons fresh rain water and filled the barrels for the rabbits and chickens pleases me to use rain water and I often use pond water to water potted veggies. My asparagus bed is coming back to life too! Yay!

Arugala in

Couple rows of rainbow chards Mmmmm

Have dill, oregano, cuban oregano and cilantro going in the herb garden

Strawberries & peaches coming

It was a full day!

 

[Ron Skekel]

I did some gardening today.

Got seedlings in a bed, covers ready, cleaned up rabbitry, fertilized and bagged some up for later. Collected 25 gallons fresh rain water and filled the barrels for the rabbits and chickens pleases me to use rain water and I often use pond water to water potted veggies. My asparagus bed is coming back to life too! Yay!

Arugala in

Couple rows of rainbow chards Mmmmm

Have dill, oregano, cuban oregano and cilantro going in the herb garden

Strawberries & peaches coming

It was a full day!

Busy day for you! Looks great! Can you come to my house now? Lol

 

[forgetful]

I got ducklings and chicks from Tractor Supply a few days ago, and the ducklings were making a horrible mess with the waterer. I'd change the bedding only for it to be soaked twenty minutes later. The chicks were getting wet and everything was stinking. So, I started doing some digging and came up with a solution. I took a small plastic drawer from walmart and turned it into a water catcher.




I de-assembled the drawers to just the top drawer and its case. It was easy, since they just snap apart. (The bottom two drawers can't be used, since they don't have a top. They just snap into the drawer above them.) Then I scored the top at an indention then ran the sides until I was able to snap a square out. I took hardware cloth and zip tied it underneath to the opening, making sure to cut around the corners, since they are what connect the lid and the case together. I then cut the excess zip tie off (make sure it doesn't make a sharp edge) and turned it to face up and inside. It wouldn't face down, because the zip ties in front the drawer prevented it from opening.

This left me with a box to place my waterer on, that will catch spilled water which then can be removed by sliding the drawer out. The drawer itself had plastic catches on the side to prevent it from coming completely out. I just cut those off with a sharp knife. This isn't necessary though. It's short enough for chicks and ducklings to hop onto, and has worked fabulously. There is only a very small amount of water that gets splashed onto the newspaper.

I also started on a brooder for my little sister!





It's about 4' at it's peak and 30 inches in length. I can't remember the width at the moment. After the pictures I added two supports for the floor, which will be hardware cloth. We've been remodeling for years, and have a lot of leftover wood of various types. All the wood came from that. I also found a custom drawer that we had ordered that was an extra. It fit perfectly! It's not everyday you get that kind of luck. I'm going to attach it beneath the floor to catch whatever falls. The back will be wood, and I can't decide yet if the sides will be solid or supported hardware cloth. The front will have a door in the center surrounded by mesh, and it will all be painted and spruced up. I had to by hardware cloth and nails, so it has only cost about $20-$35. My sister's extremely excited. She'll be able to raise chicks until they're old enough to come to the barn, then she'll get some more and start over.

 

[mzstre]

I did some gardening today. Got seedlings in a bed, covers ready, cleaned up rabbitry, fertilized and bagged some up for later. Collected 25 gallons fresh rain water and filled the barrels for the rabbits and chickens pleases me to use rain water and I often use pond water to water potted veggies. My asparagus bed is coming back to life too! Yay! Arugala in

Couple rows of rainbow chards Mmmmm

Have dill, oregano, cuban oregano and cilantro going in the herb garden

Strawberries & peaches coming

It was a full day!

Your photos are giving me spring fever! Bright beautiful green!

I got ducklings and chicks from Tractor Supply a few days ago, and the ducklings were making a horrible mess with the waterer. I'd change the bedding only for it to be soaked twenty minutes later. The chicks were getting wet and everything was stinking. So, I started doing some digging and came up with a solution. I took a small plastic drawer from walmart and turned it into a water catcher. I de-assembled the drawers to just the top drawer and its case. It was easy, since they just snap apart. (The bottom two drawers can't be used, since they don't have a top. They just snap into the drawer above them.) Then I scored the top at an indention then ran the sides until I was able to snap a square out. I took hardware cloth and zip tied it underneath to the opening, making sure to cut around the corners, since they are what connect the lid and the case together. I then cut the excess zip tie off (make sure it doesn't make a sharp edge) and turned it to face up and inside. It wouldn't face down, because the zip ties in front the drawer prevented it from opening. This left me with a box to place my waterer on, that will catch spilled water which then can be removed by sliding the drawer out. The drawer itself had plastic catches on the side to prevent it from coming completely out. I just cut those off with a sharp knife. This isn't necessary though. It's short enough for chicks and ducklings to hop onto, and has worked fabulously. There is only a very small amount of water that gets splashed onto the newspaper. I also started on a brooder for my little sister! It's about 4' at it's peak and 30 inches in length. I can't remember the width at the moment. After the pictures I added two supports for the floor, which will be hardware cloth. We've been remodeling for years, and have a lot of leftover wood of various types. All the wood came from that. I also found a custom drawer that we had ordered that was an extra. It fit perfectly! It's not everyday you get that kind of luck. I'm going to attach it beneath the floor to catch whatever falls. The back will be wood, and I can't decide yet if the sides will be solid or supported hardware cloth. The front will have a door in the center surrounded by mesh, and it will all be painted and spruced up. I had to by hardware cloth and nails, so it has only cost about $20-$35. My sister's extremely excited. She'll be able to raise chicks until they're old enough to come to the barn, then she'll get some more and start over.

Great idea for the water collection and the brooder is looking good!

 

[Angelicisi]

 

[Ron Skekel]

Thats it i'm going to find fluffy butts tomorrow.

 

[foreverlearning]

Thats it i'm going to find fluffy butts tomorrow.

Join the party! I've got 12 in the brooder right now. They should have taught chicken math in school...it would have gone much further then some of the other forms of math they teach.