Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[eryan7]

So I didn't find a home for my Orpington rooster. Guess it's into the pot! This will be the first of our flock we eat

. Question, I have one rooster and thought the second, in the back of the rooster was a hen, now I'm not so sure. Any thoughts?

 

[eryan7]

couldn't get it to go with my original post

 

[bobrut]

I have a six month old lavender opington rooster looking for a home, big handsome fella.
Greetings to the new Pittsburgh folks from Burgettstown area!!

 

[troyer]

couldn't get it to go with my original post

That's a very nice blue shade!!

 

[dheltzel]

Thanks! Don't be sorry about Wheezy, I'm not upset, just wish I could fix it. Just like yours, mine protests any kind of handling. They are tough birds. I will take care of her until she passes peacefully or until she looks like she is suffering.

Thanks for the advice on the raised beds. In my case, we have boulders sticking up all over the yard, so an in ground garden outdoors be quite a challenge to say the least. Im not worried about winds, as the entire property is surrounded by pines. Also, I have plenty of plastic wire fencing to keep out both the the chickens and the deer. I am hoping to be able to grow a lot this year. The only issue will be the cost of the raised beds themselves. Maybe I can use some fallen trees that are on the property as well.

I can't wait for spring projects! We have a lot of pachysandra around the house, and I'm going to remove a large chunk of it and put in a herb garden. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.

I am still holding out hope that my hen will shake off the illness and start hanging with the flock of toms for protection and socialization. I can't put her in the pen with my hens, the time I tried it the resident hens made it very clear she was not welcome. I feel sorry for her, she seems like a lost soul right now.

Raised beds can be made cheaply by just mounding up the soil and adding mulch once the soil gets warm. There is a small amount of erosion with that, but not much soil should be actually lost, just washed into the surrounding soil. Grass clippings make good mulch for this, and cheap too.

 

[fisherlady]

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
Hope something has developed since you wrote this!
I can see how that would create problem!
Thanks! Don't be sorry about Wheezy, I'm not upset, just wish I could fix it. Just like yours, mine protests any kind of handling. They are tough birds. I will take care of her until she passes peacefully or until she looks like she is suffering.

Thanks for the advice on the raised beds. In my case, we have boulders sticking up all over the yard, so an in ground garden outdoors be quite a challenge to say the least. Im not worried about winds, as the entire property is surrounded by pines. Also, I have plenty of plastic wire fencing to keep out both the the chickens and the deer. I am hoping to be able to grow a lot this year. The only issue will be the cost of the raised beds themselves. Maybe I can use some fallen trees that are on the property as well.

I can't wait for spring projects! We have a lot of pachysandra around the house, and I'm going to remove a large chunk of it and put in a herb garden. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.


Glad to see you settled in well. Your Roos look study as always!

In regards to the raised beds....to reduce costs I would scour your yard and woods area for medium sized rocks and downed trees to use as borders, either pile/stack the rocks in wall formations or use them in the corners and filll the sides with recovered trees/logs cut to length. It will be rustic and blend nicely with the environment.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Thanks! Don't be sorry about Wheezy, I'm not upset, just wish I could fix it. Just like yours, mine protests any kind of handling. They are tough birds. I will take care of her until she passes peacefully or until she looks like she is suffering.


Thanks for the advice on the raised beds. In my case, we have boulders sticking up all over the yard, so an in ground garden outdoors be quite a challenge to say the least. Im not worried about winds, as the entire property is surrounded by pines. Also, I have plenty of plastic wire fencing to keep out both the the chickens and the deer. I am hoping to be able to grow a lot this year. The only issue will be the cost of the raised beds themselves. Maybe I can use some fallen trees that are on the property as well.


I can't wait for spring projects! We have a lot of pachysandra around the house, and I'm going to remove a large chunk of it and put in a herb garden. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.

I am still holding out hope that my hen will shake off the illness and start hanging with the flock of toms for protection and socialization. I can't put her in the pen with my hens, the time I tried it the resident hens made it very clear she was not welcome. I feel sorry for her, she seems like a lost soul right now.

Raised beds can be made cheaply by just mounding up the soil and adding mulch once the soil gets warm. There is a small amount of erosion with that, but not much soil should be actually lost, just washed into the surrounding soil. Grass clippings make good mulch for this, and cheap too.

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
Hope something has developed since you wrote this!
I can see how that would create problem!
Thanks! Don't be sorry about Wheezy, I'm not upset, just wish I could fix it. Just like yours, mine protests any kind of handling. They are tough birds. I will take care of her until she passes peacefully or until she looks like she is suffering.

Thanks for the advice on the raised beds. In my case, we have boulders sticking up all over the yard, so an in ground garden outdoors be quite a challenge to say the least. Im not worried about winds, as the entire property is surrounded by pines. Also, I have plenty of plastic wire fencing to keep out both the the chickens and the deer. I am hoping to be able to grow a lot this year. The only issue will be the cost of the raised beds themselves. Maybe I can use some fallen trees that are on the property as well.

I can't wait for spring projects! We have a lot of pachysandra around the house, and I'm going to remove a large chunk of it and put in a herb garden. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.


Glad to see you settled in well. Your Roos look study as always!

In regards to the raised beds....to reduce costs I would scour your yard and woods area for medium sized rocks and downed trees to use as borders, either pile/stack the rocks in wall formations or use them in the corners and filll the sides with recovered trees/logs cut to length. It will be rustic and blend nicely with the environment.

Thank you guys, those are both good ideas. The are a lot of "felled" trees ( I think that's the right term) in our woods that came down from Sandy, so if I can trim them down and get my husband to help, they and some stone would make for a lovely rustic (and cheap) border. Thankfully, there are a couple mounds of topsoil that are on the same side of the yard where I want the beds. With some peat and amendments, I should have some great soil on the cheap.

Speaking of cheap, yesterday I found an ad in the free section on Craigslist. It was for a chainlink dog kennel. About 6x12 with a divider in between. Thought it would be great for separating some chooks or critters in the future. It was a pain in the butt to get apart, but I can keep it outside in pieces until the spring. Also, on my way home, I saw something in the road that looked like a sheet of foam insulation. Sure enough, it was! Must have fallen off someone's truck. I pulled over and threw that sucker right in my van. That will help me insulate my last wall in the coop. Gotta love salvaging!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Thank you guys, those are both good ideas. The are a lot of "felled" trees ( I think that's the right term) in our woods that came down from Sandy, so if I can trim them down and get my husband to help, they and some stone would make for a lovely rustic (and cheap) border. Thankfully, there are a couple mounds of topsoil that are on the same side of the yard where I want the beds. With some peat and amendments, I should have some great soil on the cheap.

Speaking of cheap, yesterday I found an ad in the free section on Craigslist. It was for a chainlink dog kennel. About 6x12 with a divider in between. Thought it would be great for separating some chooks or critters in the future. It was a pain in the butt to get apart, but I can keep it outside in pieces until the spring. Also, on my way home, I saw something in the road that looked like a sheet of foam insulation. Sure enough, it was! Must have fallen off someone's truck. I pulled over and threw that sucker right in my van. That will help me insulate my last wall in the coop. Gotta love salvaging!

Felled trees work wonderful for raised beds we made one about 2 years ago for our garlic when we dropped some trees in the yard. This year, we bought wood fence posts from TSC to make raised beds out of. They worked beautifully and for the first time ever, we were able to grow and harvest from our garden. Our soil here is nothing but clay and rocks :/

Here are some pictures of the boxes we threw together from the trees we dropped. Apparently, the pictures of the boxes we made this summer with the fence pays are on another memory card so... lol

Nice scavaging today BTW awesome finds!

 

[fisherlady]

Felled trees work wonderful for raised beds we made one about 2 years ago for our garlic when we dropped some trees in the yard. This year, we bought wood fence posts from TSC to make raised beds out of. They worked beautifully and for the first time ever, we were able to grow and harvest from our garden. Our soil here is nothing but clay and rocks :/

Here are some pictures of the boxes we threw together from the trees we dropped. Apparently, the pictures of the boxes we made this summer with the fence pays are on another memory card so... lol

Nice scavaging today BTW awesome finds!

Great job on the beds! If the logs are big enough to enclose a decent area you could even do a secondary bed on the inside with smaller logs, that would provide a stepped up look...just fill the first level with dirt and bury in 4 stones to create corner supports for the second level logs, that way the second level logs don't sink down into the soil of the first level. My Mom actually did a 3 level tiered bed last year using railroad ties I gave her...just provide solid support at the corners of the extra tiers and you are good to go. She used hers for strawberries, I think.

 

[stake]

Felled trees work wonderful for raised beds

we made one about 2 years ago for our garlic when we dropped some trees in the yard. This year, we bought wood fence posts from TSC to make raised beds out of. They worked beautifully and for the first time ever, we were able to grow and harvest from our garden. Our soil here is nothing but clay and rocks

Here are some pictures of the boxes we threw together from the trees we dropped. Apparently, the pictures of the boxes we made this summer with the fence pays are on another memory card so... lol









Nice scavaging today BTW

awesome finds!

nice beds...but, if that was me, there'd be a couple cords of stacked firewood.....