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[LittleMissPurdy]

http://complete-health-and-happiness.com/chicken-farm-uses-oregano-oil-instead-antibiotics/?t=mam

Oregano and cinnamon in place of antibiotics, has anyone tried this approach, what happened? Premarinated if nothing else....

And what would these two things do.

didn't know about these as antibiotics..but, I do put cinnamon in the sand to help keep critters out and i put oregano, lavender, mint..sometimes thyme ..into the coop & nest boxes to help with freshening up & I know some of these herbs help to keep bugs and such away...plus the birds like to munch a bit...kinds "pre-marinated", like you said

Give me lead time on the rabbits

31 day gestation and ready to leave at 8 weeks, so I need three months notice when you are ready to start.

so awesome..will do!!...thank you so very much Ray!!

Good afternoon all:

Here's the latest on my young'in...looks like he's going to have some baring and that white dot indicates a 'boy'....if it is a boy, I'll be looking to re-home him in the spring..he's from a a CCL over and Olive egger combo...pm me if you're interested



One the food front, my neighbor gave me a pheasant and four trout.....looks like good eating for a while and this was today's project...lazagna...

looks so good!!!

Since someone mentioned food, I have to share our adventure. Today we shredded and packed 200 lbs of cabbage for sauerkraut. I'm exhausted and my hands are KILLING me lol. The good news is its done for and we'll just have to can it in 7 weeks.

oh man...i would love to try to make that sometime!!
I actually forgot all about cabbage this year when we planted...it wasn't till after everything was in , then MC mentioned her cabbage...i had a very big "DUH" moment...always next year...i have an old crock I could probably use for the fermenting process...I wouldn't make too much, as it is just DH & I...but then, I am addicted to canning so...

.., but nothing even near 200lbs!! hahaha

 

[chiques chicks]

Since someone mentioned food, I have to share our adventure. Today we shredded and packed 200 lbs of cabbage for sauerkraut. I'm exhausted and my hands are KILLING me lol. The good news is its done for and we'll just have to can it in 7 weeks.

For 200#, I would spend the $75 for a cabbage cutter! About 20# is my limit by hand.

Which remind me, I need to do another batch. I want to try some without salt. Thinking of adding some herbs for a different taste. Found out my brother lives it when I took some to a cookout this summer. He just took the jar and ate it straight and cold.

 

[wingstone]

LMP, quail can be in any cage, the problem is they just simply stop, lay egg, keep moving...it depends on how much you want to search for eggs....they kind of jump straight up when startled also, it is possible for them to break a neck if they get to much momentum on that jump....lot's of people keep quail on the bottom of large avaries to clean up the spilled seeds...they can fly but they are MoRE of a ground dweller...they can be kept anywhere as long as you predator proof it.

 

[chiques chicks]

LMP, rabbits can do fine in just a wire cage as long as it is sheltered from rain and wind and provides some shade. Biggest thing in the winter is frozen water, just like everything else. I had a litter in early March and they survived (those are the ones wing got). All in a shed with the door open. Heat is worse than cold for them, they don't sweat. Actually, a lot like chickens- Feed, water, dry, shade, air circulation.

I'm working on hanging my cages and installing nipple waterers for this winter. They make brass spring loaded water nipples that can be mounted horizontally. They also make water pipe "t's" that work with 1/2" sched 40 the nipples just screw in to. I also tested out the "t's" with chicken water nipples and they are the same thread,

 

[wingstone]

Many of you do not process as I do, but for anyone wanting to here is a very easy to follow video of process hogs in your own backyard......emphasis is on the how to cut it up part... mine never quite looks like these cuts, so this video really taught me a few things..

http://anatomyofthrift.com/

Worth saving if you ever plan on doing your own.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

For 200#, I would spend the $75 for a cabbage cutter! About 20# is my limit by hand.

Which remind me, I need to do another batch. I want to try some without salt. Thinking of adding some herbs for a different taste. Found out my brother lives it when I took some to a cookout this summer. He just took the jar and ate it straight and cold.

we actually do have a cabbage slicer, it's the massaging the juices out of the cabbage that killed my hands and wrists lol. We make 200 # for us, family and any friends that want some. We have 2 quarts left over from last years batch lol

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

LMP, quail can be in any cage, the problem is they just simply stop, lay egg, keep moving...it depends on how much you want to search for eggs....they kind of jump straight up when startled also, it is possible for them to break a neck if they get to much momentum on that jump....lot's of people keep quail on the bottom of large avaries to clean up the spilled seeds...they can fly but they are MoRE of a ground dweller...they can be kept anywhere as long as you predator proof it.

LMP, rabbits can do fine in just a wire cage as long as it is sheltered from rain and wind and provides some shade. Biggest thing in the winter is frozen water, just like everything else. I had a litter in early March and they survived (those are the ones wing got). All in a shed with the door open. Heat is worse than cold for them, they don't sweat. Actually, a lot like chickens- Feed, water, dry, shade, air circulation.

I'm working on hanging my cages and installing nipple waterers for this winter. They make brass spring loaded water nipples that can be mounted horizontally. They also make water pipe "t's" that work with 1/2" sched 40 the nipples just screw in to. I also tested out the "t's" with chicken water nipples and they are the same thread,

Thank you so much guys!!..oh, and gals..

...this is fantastic info....great to know that we don't have to build another coop for little birds..hahaha..it is nice to be able to use what we already have. We are planning the rabbits to be outside and the eventual quail. They will be protected from elements and predators!!
Another question on the quail..see what i mean?!>..DH has some questions......are they noisy?...i know you like your conversations with them*Wing, but other than that....and yet another question...hahaha

, what do they eat?...i should ask..what do you feed them?.....thank you again for any & all information...

Many of you do not process as I do, but for anyone wanting to here is a very easy to follow video of process hogs in your own backyard......emphasis is on the how to cut it up part... mine never quite looks like these cuts, so this video really taught me a few things..

http://anatomyofthrift.com/

Worth saving if you ever plan on doing your own.

this is interesting....i really do not need any encouragement when it comes to having animals in the yard...really.., I have a feeling an intervention is brewing...

...

 

[chiques chicks]

I do not make it since I am the only one here that what's it..
Seen an article awhile back about making it right in the canning jar, all in one step instead of having to repack it.
Will go searching for it.

How about I just make some extra?

 

[chiques chicks]

we actually do have a cabbage slicer, it's the massaging the juices out of the cabbage that killed my hands and wrists lol. We make 200 # for us, family and any friends that want some. We have 2 quarts left over from last years batch lol

My recipe includes a baseball bat and clean rock. I've used a (clean) 2x4, to "massage".

 

[fisherlady]

Hopped on earlier to try to catch up, we spent most of the day working on firewood. Saw wing's post about dinner so snapped a picture before we ate. We had chicken with potatoes, broccoli and biscuits. You gotta love a crock pot when you can't be in the kitchen!