***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[jcatblum]

On the sportsman we have a plexiglass door on our hatcher & one cabinet. The other cabinet has a solid door. It is awful! I like to see the water levels, know trays are turning, verify the humidity & temp are measuring the same inside as well. I say order the door unless you have double pans Low E glass you can insert in put in the door I wouldn't try it.

 

[mjgigax]

congrats

x2

 

[Kassaundra]

Poco, my broody girl accepted them. Gary posted pics on FB, but I can't forward them at work.


Did that one that was pipping last night ever make it out?

 

[mjgigax]

Thought I would do a fast "chicken" table cloth for DD eggs display. Serged 2 sides then my lovely serger ate the other side. Broke 2 threads. Tried my best to fix the serger, but it will have to wait until DH has time to look @ it. When the serger is working well it's amazing. All other times it is awful!
Doubt we will make the Blanchard sale. DH says he is coming home Friday after work & should be home for the weekend.
Cathie I understand on the corn taking up valuable space. DH is from Iowa so corn is a must. Plus most roadside corn is grown with cheap seed. I know sounds crazy, but the variety I plant is Sweetie 82-- takes 82 days to grow, but it has a HIGH sugar content & will stay fresh for 10 days after it is picked. I love heirloom seed for my tomatoes, but older corn varieties are only sweet for a few hours after you pick them then the sugar starts turning to starch very quickly. The seed I used I couldnt afford to sell the corn. It was $16lb, but will be so yummy if we get a good harvest & I will have a whole deep freeze of corn!!!

My dad, in Michigan, used to grow several varieties of sweetcorn. I'll have to think of the names. He had some that had yellow and white kernels, and many different germination dates. We were so spoiled, I won't even eat canned corn. I doubt that the varietied that work best up north will do as well here. I have learned the hard way that gardening in different places is a whole new world each time - Michigan, California, Japan, California on the beach (almost nothing grows in the salt air) and finally Oklahoma. Nothing has stopped me yet but last year's heat was the toughest. This year if making up for it!
Jack called yesterday and ask if I wanted some tomatoes. Three days in a row people have brought him large bags full. I said I didn't need any since I have two plants that are loaded with ripening fruit now. Darn, I was hoping to give him some of those! Well, what other neighbors can I dump some on?

 

[MacGuyver]

My dad, in Michigan, used to grow several varieties of sweetcorn. I'll have to think of the names. He had some that had yellow and white kernels, and many different germination dates. We were so spoiled, I won't even eat canned corn. I doubt that the varietied that work best up north will do as well here. I have learned the hard way that gardening in different places is a whole new world each time - Michigan, California, Japan, California on the beach (almost nothing grows in the salt air) and finally Oklahoma. Nothing has stopped me yet but last year's heat was the toughest. This year if making up for it!
Jack called yesterday and ask if I wanted some tomatoes. Three days in a row people have brought him large bags full. I said I didn't need any since I have two plants that are loaded with ripening fruit now. Darn, I was hoping to give him some of those! Well, what other neighbors can I dump some on?

You can dump 'em on me!

 

[jcatblum]

MJ make salsa, sauce, ketchup & many other great things! You will find LOTS of uses for your tomatoes if you have time & space for them. Alexis has been having an inlet everyday with fresh tomatoes. I am not a tomato lover but a carbon tomato on my pizza is YUMMY!!! I do like those carbon, even though they are ugly.
On the corn the variety I am growing has to be isolated, since it is sugar enhanced. Some try isolating with spacing plantings by time, but it is hard to do here in Oklahoma since it gets hot so fast. I did consider growing multiple varieties with different harvest dates. However, harvesting it all at once & putting it up the next day appeals to me since I have so much other garden to tend too.
Picked 3 cantaloupes today that I can't figure out what variety they are, but I don't like them. I remember buying seeds for one that said it had a spicy undertone & it must be that variety. Been searching for the seed packet, but haven't located it yet. First time I can say that I don't like a cantaloupe. Smelled good but taste awful!

 

[Buster52]

Both would be a problem if they both happened, but they don't. Antibiotics aren't like narcotics, they don't work by having a direct effect on the person or animal taking them, they target the microbe. So, you can't build up a tolerance to antibiotics like you can to painkillers or something.

I would think, though, that if you are always medicating and premedicating for everything as some do, the genetics of immune systems break down. For instance, one organic method for disease control (the one I use) is to cull if the animal is unable to fight off a disease on its own. This way, the only critters you ever have in your flock are the ones that have the genetics for strong immune systems. By medicating for everything, the animal is given a crutch and those with naturally weak immune systems survive to pass on their traits.

So, in a sense, it is true that you create both stronger bugs, and weaker hosts that need the medicinal crutch to survive. A double whammy.

Least, that makes sense to me, anyway.

 

[Reagor]

Both would be a problem if they both happened, but they don't. Antibiotics aren't like narcotics, they don't work by having a direct effect on the person or animal taking them, they target the microbe. So, you can't build up a tolerance to antibiotics like you can to painkillers or something. We get most of our antibiotics from funguses, like Penicillin from moldy bread because bacteria and fungi have been locked in evolutionary warfare for millions of years. They compete for resources and try to kill each other off by secreting various chemicals. The weak ones die, but the survivors are able to share DNA, and they develop methods of resisting the last method their enemy used. What happens in antibiotic resistance is that we use an antibiotic, but we use less than it takes to actually kill the bacteria. The ones that survived are able to share that resistance with all the others, and the next time you use that same antibiotic it won't affect the bacteria that have resistance. This is a problem when people get a prescription from their doctor and they stop taking it when they start to feel better, or when they take antibiotics for a viral infection. (Viruses can't be killed by antibiotics.) The huge problem that no one seems willing to confront though, is antibiotics in agriculture. Most antibiotics are used in subtherapeutic doses to increase weight gain, so, all of the salmonellas, e. coli, and everything else you can think of is swimming in low level antibiotic soup all day long, just passing around resistance to it like they were trading Pokemon cards or something. Then if a human gets sick from that bacteria it can't be killed with any related antibiotics. So we end up throwing hugely dangerous antibiotics at it like Vancomycin. Here's a decent paper on it. Some of the better ones are only accessible if you have privileges with a medical research library. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergingissues/downloads/antiresist2007update.pdf

this is why we need to start developing more bacteriophage meds, but there is no money in that research so it will not happen.

 

[Reagor]

Hi everyone, I have to share with you that I got my first couple of eggs yesterday! I am so excited! I am hoping they have more for me when I get home today! I am such a proud chicken mommy!

Congrats!!! I can't wait tell I get some out of mine.

 

[Kassaundra]

congrats emach first eggs are always so exciting.