Thanks for the advice LG! My girls love them too! I'm sure the neighbors watched me rake & bag yesterday and said there she goes again that crazy woman with the chickens! I'll have to rebag--I did pack some a little tight. We used to have a great old maple tree in the middle of the yard tons of leaves! Had to cut it down as it was dying. I'll just have to collect whatever blows into our yard from the neighbors for the run this year. Trying to convince DH to get another lawn sweeper that you can pull behind the mower. We had one years ago but he sold it after I convinced him that composting the clippings back into the lawn was better for it.
She's probably a good swimmer! lolI'll call her Ducky.
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This morning I noticed that one of my pullets has webbed feet! I looked on the threads for info. and didn't find much. I did find someone else asking about their chick with webbed feet that was a silver laced wyandotte and someone else also had a chick with webbed that is a slw. My pullet is an slw. Is this common with the breed? Should I be concerned at all? She seems fine to me. She runs around like the rest and has started roosting. One person did say that you should cut the webbing! Ugh, I do not want to do. It seems like cruel and inhumane torture.
here is a photo. Sorry it's not the best photo. But you can see that it's between her outter toe and middle. It's on both feet.
Sounds like you have options but I did just talk with a fellow who makes his own butter so I am sure I have at least two sources, though both are near 45-60 minutes from you.
Lovely! Thank youDH seems to think it is illegal to sell raw milk except directly from the farm. I don't know.
I have a grainy IPad photo of my blue leopard bird that I took quite a while ago. I'll try to add it here. Really, she is just a splash patterned bird, but I never had one of those before.
This is one form of Duck Foot. Another is version is when the fourth or rear toe is forward. It isn't going to be an issue for her but it would be something to consider if you were going to breed her as it is a genetic trait.
Thanks Ash. I have a lot of maple around my yard (surrounded by mixed hard/soft wood) but it is no where enough to meet my craving for mulch material. I know an old co-worker in Bangor who I may call on to get her leaves this fall. Perhaps trade her some empty bags for some full bags! I put a lot of grass clippings on my potatoes this year. The tops are growing like crazy, very poor blossoming. I know that potatoes are heavy feeders, so not sure if the excess nitrogen will set back tuber formation. My squash has completely taken over my garden. I've allowed it to go where ever it wants to because last year was such a poor squash year for me. It's quite a challenge wading through waist high squash leaves to get to the pole beans... which are completely covered by squash vines... not to mention the potato vines that are growing up through my cucumber trellis. When rogue potato or tomato plants show themselves, I don't have the heart to rip them out. As a result, my garden is a jungle. Every year at this time, I say... "next year's garden will be more manageable." Have had potatoes, pole beans, and fresh garlic from the garden every night this week... YUMMY! Cooked a couple of Doms on the grill tonight. The thighs/drumsticks were like shoe leather. I'll be stewing the rest.ap
Sounds like you have options but I did just talk with a fellow who makes his own butter so I am sure I have at least two sources, though both are near 45-60 minutes from you.
Lovely! Thank you
This is one form of Duck Foot. Another is version is when the fourth or rear toe is forward. It isn't going to be an issue for her but it would be something to consider if you were going to breed her as it is a genetic trait.
Regarding the gardening questions: I use my grass cuttings as a mulch and nitrogen cover for my garden so often now that I don't use it in the coop but I have. It smells nice at first even, like fresh, first-cut hay. Regarding Oak Leaves; these are acidic and you may want to be careful how many you use. Maple leaves make a great mulch that really encourages the worms, but oak can kill things the same as if you were using pine needles. If your soil needs to be more acidic, great, if not... well, take care.
