"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Ron Skekel]

Here's this weeks pic of the chicks. I love it when the tail feathers come in! Now I know where the shake a tail feather baby,song came from,Lol Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

SALVINIA, there are many species, but they are a majority of what you see on all the Louisiana crocodile shows that's covering our lakes and waterways. There is some slimy green muck that resembles snot, that is not Salvinia. The greenery, and sometimes brown during winter, grows on top of the water with no dirt based root system, that floats on top of the water regardless of it's depths. It can have long brown gooshy roots down into the water up to a few feet long! But the greenery on top is what they have said chickens will thrive on. So, I placed some in out plastic kiddie pool, and now it is greener and is growing! I am still searching on how exactly to administer this to them.. so far, placing it minus the root system in the blender and mixing it with some FF seems logical to me. Besides, anyone who has a pond or lake or marsh nearby that this is growing in, which my research shows most ALL Louisiana waterways are coated in it, this seems to be a great and cheap as hell way to enhance their mineral and vitamin intake! It's growth rate is to double itself minimum per week.

I would think its simular to kelp as far as nutriants. Can't wait to see how your birds do on it.Beautiful pic of the Bayou!! You should print copies mat them and sell for some extra money. Brfore you say no one there would buy....Think ebay and amazon etc. Pam

 

[LindaB220]

Last few weeks a friend that works nearby has been dropping off a crate of goodies for the chicken. It's a crate of fresh squash, zucchini, eggplants, spent strawberries, 3-5 loaves of all organic whole grain breads that are at their due dates(I keep some and freeze it sometimes I get gluten free loaves

). Not one unnatural ingredient in any of it.
I froze a half dozen loaves of bread for the animals maybe and chopped up veggies and fed to the birds.

I know the veggies are fine, I feed left over from our own organic gardens. But the bread...eh. I did throw 3-4 pieces out and there was a battle so I know they like it. Lol is it safe? Not as a large portion of their diets, they love the FF bucket too much but regularly given is it ok? I have a lot of it because its a foodbank rotating their donations. Friend said they wanted it so they give it to him a day or two before it expires and he doesn't eat that healthy crap he says lol so I get a crate of the good stuff! I want to use this food. Not just compost it

By all means, eat it. Just a blessing for being good. Right?

Edited for content: I meant that if your birds can't eat that much bread then you do it. Should still be good?

 

[Ron Skekel]

By all means, eat it.  Just a blessing for being good.  Right?    

Edited for content:  I meant that if your birds can't eat that much bread  then you do it.  Should still be good? 

Great idea if its stale make bread pudding of stuffed french toast. Pam

 

[Jipus5]

IM A MAMA AGAIN!!! Those these are adoptees to be... Looks like one is too eager to come out. Lil bloody, so hopefully it's gonna be okay. And to think, hubby woke me up to come see... (Ol men have to pee often) he heard them n woke me! Such dedication to me projects! LOL

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I have been very busy the past few days. I have had little to ad so I havin't posted. My mothers time is drawing near. It is more then I can bear. I feel as though my health is not to good right now. Infact non of us are in good health, at lest I know the root of the cause for our lest of annoying problems. You can never be really ready for this. I take great comfort that mom will be at home, she knows her family is there and she is greatly loved. 97 years of a good life, giving to others, and loving life, when she finally sees the light and passes to the other side she will be greater and imbraced by all those that have gone befor her that she touched with her carring.

To day I drove down town, so I went to a store that had goat meat. I was hoping fresh, but it was frozen. But, they had Ingera Bread. I have not had that for 15 years or more. It is an Ethiopian flat bread injera (called injera firfir), made from Teff seeds. It is non-glutinous, and very nutritious. It is very simple to make, water and Ingera flower, it is fomented for several days, there are variations, but basically that's it. Then it is mixed upto a thin pancake batter and cooked. It is slightly sour and yeasty, used as an utinsel. It is often used under what is being served soaking up the juices. Mostly vigitarien foods, lentils, vegetable, beans of all kinds, and always spices. Now I will have to break out my black and French green lentils, onions, and a lot of vegetable and reintroduce myself to my spices. I will slow cook the goat and add it to one of the vegetable offerings. It is often vegetarian can be made into a strict vegan Or as I like it he lay vegetable with meat. [VIDEO]

This place is also a restaurant of central and north East African dishes. But they are so far from me.

 

[Angelicisi]

Thanks! That's awesome, if FF you could grind and add. Is food process and add it on top tho. I've been growing cattails for a few years. They're edibles for us I chop bases up like water chestnuts for stir fry and salads.

SALVINIA, there are many species, but they are a majority of what you see on all the Louisiana crocodile shows that's covering our lakes and waterways. There is some slimy green muck that resembles snot, that is not Salvinia. The greenery, and sometimes brown during winter, grows on top of the water with no dirt based root system, that floats on top of the water regardless of it's depths. It can have long brown gooshy roots down into the water up to a few feet long! But the greenery on top is what they have said chickens will thrive on. So, I placed some in out plastic kiddie pool, and now it is greener and is growing! I am still searching on how exactly to administer this to them.. so far, placing it minus the root system in the blender and mixing it with some FF seems logical to me. Besides, anyone who has a pond or lake or marsh nearby that this is growing in, which my research shows most ALL Louisiana waterways are coated in it, this seems to be a great and cheap as hell way to enhance their mineral and vitamin intake! It's growth rate is to double itself minimum per week.

 

[Angelicisi]

Oh when I get the crates most is still good. I froze a bunch of loaves for me, that bread runs me $4 a loaf! I love it with like a pound of butter. Lol veggies I fed to the animals and I still have tons of breads lol. The crop issues I don't need so I'll be refraining from whole pieces and more than a slice or two crumbled up every so often. The bread is a whole grain type, literally crumbles into seeds in my hand, I gave the big chickens a few slices crumbled up.

By all means, eat it. Just a blessing for being good. Right? Edited for content: I meant that if your birds can't eat that much bread then you do it. Should still be good?

Thanks! That's awesome, if FF you could grind and add. Is food process and add it on top tho. I've been growing cattails for a few years. They're edibles for us I chop bases up like water chestnuts for stir fry and salads.

SALVINIA, there are many species, but they are a majority of what you see on all the Louisiana crocodile shows that's covering our lakes and waterways. There is some slimy green muck that resembles snot, that is not Salvinia. The greenery, and sometimes brown during winter, grows on top of the water with no dirt based root system, that floats on top of the water regardless of it's depths. It can have long brown gooshy roots down into the water up to a few feet long! But the greenery on top is what they have said chickens will thrive on. So, I placed some in out plastic kiddie pool, and now it is greener and is growing! I am still searching on how exactly to administer this to them.. so far, placing it minus the root system in the blender and mixing it with some FF seems logical to me. Besides, anyone who has a pond or lake or marsh nearby that this is growing in, which my research shows most ALL Louisiana waterways are coated in it, this seems to be a great and cheap as hell way to enhance their mineral and vitamin intake! It's growth rate is to double itself minimum per week.

 

[Angelicisi]

Awwww too cute, they grow so fast

Here's this weeks pic of the chicks. I love it when the tail feathers come in! Now I know where the shake a tail feather baby,song came from,Lol Pam

 

[Angelicisi]

We have a small pond with goldfish, minnows, frogs n such, plants...fish are going crazy so I go look, found 2 CX in the pond. Drowned.
Well one in it and another next to it. So mad. They musta followed the layers and got stuck. We have large rocks serving as stairs and sunkin crates other chickens hop around on catching frogs and bugs or cool off in the summer. The CX must not have been able to get out. One did, almost. :'(

I'll be netting off the pond now. Boy are the girls gonna flip out only a few more weeks til we process tho and then back to normal while we brace for the heat.

Finally got the burn pile going, been damp all winter! Now only 6 more this size to go
Fresh ashes being dried now (it rained lol) for the dust bath areas. I usually take Rubbermaid tub and collect as much as possible between burns for them. They like it and works like DE as a critter preventative.

Cleaned out the rabbitry and bagged up waste. Sold 6 sacks for $7 each in one cleaning love getting paid to clean poop! city folk love bags of poop, who knew!

See the pillars? They wrap around the house. Each space is being battled for right now. ALL THE WAY AROUND the house! By giant carpenter bees 20 of them each taking a space and mad as heck (or hormonal lol) :arg they will battle each other and it sounds like a powerlines shorting out then they dive at us on the porch and hit us or the dog. They haven't hurt anyone, only hit no stings. It's every year lol tis the season now. I find it funny throughout spring the hover in the center of the squares the pillars make defending that space so hard lol
They're annoying but kill mahogany wasps too so we just bat them away...for now.

Possible freebie a friend sent me...