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[wingstone]

Quote: Did up 1 of my left over turkeys yesterday, it came out to 45 pounds.....anything over 25 pds I start breaking them down.....with this 1 i got 12 good size breast pieces.....I still have 1 of the breast that I did not cut down yet,if anyone wants to see what a humungous turkey breast loks like...by the way these are broad breasted, do some every year for the holidays..run them with the chickens for awhile then as they get big and clumsy I move them to their own pen..

 

[LeBlackbird]

Did up 1 of my left over turkeys yesterday, it came out to 45 pounds.....anything over 25 pds I start breaking them down.....with this 1 i got 12 good size breast pieces.....I still have 1 of the breast that I did not cut down yet,if anyone wants to see what a humungous turkey breast loks like...by the way these are broad breasted, do some every year for the holidays..run them with the chickens for awhile then as they get big and clumsy I move them to their own pen..

oh my gosh! I think I'll stick to the heritage breeds, 45-60 pounds of turkey is too much turkey for this girl

On a different note, Rory is quite enjoying the inside weather

House chickens these days

 

[Sally Sunshine]

http://www.motherearthnews.com/What-To-Plant-Now-February-Mid-Atlantic-Gardening-Region.aspx

Not much longer before some stuff needs to be started.

Next time he complains, tell him he's wrong and bring that up for proof. Not that you should need it, hasn't he learned yet that women are always right?

We are in the mnts so we are going to try 6 straw bales with just a few things and see how it goes..... I so hope it works for us! Plus it should keep the dogs out LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally Sunshine,

Love that coop you built. While I already have plans for my coop, I am going to substitute pallet wood for much of the sheet lumber in the plan. I really like your shutters....think I'll incorporate similar ones into mine.

Is that gravel you have in your run? Looks like 3/4s. Haven't seen that before. Advantages?

Jim

its all I had, I put smaller driveway almost cinders on top then.... it worked AMAZING.... until I stupidly threw some pine shavings in there! I was too lazy to haul to the compost pile in the pouring rain, lesson learned that stuff composted faster than anything I ever seen and turned into an inch of mushy mudd!!! I will be ordering more fine stones from Bashores again come spring.... it was nice always having a clean area to walk! now I cant go in the front run unless frozen!
I just thought you may think the run is in front? run is in back at X..... I have a walk of stones inside the run like this though, lol with those fines ontop.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

GOT NEW PIC'S...

awwwwww yay!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: dolp I should have remembered that!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi I ordered 2 Columbian 1 Silverlaced & 1 Gold laced Wyandottes
Vinnie

awesome!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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WING NEED FINGER TOSS CROSSER.... AND U OK????
Yep....A-OK...just the depression setting in when you know you have alot of testing coming up..
awwww darn!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: awwwww!!

 

[MoonShadows]

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What kind of plant is that? The chickens don't eat it? I would like to "decorate" my run. I saw a run where a guy had a huge Y shaped tree limb that he fastened to the top and bottom of the run. The chickens were sitting all over it. Some greenery might be nice, too. I mentioned in another post that I bought wild flower seeds to plant around the coop and run. If I am going to work hard to make the coop look nice, I don't want the run to look like some mud puddle.

You don't have probelms with predators and that low fence in the mountains? Here where I am in PA, I am going to have to cover the entire run because of the hawks.