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[Cynthia12]

Yes we do. It is the best

I've had it! It is the best!

Welcome spurs..that moth is beautiful!

 

[Cynthia12]

This here is pretty cute too.

 

[tnspursfan09]

This here is pretty cute too.

That's my very own Princess Puffball the Amazing Goofball. Every house should come with a princess. Especially if said princess rides a purple dinosaur. And she is sooo rolling her eye at me.

 

[chickadoodles]

This here is pretty cute too.

I agree

I've had it! It is the best!

Welcome spurs..that moth is beautiful!

 

[Arielle]

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HEy Linda, wow, congrats on staking your claim on your peice of the world. Feeel nice, I'm sure. I'm trying to build a wood coop-- have you looked at the design?? I'm sure you have a design in mind already, but in case you don't . . . .

 

[Arielle]

Question of the day: My husband is a bee- keeper and we have roughly 12 hives with about 60,000 bees in each one, give or take a few thousand lol. Anyway the bees love to drink from my chickens waterer and they love the chicken poo. I've heard everyone talking about 'dusting' their chickens for mites and I haven't noticed any on mine, but I don't dust them. I would rather prevent than treat an infestation. Because of the bees we have to be extremely careful not to use any poisons on our garden, trees, and yard. Would the stuff you use to dust your chickens be harmful for the bees also?

use sulfur??

 

[tnspursfan09]

That's my very own Princess Puffball the Amazing Goofball. Every house should come with a princess. Especially if said princess rides a purple dinosaur. And she is sooo rolling her eye at me.

eyes...she does have two.

 

[scottcaddy]

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Around here, you often can't dig a hole deep enough to bury a pig without it filling up with water. Pig pickings are strictly above-ground affairs.

I understand. DH and I were using the gas post hole digger to build our run for the chickens and hit water alot of water, we had to fill the hole with concrete to keep the run from flooding. I told DH we need a smoker.
You might want to remember that hole, it sounds like you found a spring, free flowing water can be a good thing if you control it!

Scott

 

[TeaChick]

Why hellooooooooo there! I have to say, I'm a kid-less 30 something... ..........Until tomorrow that is. Then these guys move in! We also offed 3 roosters today in anticipation of the new arrivals... not quite the same body mass, but I'd like to keep the mouths to feed around the same number. At least, that's what I told BF. (What he doesn't know is that Banty the crazy broody hen is hatching ducklings any day now)

Pretty goats.

 

[ozexpat]

Why am I channeling Jamie Hyneman (of Mythbusters fame) "When in doubt, C4!"?

Around here, you often can't dig a hole deep enough to bury a pig without it filling up with water. Pig pickings are strictly above-ground affairs.

our ground water is at 3 feet below the surface also. We would have to make a concrete oven filled with rocks then pig then sand.

My sister was married to a Fijian for a while and we did a few animals in the ground in Oz. Throw a few tough old roos in with the pig. Slow cooked roo is delish that way.