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[al6517]

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Al , your killing me brother!

I am gonna have to drive over to Mexitown tonight!

I know that was my intention. You goin to Mexitown ?? what you need some roofing done or something

AL

 

[Teach97]

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Is it snowing there yet? Please keep it up there.

We don't use those words up here. Not yet...probably tonight and depends on who you listen to but it shouldn't amount to much. Reports range from 2-6 inches which relates to "Did it snow?" to "Yeah, I had some white stuff at my house"

We aren't worried...we will take what we get....really need the moisture

 

[Greybear23]

Hey I know this is not chicken material but I found this and thought some of you might find it interesting, especially OklaDoodle Do!!!! Lynn


Hi all! I have a litter of American Guinea Hogs born Nov 23 for sale. They are very active and healthy. I'm located near McAlester, Okla. For more info e-mail with "Guinea Hogs" in the subject line. Farm pick-up only, sorry. They will be ready for new homes mid-January. Thanks!
Anna
blu_redneck(at)yahoo.com

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Thanks Lynn! Say are you reading my mind again!I know its a short story book ! I have located some Ossawba piglets in WV. Kind of pricey but they are rare! I will check on these Gunieas.I may have to raise a bunch to feed these chicken growers,thats all they have talked about all day! Now everyone is hungry!Lol

 

[Greybear23]

Hey ODD,

here is something else I found and thought you might like, it even has chickens and ducks in it, I get these from one of my other forums, I would like to try this myself, had a friend that used to trap wild potbellies that got loose and went wild down around CarneyOkla, and he loved the meat, Lynn

I am using small Pot Belly pigs for my homestead. I have had them for
about 3 years now and love them. Previously I had raised a few
batches of weaner pigs, but I always had to call the processor when
the pig got to a certain size and I could no longer handle them.
I got the regular weaner pigs at the auction, where everyone says you
should never shop... but I had good luck.
Also, I used to sell at the auction, and I knew others who sold
there, too. I raised Speckled Sussex chicks and Muscovy ducklings
especially to sell there. I LOVED putting quality babies out there
for everyone to get. The fun part was seeing how much I would get
paid that week. So, not everyone takes poor stock to the auction, and
they refuse any animals that appear ill or injured. But, it is an
auction, and you do have to look the critters over closely first
before bidding.

The small pigs I have are VERY friendly and easy to care for. They
provide me with wonderful meat for my family.
As a bonus, I can harvest the young pigs all by myself, so I'm not
paying a processor to harvest, cut & wrap.
I don't sell the meat, I just raise for my family.
They also are clearing new garden space for me in their semi-portable
pens.

I use hog panels and t-posts to construct my pens on the tall Reed
Canary grass I want them to take down and till for me. Once I get the
grass down and manageable, I'm hoping to switch to electric wire and
no more pens.

I got these pigs to practice on as I was considering Guinea Hogs.
Well, 3 years later I'm still with these! They are just so perfect
for me, and they have a nice variety of markings.

You will here things such as "They are Pets! You can't eat them!"
Well, some folks make pets out of Turkeys... like me... does that
mean no one can eat turkeys?
Then you will here... "They are ALL fat! There is no meat on them!"
and I always want to ask... how do you know? if they are pets and no
one eats them... So I ate one, and found out they are perfectly
balanced with meat and lard. Sure, if you take one in your house, let
it hang out on your sofa, bring it all of it's food so it doesn't
have to walk to find anything... overfeed it, which is very easy to
do as they don't eat much... yes, the overweight pet pig will be more
fat than meat.
If you raise the pigs like pigs like to be raised, outside where they
can root and get the grass roots... they will be perfect. I don't
have anything bad to say about these little pigs. Mine weigh around
60-100 pounds, I estimate.

Julie in NW Oregon


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[Greybear23]

Hey sign me up for the Tamale class too!!!! Al could you make me up about two dozen and deliver them tomarrow???? PLEASE!!!!!!

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Do you have a tamle press? I think I want one for Christmas!

Some day I am coming to your Tamale class.

 

[al6517]

Lynn : Tomorrow !!! short notice LOL I will post pic's of the process, they are steaming as we type and the fresh bread just came out of the oven and is on the cooling rack.

AL

 

[Buster52]

Wow. Just did a search for the Carnegie co-op price list I posted some time ago for feed ingredients with no hits. I guess when they purged all the "useless" posts a few weeks back, such information was deemed of no importance.

Fortunately for me, I was able to dig it up again, so will post it again for those interested and for future reference.

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Carnegie co-op feed ingredients.

Item/price per 100 pounds (unless otherwise noted)
Corn $8.05
Cottonseed Hulls $8.50
Peanut Hulls $5.25
Soybean Meal $17.80
Cottonseed Meal $15.20
Molasses $12.30
Iodine (per pound) $2.25
Vitamin A-D-E $.60
Dical (for calves) $75.30
Calcium $19.80
Yeast $47.90
Medi-Crumb $32.70
Dry Molasses $31.90
Decox $.85
Mag-Ox $48.60
R-1500 $36.50
B-1800 $38

Sacking (50 lb bags) $1 ea.

 

[Buckguy20]

Looks like it would be worth my drive to get some corn.
I paid over eight bucks for a 50 lb bag of chops this week.

 

[nnbreeder]

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Ed really knows his stuff when talking about NNs. We have known him for a great many years.
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Sorry I missed Shawnee and have been awol on here. Health concerns have kept me down since mid-Sept. Tonight I am able to move around a bit so I thought I would check in and say I'm still kicking.