Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[wingstone]

Quote: kept at 62 here

Quote: been close enough to the cooper hawk that I could have jumped on it if I would be more flexible, and I agree it just flipped me off

 

[GR Chicks]

I texted hubs late last night while he was at work to ask him to bring milk home in the morning. His response... "I think we need to get a cow" one minute later... "Wait that was a joke don't buy a cow! Forgot who I was talking to"

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

 Celebrate the small victories!.... baby steps, baby steps....

Oh I know it!

Troyer :

That pullet is just plain unacceptable for breeding.....I'll do you a favor and take her off you hands....lol.....

Mine stays at 62 and I burn a wood stove...most times most parts of the house are comfy, nights like tonight....I'm stoking the wood stove to 'not burn the oil'....

Haha! Nice technique...

 

[Bettacreek]

It may not affect the birds as much as you think. In my parrots feed, there are hot peppers and hot pepper seeds. Birds do not have the "heat sensing" taste buds like we do.
ROFL! Chickens are the gateway livestock you know...
That's amazing! It's so interesting to see how things turn out with nature!

So in other chicken news, I said to the hubby, "Well when we get a place with more land I want to raise meaties." No response. I said " You do know what they are, don't you?" He said "Yeah, birds you eat, I just don't want to have anything to do with them. " progress!!

I don't know. The acidity was enough to turn me off of it. I haven't noticed a problem with feeding them unfermented feed, so that's what I've been sticking with. Now, fodder, on the other hand... If I could get that stuff to grow without mold over winter, I'd be one happy camper. I'm sure they'd agree, lol. I'm so sick of WHITE!!!

 

[troyer]

Troyer :

That pullet is just plain unacceptable for breeding.....I'll do you a favor and take her off you hands....lol.......

I guess I'll just spare you the need to build another coop.

 

[fisherlady]

I guess I'll just spare you the need to build another coop.

Well played, Sir!

 

[troyer]

Here is a 2 week old Cubalaya chick. Wheaten color with dominant white.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

 
I've been milking the one Shetland ewe I have and she provides enough for me. I'm not big on dairy, but I use it in coffee and puddings and such. I'm hoping this year to replace store milk with sheep milk for all of our baking/cooking and some of the cheese.

How does sheep's milk taste in comparison to cow's? We are planning on getting a pair of goats eventually but I'm not a big fan of the 'goaty' flavor of goats milk. According to my sister the 'goaty' flavor intensifies the longer the milk sits, but even fresh I don't think it's something I'd enjoy drinking on it's own.  A cow is too big an animal to even consider at this point, but we DO go through a lot of milk and actually go to great lengths to get good, raw milk. It would be great if there was a smaller, more easily managed animal that produced similar milk... I had never really heard of drinking sheep's milk before so I am wondering now how it compares.

I like the idea of a Dexter. I wonder how much milk a Belted Galloway produces...they are supposed to be dual purpose, perhaps they produce less milk than say a Jersey or Holstein.

 

[18angovem]

My belteds produce about 4 gallons a day I believe. My dexters produce about the same. Maybe a bit less.

 

[LadyBehir]

Our thermostat is set for 64 daytime and 58 nighttime. This cold snap we have been using the woodstove and the propane log also.