Sad day here. I had to cull one of my Red Stars... I think she was having internal laying issues, or cancer. Either way, she's been miserable. Hadn't really eaten much at all this week and it's been so cold, I don't how she even made it through the nights with no food in her system. This was my first cull. Well, we did one a couple years ago but my husband did the actual cutting. This time it was all me and it was awful. I really need to get better at it but there really isn't a good way to practice.....
She was a good hen, laid beautiful jumbo sized dark brown eggs with speckles. She was the lead hen up until she started showing signs of being sick last fall. I will miss her.
RIP Ginger....
And on a happier note, my other EE started laying a few days ago!! Her eggs look identical to the other EE, so no olive eggs, but still so fun to have some color in my cartons!
Sad day here. I had to cull one of my Red Stars... I think she was having internal laying issues, or cancer. Either way, she's been miserable. Hadn't really eaten much at all this week and it's been so cold, I don't how she even made it through the nights with no food in her system. This was my first cull. Well, we did one a couple years ago but my husband did the actual cutting. This time it was all me and it was awful. I really need to get better at it but there really isn't a good way to practice.....
She was a good hen, laid beautiful jumbo sized dark brown eggs with speckles. She was the lead hen up until she started showing signs of being sick last fall. I will miss her.
RIP Ginger....
And on a happier note, my other EE started laying a few days ago!! Her eggs look identical to the other EE, so no olive eggs, but still so fun to have some color in my cartons!
Sorry about your girl.. She was Pretty...Sad day here. I had to cull one of my Red Stars... I think she was having internal laying issues, or cancer. Either way, she's been miserable. Hadn't really eaten much at all this week and it's been so cold, I don't how she even made it through the nights with no food in her system. This was my first cull. Well, we did one a couple years ago but my husband did the actual cutting. This time it was all me and it was awful. I really need to get better at it but there really isn't a good way to practice.....
She was a good hen, laid beautiful jumbo sized dark brown eggs with speckles. She was the lead hen up until she started showing signs of being sick last fall. I will miss her.
RIP Ginger....
And on a happier note, my other EE started laying a few days ago!! Her eggs look identical to the other EE, so no olive eggs, but still so fun to have some color in my cartons!
A friend of mine would use hot water and vinegar in the areas he grew asparagus. It would kill all the weeds and grass and leave the asparagus. Maybe look it up?
That is a really nice setup Klop. Well done.Check it out! i tripled my grow bench area (not couting my fodder system. 8 feet x 2ft on top and 4 ft x 2ft on bottom
I think i may enclose the back and sides on half of the top and add doors to make a sort of greenhouse but we will see.
my herbs are coming up nicely, lettuce and kale are growing quickly, my onion starts are about 2 inches tall and my strawberries are looking dandy, ready for transplant this spring.
Here is what my husband did with asparagus, dump grass clipping on, and make it thick. Just dig around the spears as they come up, and just keep mulching all summer and then leave in the fall. Add compost if you have it once a year. We have burdock and curly dock that still come up in it, but it pulls with barely any effort. Our asparagus has done awesome this way and we get so much we get sick of eating it. It didn't stop us from planting more last Spring though. LOL
