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[superchemicalgirl]

Breaking News from the Central Maine Guincident Command Centre:

An elite team of negotiators has been sent in to see if they can influence the standoff between guinea and ground.

They are armed with meal worms, cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds. We have not yet heard what the guineas requests are.

We will continue to update with bulletins when warranted.

The situation remains guarded.

 

[perchie.girl]

Breaking News from the Central Maine Guincident Command Centre:

An elite team of negotiators has been sent in to see if they can influence the standoff between guinea and ground.

They are armed with meal worms, cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds. We have not yet heard what the guineas requests are.

We will continue to update with bulletins when warranted.

The situation remains guarded.

LOL try millet. White millet they go nutzo for. but they have to be contained initially to introduce it to them. White millet is the primary ingredient in Parakeet seed. But i have bought it at the feed store in 40 pound bags. for about eight bucks. chickens like it too.

deb

 

[Wisher1000]

Breaking News from the Central Maine Guincident Command Centre:

An elite team of negotiators has been sent in to see if they can influence the standoff between guinea and ground.

They are armed with meal worms, cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds. We have not yet heard what the guineas requests are.

We will continue to update with bulletins when warranted.

The situation remains guarded.

 

[vehve]

Haha SCG, good luck in your negotiations.

Starting to look more and more like winter here, temps are up to a nice 10-15 F. And we got about 6 inches of snow today, making it a total of 8 now. In Merikarvia, up on the western coast, they broke the 24h all time record, 73cm or about 29 inches of snow. The Finnish Meteorology Institute does not have a weather monitoring station there, but due to the snowfall they sent someone there to measure it officially.

Inkeri is starting to look more and more like she's ready to give birth soon, might be another set of winter kits in there within a few days. I hope the temps stay in this slightly warmer range until they've grown a bit of fur, but once they're about three weeks it seems they can handle anything, at least the current lot had absolutely no problems with -25C (-15F) temps. Chickens are a bit more active again now that the air has warmed up a bit too. My compost was frozen though, we cleaned up the coop a bit and I added some household waste and 2 gallons of hot water with some sugar and yeast mixed into it. I hope the added bacteria and nitrogen gets it going soon, otherwise we'll be a bit screwed.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

The Command Centre is standing down this evening. The negotiations were successful and the terms were agreeable by all parties. The situation was greatly cooled down by the weather - thank you, snow.

 

[Alaskan]

Haha SCG, good luck in your negotiations.

Starting to look more and more like winter here, temps are up to a nice 10-15 F. And we got about 6 inches of snow today, making it a total of 8 now. In Merikarvia, up on the western coast, they broke the 24h all time record, 73cm or about 29 inches of snow. The Finnish Meteorology Institute does not have a weather monitoring station there, but due to the snowfall they sent someone there to measure it officially.

Inkeri is starting to look more and more like she's ready to give birth soon, might be another set of winter kits in there within a few days. I hope the temps stay in this slightly warmer range until they've grown a bit of fur, but once they're about three weeks it seems they can handle anything, at least the current lot had absolutely no problems with -25C (-15F) temps. Chickens are a bit more active again now that the air has warmed up a bit too. My compost was frozen though, we cleaned up the coop a bit and I added some household waste and 2 gallons of hot water with some sugar and yeast mixed into it. I hope the added bacteria and nitrogen gets it going soon, otherwise we'll be a bit screwed.

Why compost stress? Does it matter if it stops working for three months??

 

[Alaskan]

Rangeland, that at a guess is close to 40 acres per cow.

 

[getaclue]

Rangeland, that at a guess is close to 40 acres per cow.

Oh my. That isn't even close to what a pasture here looks like, or should look like.

 

[perchie.girl]

Rangeland, that at a guess is close to 40 acres per cow.

Thats pretty lush... sigh. Probably what... about 15 inches of rain a year? Soil looks like DG with alot of iron in it.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Not pasture but Rangeland. Big difference. Pasture is planted or was planted at one time. Rangeland I believe is what ever grows wild.

deb