Maine

[lazy gardener]

Welcome farmerfogg! My dad grew up in Bath too...small world!


So glad you are okay, hoppy! Do you think it was a combination of the cold & the shoveling?


Hi LazyG, I've been thinking of collecting water as well. Is this filtration system something you & your son created? Would be interested in hearing about it.

No, I had nothing to do with it. I'm not sure where he came up with the plan. It involves fine sand, charcoal, and I'm not sure what else, 5 gal bucket, some PVC fittings. the water drips through slowly, you have to let it develop the right bacteria mix, kind of like cycling an aquarium, after it's cycled, the good bacteria kill off the bad guys. He took the supplies on a mission trip to Guatamala. A lot of these 3rd world countries have a high death rate due to contaminated water. So this project allowed the villagers to have safe water. The beauty of this system is that it's low tech, and simple enough that every family could have one, it saves them from lugging water from questionable sources over long distances. The bucket is pretty heavy, would definately not be compatable with a chicken tractor, but would be great in non-freezing temps, with a stationary coop as it would provide good water from roof drainage. Of course you'd need to keep an eye on water levels and supplement any time the rain did not cooperate. If you're interested, I'll see if I can get the plans from him.

 

[lazy gardener]

I had a nice long sleep last night 12 hours, feeling better this morning but I'm skipping the shoveling and working out today, groceries are the only thing I HAVE to do today, other then that, laying low.
and I added a link in my siggy where the new swaps page will be. it will just be a list of the swaps and dates and then a link to the page for that swap. nothing is on the page yet except the basic layout.
once dates start rolling in, I will start filling it up.

Glad you're feeling better. Don't push it. Tell me what 12 hours of sleep feels like! I can only imagine!!

 

[Clover Run]

Pics from this weeks hatch so far (couple silkies in there are a couple weeks old). Have 4 more chicks in the mini brooder still fluffing up. Thery are Heritage Delawares and Barnyard Mix.

 

[Gallina Sarda]

Pics from this weeks hatch so far (couple silkies in there are a couple weeks old). Have 4 more chicks in the mini brooder still fluffing up. Thery are Heritage Delawares and Barnyard Mix.

Beautiful babies!

 

[VioletBlueIvy]

cute cute cute! I love that blue silkie!

 

[CoopChick719]

I had a nice long sleep last night 12 hours, feeling better this morning but I'm skipping the shoveling and working out today, groceries are the only thing I HAVE to do today, other then that, laying low.

Glad to hear you're feeling better!!

No, I had nothing to do with it. I'm not sure where he came up with the plan. It involves fine sand, charcoal, and I'm not sure what else, 5 gal bucket, some PVC fittings. the water drips through slowly, you have to let it develop the right bacteria mix, kind of like cycling an aquarium, after it's cycled, the good bacteria kill off the bad guys. He took the supplies on a mission trip to Guatamala. A lot of these 3rd world countries have a high death rate due to contaminated water. So this project allowed the villagers to have safe water. The beauty of this system is that it's low tech, and simple enough that every family could have one, it saves them from lugging water from questionable sources over long distances. The bucket is pretty heavy, would definately not be compatable with a chicken tractor, but would be great in non-freezing temps, with a stationary coop as it would provide good water from roof drainage. Of course you'd need to keep an eye on water levels and supplement any time the rain did not cooperate. If you're interested, I'll see if I can get the plans from him.

Thanks Lazy Gardener would love to see the plans. What a great thing to take to a 3rd world country! Clean water is so important.

Pics from this weeks hatch so far (couple silkies in there are a couple weeks old). Have 4 more chicks in the mini brooder still fluffing up. Thery are Heritage Delawares and Barnyard Mix.

Look at all those sweet fluffy little fuzzy butts!! Congrats Clover Run!

 

[ashandvine]

Glad to hear you're feeling better!!

Thanks Lazy Gardener would love to see the plans. What a great thing to take to a 3rd world country! Clean water is so important.

Look at all those sweet fluffy little fuzzy butts!! Congrats Clover Run!

X2 on all of the above.

And for the record I would be happy to have five straight hours of sleep. One year old is teething like a piranha and now she is running a fever and slightly runny nose. A good trade is that the Favs seem to be doing better now that I put them in a heated area. No more coughing.

There is something funny about an attack duck. My son likes to pick up the hen we have and the drake does not stand for it long. He goes up to my son and mouths him and quacks and mouths him some more. Its all futile but endearing and funny.

We have hallways of snow to our doors. Its neat. I like how quiet the world got and how clean it looks. Of course I have nine acres to look out on but even when I lived in town, after a big snow there was unification for just a few a hours.

 

[lazy gardener]

I'll see if I can get plans for water purification system from my son, and post it here for all to use.

 

[TayFray!]

Wow I haven't been on in forever. I've been thinking it over and I am planning to restart the rabbit and chickens up this spring. I re-homed everything in the fall because it was getting to be a bit much and we had some weasel problems. But now that the weasel is gone and the coops and cages are secure, I plan to take everything out and clean it off once the snow starts to go away. I will only have rabbits, chickens, possibly some ducks or other small livestock animals. Just thought I'd let you guys know. I didn't order any chicks this year because if I do have any chicks I will try hatching my own or handpicking them from other farms and such. Well anyways... good luck to all of those who have animals outside in this deep snow that kind of sucks for the animals. But is good for me and my snowmobile

. Ha but yea.. are they still going to be doing the swaps this year? has anybody found out? as I said, I haven't been on here or talked to anybody since last fall.

 

[Clover Run]

Wow I haven't been on in forever. I've been thinking it over and I am planning to restart the rabbit and chickens up this spring. I re-homed everything in the fall because it was getting to be a bit much and we had some weasel problems. But now that the weasel is gone and the coops and cages are secure, I plan to take everything out and clean it off once the snow starts to go away. I will only have rabbits, chickens, possibly some ducks or other small livestock animals. Just thought I'd let you guys know. I didn't order any chicks this year because if I do have any chicks I will try hatching my own or handpicking them from other farms and such. Well anyways... good luck to all of those who have animals outside in this deep snow that kind of sucks for the animals. But is good for me and my snowmobile

. Ha but yea.. are they still going to be doing the swaps this year? has anybody found out? as I said, I haven't been on here or talked to anybody since last fall.

There will be swaps at Tractor Supply - the had an indoor one this past Saturday.