Michigan

[fuzzybutt love]

I learned something new today! Chickens can actually get gout; i thought that was only a people disease! I was feeding my birds canned salmon, to make up for the loss of their beloved grasshoppers, turns out there is such a thing as too much protein. Hmm. And too much salt. So now i have the mission of finding out how many grams of protein is right for chickens; the food bags tell the % not the grams.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/550983/gout-in-birds-interesting-article#post_7858586
Of my 2 hens laying, i got 2 eggs this afternoon. The camper has a big bay window facing the sun, and i do not use artificial light or heat. (I have never had a "dropped" egg......?)
My red hen should start back up soon, since she moulted late. My other EE that lays the blue egg has not layed in a while. She did 2 in a row when the pink egger started, but that was all. I guess she just wanted me to know that she could, now she's chilling until spring.

 

[NovaAman]

Sorry to hear that Mom, sucks, but at least she went out with "STYLE" .

I just had a nice conversation with the lady that I was going to go and get some chickys from today. The weather has turned here in Holland, not so bad, but enough that I did not want to drive in the dark to where I have never been up in Norton Shores. I thought Newago.. but apparently I read to fast. LOL. Anyway, it is a small world, because it is Avalon. One of the very first people to welcome me to BYC. So, I am going in the morning. I am so excited to get a new hen to take Buffy's place. AND I am getting some chicks too! They are fav x's but thats ok with me, cuz I LOVE mutts. LOL. They have so much character. LOL.

I just got my termination notice from the press. BUT, If I wish to stay on, (DUH!), then there are delivery oportunities available to me. I just want to keep my route, and maybe if lucky, a bit more ya know. Atleast till I can find a job that will work with being a single mommy and keep me from babysitters...

Anyway. Chicken Grandma, Let me know in the spring if you'd like a few bantam chickies. I only wish to add 5 pullets to the current group in the spring. I think with Buffy 2, and what ever Leila is sitting on, and the 12-15 day chicks tomorrow, I will be set, and then some. LOL.

Different subject.... Has anyone tried growing bell peppers in those topsy turvy hangers? Also, can they be grown on a trellis? My growing space is very limited by the way my yard is, and by how many trees I have in the back yard. I am also wondering about growing zuchini and yellow squash up trellises. I am intending to grow my cucumbers up them this year. I heard from a person here that they grow up them very well, just have to turn the cucs every few days to get a nice even color on them while they grow up, and cut them before they over grow and get to heavy.. I am guessing this will be the same with the other squashes like that? BUT, want to KNOW that someone else has done it and turned out well. I hate wasting time, and effort. My time is valueable. HEHEHE.

 

[Mom 2em All]

thanks everyone.

Nova-

We got those topsy turvies for my mother in law. The peppers, did not want to be upside down, *duh*- so they grew and curved up to toward the sun. The tomato plants were very scrawny and scraggly, and I dont recommend them. I think they lie in the commercials and transplant one to film it.

My cukes take off up the fence and the electrical pole in the backyard and do great. *my mom once had pole beans sneak up past their trellises and grab hold of the electrical line overhead and go half-way across the yard with their beans..lol*
Squash do good climbing too. I like when they get off the ground anyhow, easier to find the squashes.

 

[NovaAman]

Great, thanks Mom.

How do I post a picture from my album? URRG! Finally something I can't figure out.

 

[theron]

Great, thanks Mom.

How do I post a picture from my album? URRG! Finally something I can't figure out.

I have the same problem.

 

[NovaAman]

Well, I went to my album, and tried to copy and paste, and I got this stupid long rear URL that you can click on to see the pic, but I want it in the post, not to navigate away just to look. SO irratating. And I don't want to have to browse my computer again to post it, and end up with double copies in my album until I figure it out!

 

[RaZ]

Different subject.... Has anyone tried growing bell peppers in those topsy turvy hangers? Also, can they be grown on a trellis? My growing space is very limited by the way my yard is, and by how many trees I have in the back yard. I am also wondering about growing zuchini and yellow squash up trellises. I am intending to grow my cucumbers up them this year. I heard from a person here that they grow up them very well, just have to turn the cucs every few days to get a nice even color on them while they grow up, and cut them before they over grow and get to heavy.. I am guessing this will be the same with the other squashes like that? BUT, want to KNOW that someone else has done it and turned out well. I hate wasting time, and effort. My time is valueable. HEHEHE.

IMO they are a waste of time and money. I tried them when they first came out and were actually well-made. I found them to be quite heavy and the plants did not grow as suggested by the commercials. The second generation of planters were manufacturered overseas and were poor quality. Water ran straight through the fabric and the plants were always bone dry. Far too much effort to maintain a plant that could easily be put in a clay pot.

If you have limited space, consider containers or even straw bales to increase growing areas. I've done this and even conducted seminars on how to do it. It is a nice, easy, lazy way to garden.

 

[snowflake]

Good evening all!,Mom you have my sympathy, you also have me a little worried. One of my EE girls sounded slightly wheezy tonight. Thought about getting some tetracycline into her.
The snow was to wet & heavy this morning it pulled down the netting we have over the run. When I went out before work to open the poop door and feed & water it was sagging really bad. I grabbed a broom and started to knock as much snow off as I could but 1 section came down before I got to it. DH got the wood back up before I got home. Sunday I will have to zip strip the sections together again. At least for the most part it is back up and should keep hawks out.
farm boy the pics are very nice!! Nova, I read an article in a garden mag. and they were growing pumpkins on a trellis. They used panty hose, and netting of different kinds to support the squash and pumpkins......
Glad you guys keep talking about the things you find on this sight. I am learning from all the things you discuss

 

[Opa]

I can't recommend strongly enough the need to support bird netting due to snow loading. I use a heavy duty mesh with 2" holes and one would think to look at it that there is now way could snow be a problem. I got the mesh given to me by an individual who had all of his pheasants killed when the snow loaded the mesh and crushed his birds. When I built my run I install 12 rafters to support the mesh. At various times I've had snow as deep as 24" standing on top of the mesh without any sag.

 

[NovaAman]

I actually do the container gardens too. My dad and I built a pot table, it holds 4 big square pots and 6 long pots. Used them for beans, carrots, strawberries, raddishes, onions leaks, basil, parsely... well, you get the picture. I make raised boxes to be able to plant the other stuff. BUT, I want to maximise that space by using trellises for things that can grow up, and not cast shadows on other things, so, at the west ends of the boxes. I have 4x8 raised boxes.

Ok, here's is how to post a pic in your post...

Go to your album, right click the pic you want, copy, then come to make your post, and click paste... DUH! Oh, and click allow access to your clip board...

You can also resize the pic in the post. However, you gotta get tricky when you want to type anything after the picture... It kinda doesn't want to let you just pic up the text right away after the picture, unless I am still doing something wrong..

ETA Nope, the resizing did not show up...

Edited again to add more!

When you go into your albums, see the picture you want, left click it, you will get a larger pic, then right click and copy THAT pic, and you will get a larger picture in your post than the little pic like above, you will get the one like this instead

Obviously, I am showing off my Mr. Fluffers cuz he is great subject. LOL.