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[Buster52]

Are your scalders made from the whiz bang plans?

I'm not sure. They look like this...

 

[mjgigax]

We aren't completely giving up the farm or farming, though. My daughter and her husband are moving up from Texas As a stay at home mom, it will allow my daughter to generate some income while working at home, raising their own food.

At least it is staying in the family, I get to dabble a bit, and will have my sweet daughter and wonderful grandchildren close at hand, to see them whenever I want.

These are some very good "upsides" to your changes.
Glad to see you still will be around the site.

 

[countryhen]

can I sprinkle baking soda in my chick brooder to help with the smell or will this harm my chicks if they eat it?

 

[donnie]

guys i know a lady here in town that is looking for a jersey giant roo , if anyone has one let me know thanks

 

[countryhen]

I put up a fence & made a small coop for my NN rooster & put some hens with him
He is a happy rooster

My problem now is my orpington rooster is on the other side of the fence with some hens but when they see each other they go at it thru the fence. what can I put up against or on my fence so they can't see each other then they won't fight please help any ideas or pictures???

 

[donnie]

guys i know a lady here in town that is looking for a jersey giant roo , if anyone has one let me know thanks

sorry misunderstanding they want eggs to hatch lol not a roo

 

[erinszoo]

can I sprinkle baking soda in my chick brooder to help with the smell or will this harm my chicks if they eat it?

We use sweet pdz otherwise known as zeolite to sprinkle in the coop and brooder. They sell it for horse stalls at tractor supply and probably atwoods. Get the granular type and try to move the birds before you sprinkleso they don't breathe it. Eating it is fine as it provides calcium. I'm not sure about baking soda. The pdz is $10 for 50lbs.

 

[krazykat0373]

I put up a fence & made a small coop for my NN rooster & put some hens with him
He is a happy rooster

My problem now is my orpington rooster is on the other side of the fence with some hens but when they see each other they go at it thru the fence. what can I put up against or on my fence so they can't see each other then they won't fight please help any ideas or pictures???

glad you got them separated and he has a few hens too

you could try some black landscape fabric...or get the small chicken wire, or wire mesh, they might see each other and try to fight but it will do no good

 

[donnie]

glad you got them separated and he has a few hens too

you could try some black landscape fabric...or get the small chicken wire, or wire mesh, they might see each other and try to fight but it will do no good

piece of wood , tin , lattice , anything to block view of other roo

 

[okracefan]

Hi, Okie friends. I haven't updated much because we have been making a mental transition. What with my spider bite this last summer, a heart procedure this winter, and the overall outlook for continued excessive heat and drought during our Oklahoma summers, we have decided to hang it up on the farming thing. Too much work for someone in too poor health, with too many grim forecasts boding poor opportunities to farm successfully the way we want to farm.

I've avoided this site mostly because I knew it would influence our decision-making process. Y'all make this chicken thing look like too much fun, and I didn't want to be influenced by emotion. I wanted to approach it as rationally as possible. We are moving into town about 3 blocks from our respective work places.

We aren't completely giving up the farm or farming, though. My daughter and her husband are moving up from Texas and taking over the farm. I will likely work with them while they learn how to do the chicken thing, both eggs and (hopefully) meat. I gave them a copy of FRESH, the movie, several years ago and it has apparently sunk in. They will take over my young layer flock, and maybe do some farmers market sales. As a stay at home mom, it will allow my daughter to generate some income while working at home, raising their own food.

We will eventually get a few chickens for our place in town for our daily needs, but in the mean time, I will make frequent trips to the country to help them, train them, and help them plan for the future.

I wish I had stumbled onto all this 20 years ago when I still had the energy, but working full time and farming sustainably part time... just too much.

At least it is staying in the family, I get to dabble a bit, and will have my sweet daughter and wonderful grandchildren close at hand, to see them whenever I want. I'll keep my processing equipment with the dream of eventually building that MPU and sharing it with my chicken friends.

So, I won't be completely gone.

were can one obtain a copy of this movie called Fresh?