My handyman finished the wooden door on my coop and did an outstanding job. Also installed my grinder. Hand crank. A quick $200 bucks.. He did use his old wood and it looks really rustic with brass fittings.
My handyman finished the wooden door on my coop and did an outstanding job. Also installed my grinder. Hand crank. A quick $200 bucks.. He did use his old wood and it looks really rustic with brass fittings.
I went to grocery store, picked up my Meds at Fred's and brought a layer feed, a gamebird and a bag of catfish feed. Deb, I'm going to do it like you 4 to 1 and see which I like best. Cost really close. Gamebird @ $18 and catfish @ $17.
Bee, how much more feed do your CX eat over the other chicks. Just calculating.
Wow!!! I am gonna have to catch up here!! This thread goes so fast!
But here is what I did this morning.
Homemade strawberry jam made from fresh strawberries right from our patch! And the beauty of this recipe is I didn't have to use
pectin or processed white sugar!!!It's just strawberries, maple syrup (which we made ourselves this spring), and chia seeds!
The chia seeds provide the thickening as they absorb liquid. Chia seeds they say are higher in omega 3 than flax seed, so some good nutrition in the mix. The maple syrup is from the first batch we made which is light and has more of a carmely taste than maple. It is soo good and I can't taste syrup and the chia seeds has little to no flavor. I did add extra coconut sugar as my strawberries are a little tart. But it came out sooo good! I never have been able to make jam. It always comes out runny. Use it for icecream topping!I'm going to put it in the freezer, as I read it doesn't can well, and now I don't remember the reason why.
I have one without tail feathers too. A GLW. The chick was a help-out hatch on March 24th fluffing and feathering in very pretty otherwise but looks rumpless.
Wow!!! I am gonna have to catch up here!! This thread goes so fast!
But here is what I did this morning.
Homemade strawberry jam made from fresh strawberries right from our patch! And the beauty of this recipe is I didn't have to use
pectin or processed white sugar!!!It's just strawberries, maple syrup (which we made ourselves this spring), and chia seeds!
The chia seeds provide the thickening as they absorb liquid. Chia seeds they say are higher in omega 3 than flax seed, so some good nutrition in the mix. The maple syrup is from the first batch we made which is light and has more of a carmely taste than maple. It is soo good and I can't taste syrup and the chia seeds has little to no flavor. I did add extra coconut sugar as my strawberries are a little tart. But it came out sooo good! I never have been able to make jam. It always comes out runny. Use it for icecream topping!I'm going to put it in the freezer, as I read it doesn't can well, and now I don't remember the reason why.
I probably should post this on another thread, but this thread is the busiest!!!
Here is a pic of one of the maran eggs I'm going to put under the broody. It has a tiny chip of shell missing. The membrane is not ruptured, so should I use it to hatch?
