The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

CC I am moving her and the chicks into a pen so she can get her chicks on the ground. I did not have an open pen till late yesterday. I re-homed some and sold some more birds. But when we move her I am sure going to take a peek.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

A nuc or nucleus is a small hive of bees with a queen and workers/drones along with brood, pollen and honey. It's a starter hive, basically.
You can either get this to start a hive or a package of bees which is just the bees and queen and doesn't come with frames of brood, pollen and honey.

 

[casportpony]

A nuc or nucleus is a small hive of bees with a queen and workers/drones along with brood, pollen and honey. It's a starter hive, basically.
You can either get this to start a hive or a package of bees which is just the bees and queen and doesn't come with frames of brood, pollen and honey.

Thanks.

-Kathy

 

[getaclue]

CC, a couple years ago I had read about an organic U-Pick strawberry farm, and decided to take my granddaughter to pick some strawberries for her first time. Off we went, and when we got there, a table had been set up with beach buckets, and Friskars blunt ended school scissors, and a lady handed us one of each. My granddaughter smiled, took her scissors, and bucket. I scratched my head. She led us through the opening in the plastic tarps, and I was dumbfounded. There were acres of poles with layers of bucket like containers. Nothing was planted in the ground. She led us to our row, and explained the containers turned, so be sure to turn them to get all the ripe berries. It was a hydroponics farm. They put just enough dirt in the containers to anchor the plants, so they don't blow away. I did the higher up containers, granddaughter did the lower ones. NO bending over to pick the strawberries. The berries were plentiful, so it didn't take us long to get a couple buckets of berries. The berries were so sweet. What I had intended as a first time experience for my granddaughter, became a first time experience for both of us. It was GREAT!

 

[Wisher1000]

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I have too many chickens.

 

[perchie.girl]

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I am that way as well. pretty isolated except for the people I talk to online.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

So I asked about the duck testicles because someone posted about neutering their mature drake for behavioral reasons and made it sound like it wasn't that big a deal, but now that I've seen how big they can be, I wonder how safe it is?

-Kathy

I would suspect it would be major surgery with a vet and all the bills attached. Adult roosters would be the same too I believe.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

CC, a couple years ago I had read about an organic U-Pick strawberry farm, and decided to take my granddaughter to pick some strawberries for her first time. Off we went, and when we got there, a table had been set up with beach buckets, and Friskars blunt ended school scissors, and a lady handed us one of each. My granddaughter smiled, took her scissors, and bucket. I scratched my head. She led us through the opening in the plastic tarps, and I was dumbfounded. There were acres of poles with layers of bucket like containers. Nothing was planted in the ground. She led us to our row, and explained the containers turned, so be sure to turn them to get all the ripe berries. It was a hydroponics farm. They put just enough dirt in the containers to anchor the plants, so they don't blow away. I did the higher up containers, granddaughter did the lower ones. NO bending over to pick the strawberries. The berries were plentiful, so it didn't take us long to get a couple buckets of berries. The berries were so sweet. What I had intended as a first time experience for my granddaughter, became a first time experience for both of us. It was GREAT!

Oooh I want to do that... hydroponics strawberries.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

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I have too many chickens.

LOL such a great statement.... Visual and to the point.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

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I have too many chickens.

Not really

Its just a stage you are going through