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Triple Willow said:
Quote: A coworker told me a story once..... a friend of hers had a youngster that was just pulling up on furniture. This child was always in the drs office with tummy troubles.... He was on a special diet even. Gal got a really good job and hired a Mexican nanny with impeccible credentials.

A couple of months later the baby was up in weight and toddling and Really thriving. One day she came home at about lunch time and here was the youngster sitting flat on the floor munching on what looked like a peeled apple. The nanny was preparing his prescription lunch..... Raw apple was NOT on his diet....

She started to take the nanny to task and realized it wasnt an apple it was a Big white ONION. That kid was obviously chewing on it with relish.... Woman Flipped out fired the nanny on the spot even after she explained that is what they used in her family for tummy troubles.

There was something that kid needed the onion provided and he was off and running.

I think its just like Fermented feed.

deb
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The boys came out today and helped us get some spring chores done and it was a good day! They fixed the riding lawn mower and put on new blades. They strung new extension cords through the trees all the way up to the coop for me...no more moving lines to mow. They helped me hill up rows in the garden, lay down suppression cloth, string deer netting around it to keep out chickens and helped haul off some heavy, old, wet hay bales, some metal and farm junk, helped me jimmy rig a creep feeder for the meaties, and brought me some cattle panels for my coop tweak.

In the middle of all that I got more tilling done, planted more flowers and finished planting my seedling trays. My tomatoes are up and some are already forming their second set of leaves. I don't feel too bad about getting them started so late as we are still having some pretty cool weather here and will be clear up into May. Supposed to drop into the 20s again at night this week and only in the 50s-60s in the day, so cool weather hasn't gone completely.

I listed the Hootie Hatch chicks for sale in the locals, along with the Fat Cochin and three of my layer hens, to thin down the flock. I've never sold any of my chickens before, so I have mixed feelings about what kind of homes they may be going to, but I'll give their care over to the Lord and trust that He will see them through their lives. One of the Dels acted a little broody tonight and I hope that is what is happening.....if so, I'll get her to hatch out some WR chicks for me instead of my having to incubate them....it would be good to have a professional on the job, that's for sure. I'll just tell you that it's nice to have my room back and all the hatching paraphernalia out of there, so not looking forward to anymore hatching right now.

We had a great time today and I got to see my grandbaby all day too, so it was a great day! God is so good to me!
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I hope everyone else had a wonderful day too!
 
Good morning Bee. It sounds like you had a really nice and productive day with your boys. Now could you send them my way? :)
 
rrrmamma said:
She taught me a lot I also worked with the Pueblo Indians and learned many remedies from them. They say that for any poisonous plant the antidote grows close by.
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How convenient! Now we just need to get all the pairings. So far I have stinging nettle / burdock leaf. Also saw a reference that said the sap from the stem of the nettle plant itself is an antidote. Useful only if you have gloves and a knife on you when you touch the plant
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lindz8504 said:
I think I have a broody.....
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I don't know. When mine go broody they flatten out in the nest and scream if I get close. When they aren't broody it is more like "Hey, there is that big weird looking 'chicken' that feeds me".

Maybe yours is just tired of you getting "fresh"
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Or maybe she is just starting to go broody.

Bruce
 
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lindz8504 said:
I think I have a broody.....
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I don't know. When mine go broody they flatten out in the nest and scream if I get close. When they aren't broody it is more like "Hey, there is that big weird looking 'chicken' that feeds me".

Maybe yours is just tired of you getting "fresh"
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Or maybe she is just starting to go broody.

Bruce

She is doing a fabulous job of keeping a plastic Easter egg warm! LOL.... at least until my Salmon Faverolle eggs get here! The majority of my pullets/hens won't stay in the nest if you try to reach under them to get eggs. A few will, but most jump out.
 

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