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[NanaKat]

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Will collards over winter? stay green and growing?

What are you planting for cover crop? I was wanting to plant some cover crops but all my garden plants are still alive and bearing, is there anything I can plant after killling frost?

Yes, Collards will stay green and growing. I am harvesting collards now from plants that were planted in the spring and held thru the heat. They can be planted in the fall and will grow thru the winter. Also you can plant turnips. They make great greens that can be picked into Jan and Feb. Some turnips Roger planted last fall were still putting out greens in June and July. Even a few turnips.

Other cover crops can be winter rye, buckwheat (Not for goats or horses) and wheat. I'm going to cut these for greens for the chickens this year and then turn these under for humus in the garden beds in late spring several weeks before planting. Several types of lettuce will sprout in the fall and if watered will stay green into the early spring. Another for a quick fall crop is cornsalad.

 

[NanaKat]

One of my two year old Delaware hens has been dragging around since early morning. ImaJean usually has a lot of energy. Picked her up about 4pm and noticed she has a HUGE egg in the oviduct. It's just about near the end and should pop out soon. Her temp is 105 so that's pretty normal. Since it seems really big, I've gently applied KY jelly just inside the orafice and hope this will help ease it out. She is uncomfortable enough that she doesn't want to get in the nest box, so she will lay it on the floor. I'll keep and eye on her for a while and see what happens.
Only once in all my years of keeping birds have I had to remove an eggbound egg...and that was on a lovebird...and was successful. Still have little Sophia. A chicken is much larger. Just not looking forward to that.

Now come on ImaJean do your thing
Lay that egg, Such relief it will bring

 

[sjarvis00]

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I heard soaking them in warm water helps to relax them.

 

[Kassaundra]

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Will collards over winter? stay green and growing?

What are you planting for cover crop? I was wanting to plant some cover crops but all my garden plants are still alive and bearing, is there anything I can plant after killling frost?

Yes, Collards will stay green and growing. I am harvesting collards now from plants that were planted in the spring and held thru the heat. They can be planted in the fall and will grow thru the winter. Also you can plant turnips. They make great greens that can be picked into Jan and Feb. Some turnips Roger planted last fall were still putting out greens in June and July. Even a few turnips.

Other cover crops can be winter rye, buckwheat (Not for goats or horses) and wheat. I'm going to cut these for greens for the chickens this year and then turn these under for humus in the garden beds in late spring several weeks before planting. Several types of lettuce will sprout in the fall and if watered will stay green into the early spring. Another for a quick fall crop is cornsalad.

Thanks that sounds like some great greens for the girls this winter.

 

[Ksane]

$15 bookshelf turned on its back lined with a $5 tarp.
A $4 bag of 40 lbs play sand and a cat litter scoop.
Put it together and it equals a nice sandy bed for a baby Cochin. I figure I can add those pretty silver car window shades for sides. The Cochins don't really use roosts much but I put her a small one in there just in case, I had to pose her on it to take her picture-she wanted the sand. I put her food and water in there and she's been in there ever since picking around. That room is what used to be the bedroom in the RV, it's 8' x 8' and has shelves up on the walls and a small closet. I'm thinking I can always find a cool looking 8' x 8' piece of linoleum to cover the carpet to protect it. Cochins don't fly up on stuff so that'll be nice. Most likely she'll spend most her time in her bed box where her food and water is.
If it warms up soon (it's supposed to) then hopefully she'll feel better and be able to go outside and be a chicken and do baby chicken things.
They'll get to eat the pumpkin in a week or so

Robin, did I miss anything??

 

[faerielady]

She's pretty stylin'

 

[Ksane]

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lol! It's the pink pumpkin, isn't it? I knew that'd do it

 

[faerielady]

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lol! It's the pink pumpkin, isn't it? I knew that'd do it

Shoot yeah! Now my cochins have the jealous.

 

[Ksane]

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lol! It's the pink pumpkin, isn't it? I knew that'd do it

Shoot yeah! Now my cochins have the jealous.

Yea, well I haven't told mine that yours get heated homemade scratch on cold mornings either. I'd appreciate it if your birds would keep that info to themselves.
You've made the rest of us look bad

 

[faerielady]

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Shoot yeah! Now my cochins have the jealous.

Yea, well I haven't told mine that yours get heated homemade scratch on cold mornings either. I'd appreciate it if your birds would keep that info to themselves.
You've made the rest of us look bad

What's really bad is I do something similar with the dogs. Cook a 10 lb bag of chicken in the crockpot all day, pull the bones out, glop a bit onto their food in the winter.

My animals eat WAY BETTER than I do. Reminds me, gotta figure out what's for dinner.