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[duluthralphie]

How will it heal? Do I need to treat it somehow? I found some threads on scaly leg mites, do you think they have anything to do with it?

Hey Nathan, A more personal welcome to BYC and this thread..

I am not a duck person. But I would try to move the to softer, less abrasive ground if possible. If you think they might be mites. which I kind of doubt they are, you could try some vegetable/garden dust on the birds ( if Ducks are considered birds).

I would suggest bag balm, udder balm or whatever you call the stuff in the green can, it really is a miracle cure, on their feet. The main thing though is finding out what they are walking on that is chewing their feet up so badly.

 

[scandiafowl]

You could check Pintrest, but it is just a pallet that has been lined with black garden fabric, then you fill it with soil and stick the plants in.

Am trying to figure out how they keep the soil in, in the front.

 

[scandiafowl]

has anyone here made pickled eggs?  someone at the farmers market suggested that i make them from my small pullet eggs and sell them.  ive never even tried one but would consider making some to at least taste test if you guys thought they were good.

i would have to let some egg sit around for a while first too... have you ever tried to peel a hard boiled fresh egg?  its danged near impossible!

Pickled Eggs from Food.com: http://www.food.com/recipe/pickled-eggs-29150?nl=email_share

 

[Minniechickmama]

Holm I have never heard of AI not working. I always thought it was more effective than a bull. Some cows just do not take. I find the process to be gross and not for the weak of heart, But I have never been a fan of shoving a hand 3 feet up a cows butt. I have never done AI myself, the only time I have had to reach inside of a cow is when a calf was breach. I did it, not joyfully, if I could not pawn the job off on someone else.

As Minnie says it give you better genetics at a reasonable price. I do not think it is much more expensive than keeping a bull. The only thing is you do not get to grill the AI technician like you do the bull when his job is done.

Your bull story reminds me of one I heard years ago. A guy was complaining he had a great bull but it was so cross eyed it could not zero in on the cows. He mentioned it at church one Sunday, and a neighbor said he would come over and show him how to fix the eyes. He told him it would take about a week of simple treatments to be done..

The guy shows up and looks at the bull and says "Yep, he is cross eyed and we can fix him".

First the guy cut a length of garden hose about 5 feet long, then he shoved it up the bulls butt. He had the owner watch the bulls eyes to see if they uncrossed. The guy blew hard into the end of the hose and sure enough the bulls eyes straightened out.

The owner was ecstatic! The church guy told the owner to try it, to see if he could do it.

The owner then went behind the bull and pulled the length of hose out of the bulls butt and put the end the church guy had blown on into the bull. The church guy was dismayed and asked " what are you doing?"

The owner turned to the church guy and said " Well, you didn't think I was going to put my mouth on the end you put your lips on did you?"

How did I know where this story was going? Hmmmm

SMH Ralphie is most definitely back.

I think I see Rosemary, 2 kinds of basil, an oregano, and maybe a red romain? I'm only so so on my herbs

The very top is Violas and Calli-something (I grew white ones this year, they look like mini Petunias), next row Rosemary and a Basil, next, Spinach, next is another two Basil varieties (this person likes basil Mmmm), next red leaf lettuce, then Spearmint and Parsley or Cilantro, Then either Oregano or another small leaf basil, and Mint. That person REALLY likes mint! LOL
Ralphie, I never did join the redneck club, so you can't toss me out

How will it heal? Do I need to treat it somehow? I found some threads on scaly leg mites, do you think they have anything to do with it?

What about hot sauce?

LOVE IT!!! And my son loves his food so hot it makes his nose sweat. I like hot and spicy, but getting older, it don't like me so much sometimes.

Bravo! Everyone knows that ketchup is a vegetable!

And I do like ketchup when balanced with mayonnaise as a condiment for fries.

Not crazy about ketchup. I tried making it homemade one year and it tasted more like chili sauce. I have yet to make my own mayonnaise. I think about it but never get to it.

Am trying to figure out how they keep the soil in, in the front.

I have seen them lined with chicken wire to help keep the soil, also with the black fabric on the whole thing, then just a hole poked in where the plants get stuck into it. Personally, I would use the fabric and start the seeds right in the thing while it is laying down. Then lean it against something.

 

[Minniechickmama]

How will it heal? Do I need to treat it somehow? I found some threads on scaly leg mites, do you think they have anything to do with it?

It isn't scaly mites, that is something you will see up on the legs, not the bottom of the feet. I would say the first step is getting the grass stubble down or out of their pen. You could soften their feet with the bag balm that Ralphie mentioned, but you'd have to put it on every day. What do you have for them for water, a pond or tank?

 

[KlopKlop]

Pickled Eggs from Food.com: http://www.food.com/recipe/pickled-eggs-29150?nl=email_share

But are they any good?

 

[scandiafowl]

But are they any good? 

Try it! Pickling is a basic recipe with your own spices thrown in. Garlic, mustard, Herbes de Provence...

 

[Minniechickmama]

But are they any good?

It's like ketchup, some love it, some don't.

 

[Minniechickmama]

How will it heal? Do I need to treat it somehow? I found some threads on scaly leg mites, do you think they have anything to do with it?

Here is something that was posted on another site that might be helpful! Funny it just showed up there today. It said used for abrasion and to prevent bumble foot from starting on waterfowl.

 

[KlopKlop]

Ralphie you can work on catching up on those 600 posts when you are having morning coffee and we aren't posting enough.