The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

Alsteirer Nice

https://greenfirefarms.com/altsteirer.html

 

[Cynthia12]

I would so love to have a rooster that looks like this in my back yard.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hi Pensmaster welcome to the OFH.

Cynthia your chickens and chicks are very pretty. Cynthia I hope all has been going ok for you all.

Hey you! Doing ok..how about yoruself? Thank you for the compliment on my chickens. I love EE's!

 

[drumstick diva]

Peter, love that rooster and the chance to learn about a rare breed I had not heard about. You don't have to be old to join the Old Folks Home.

 

[Pensmaster]

Peter, love that rooster and the chance to learn about a rare breed I had not heard about.   You don't have to be old to join the Old Folks Home.

I was going to ask what the age was. It does bug my brother in law when I ask for the senior discount.

Beside feeding my chickens non medicated chick starter till egg laying I also feed spent grain from local brewery. The process removes sugars and leaves protein.

 

[Latestarter]

If you have the way & means, maybe you should complete the change over and just go with fermented feed (FF). Ferment your regular feed alongside the spent grains then shovel it to em'

 

[Pensmaster]

If you have the way & means, maybe you should complete the change over and just go with fermented feed (FF). Ferment your regular feed alongside the spent grains then shovel it to em'

I have fermented feed before. And thought about it with the spent grain as its all ready moist with water it itself hasn't been fermented yet. I really pack it into those 5 gallon buckets so it work take some effort to get it all back out. Perhaps put it in a wheelbarrow then mix in the apple cider vinegar

Main problem I have is that it takes too much time in the morning to drain. I leave early for work and it was too much to prepare

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have to work 9pm to 7am starting Monday and going for 2 weeks straight, with the exception of having the weekend off and Tuesday I also have to work the 7am shift, then be back for the 9pm shift.

I drank a giant cup of hot caffeinated tea about an hour ago and I'm not even sure I'm going to make it to 10pm.

Anyone have any good tricks for staying awake, short of medication?

 

[Pensmaster]

I have to work 9pm to 7am starting Monday and going for 2 weeks straight, with the exception of having the weekend off and Tuesday I also have to work the 7am shift, then be back for the 9pm shift. 

I drank a giant cup of hot caffeinated tea about an hour ago and I'm not even sure I'm going to make it to 10pm. 

Anyone have any good tricks for staying awake, short of medication? 

Noisy snacks. I'm falling asleep thinking about it. Hope you don't have this kind of shifts often

 

[ronott1]

I have to work 9pm to 7am starting Monday and going for 2 weeks straight, with the exception of having the weekend off and Tuesday I also have to work the 7am shift, then be back for the 9pm shift.

I drank a giant cup of hot caffeinated tea about an hour ago and I'm not even sure I'm going to make it to 10pm.

Anyone have any good tricks for staying awake, short of medication?

That is Horrible!

I do not have advice for staying awake but for resetting your sleep clock, melatonin works great. I have chewable lozenges from Costco. Take one 30 minutes before you want to sleep.