The Old Folks Home

[Cynthia12]

I am going to post a bit at a time here. Only way it will let me copy and paste. Thought I would share this in a couple of places, since it took me a while to do, and I took time to take photos...soooo glad it's done.

Showing what I use..or may use. Didn't use the exacto knife. But did use something
else not shown.

I love using the biopsy punch for bumble foot.

Getting ready for the soak.

It's so interesting how they are usually so calm in the water.

Getting that towel over the head.

She's covered and can't see. Now they lay quiet for the job to be done.

Appears to be pretty large.

The punch fit around it nicely. I would like two other sizes.

Got most of it, used another tool I didn't show. Had to cut more around it out.

Getting ready to put the neo in the hole.

This one bled pretty good, but I smushed the neo in.

Then hurried and got the gauze pad on.

Then the vet wrap.

I like to use the sticky water proof tape over the wrap, helps keep the wrap in
place better.

All done!

She's checking it out along with the leghorn.

All of the hens ended up coming to check it out.

This surprised me. I thought for sure that the plug would be much bigger, I did get
a bit more out, but it still isn't what I thought it would be.

 

[drumstick diva]

I had read about it on Consumer Reports some time ago, especially those little bear shaped bottles. But a member also mentioned in his country the honey is tested and certified, because there are so many "fake" products being sold as pure honey. I think probably most people buying honey aren't sure what it should taste like.

We had friends send us honey from West Virginia, and it just blew me away. So different than the junk I had been buying at the grocery stores. She had her own hives and said it was a locus year, so I guess that's what her bees found the most of.

 

[Alaskan]

One year for whatever nutty reason I decided that my boys needed to be educated about honey.....

I spent time trolling the internet and ordered a bunch or different kinds of honey ... The fancy honey where the hive is put into the middle of a field of what-have-you so the honey is close to purely from that plant.

I think I got about 10 kinds... Orange, buckwheat, some crazy one from down-under... It was fun. One of them though was so super dark and super strong tasting that it was relegated to only being used to make pancakes....it was an almost medicinal molasses taste.

Anyway, it was fun, lots of colors/shades and each was way different on taste.


As to grocery store honey... I too heard it was mostly a lie and was just corn syrup.

As to the free flow hive thing... All of the bee keepers that I have heard talk about agree with SCG and say it is just a lie and a gimmick.

 

[Cynthia12]

I LOVE HONEY~! LOL

 

[1kluckychik]

The people selling local honey here, my neighbor gets it straight from them, they refill containers cheaper.
How do they make that buckwheat honey I wonder? Just put the hives in the middle of a buckwheat field and hope the bee's don't wander? I like the dark buckwheat on stuff, but not in tea, regular honey if I use it for that.

We have people selling Tupelo honey here

 

[Beer can]

Quote: Love that song....

 

[1kluckychik]

We like the honey from our neighbor who grows 1000 acres of cotton. Not sure what it is

 

[Beer can]

They sell 'honey' at the dollar store, but it is labeled as such, whatever, 20% or 60% don't remember, never bought it. There is labeling requirements on all food products, store bought natural raw honey is real honey, just not local. Local is better if your using it like my neighbor does, they are from NJ haven't moved up permanent yet. When he is up he swears local honey helps big time on his allergies, I don't have allergies, just love honey. Toast slathered with butter and honey is a fav breakfast. Another, toast two slices, honey soak toast on one side, give it some time, peanut butter on the other side, awesome breakfast on the go, made the night before. Sometimes I just like it straight up, spoon full straight from the jar. That buckwheat honey, little different, OK, kinda like sweet grapenuts, I liked it, and it is supposed to be better for you, extra stuff in it? I don't know if I would buy it again, unless it was extra, another jar of regular available.
I can't imagine someone mistaking fake honey for real, flavor, aroma, texture, for me it would be like mistaking pancake syrup for our maple syrup, or 'maple syrup' at a restaurant or a light beer for a real one....
Cracker Barrel restaurant has 'maple syrup', labeled as such, very close to the real stuff, very good but not 100%, they could never afford to use it if it was real, pretty funny, a hundred yrs ago maple syrup was poor people sugar, white sugar was $$$. Cracker Barrel pancakes are awesome! I think they deep fry them Lol! I never order them but thankfully the kids never finish their plates and I'm on clean up. My kids and DW would rather use fake pancake syrup, they're nuts! Better for me though, I love the stuff so much, in coffee, on ice cream, just drink it.

 

[Latestarter]

Cracker Barrel restaurant has 'maple syrup', labeled as such, very close to the real stuff, very good but not 100%, they could never afford to use it if it was real, pretty funny, a hundred yrs ago maple syrup was poor people sugar, white sugar was $$$. Cracker Barrel pancakes are awesome! I think they deep fry them Lol! I never order them but thankfully the kids never finish their plates and I'm on clean up. My kids and DW would rather use fake pancake syrup, they're nuts! Better for me though, I love the stuff so much, in coffee, on ice cream, just drink it.

Real maple syrup is watery. Fake is thick because of the sugar they add to it. I LOVE the maple sugar candies from Cracker Barrel... I try to only eat one and before I know it, the package is gone

But I'm with you, I've taken mouthfuls right from the bottle

It is so good! It's also rather expensive. Many of the aftermarket prepared foods you buy use the fake, watered down honey imported from China. It's in candies, cookies, breads, sauces, you name it. Basically anything that says it has honey in it. If they used real 100% USA honey, they'd price their goods right out of the market. Too expensive. Real raw honey from local producers contain pollen particles from the local plants and is supposed to really help with allergies. I just like the real thing. It's amazing stuff.

 

[perchie.girl]

i have never had real maple syrup..... only what was in Aunt Jemima. Which i am certain is a blend.

I only like honey on english muffins with real butter....

or Home made rolls.... or mixed with butter and spread on corn bread...

I do love honey on a spoon thats my favorite way to eat it. No thing else.

Dad used to mix Aunt Jemima with peanut butter and eat that out of a bowl.... I love that too.

Gawd i am rambling.

fighting a sweet craving isnt helping

deb