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[Hinotori]

So we got the soil for two 4x6 raised beds today. Just need to go get the boards and screws. I have strawberries to plant in one that we got this morning. Couldn't beat the .49 cents each at Fred Meyer. After I get the two beds done. We can look at doing more.

 

[Chickielady]

So we got the soil for two 4x6 raised beds today. Just need to go get the boards and screws. I have strawberries to plant in one that we got this morning. Couldn't beat the .49 cents each at Fred Meyer. After I get the two beds done. We can look at doing more.

COOL, what kind of strwberries ?
I have June bearing from WA4-HPoultryMom (in Monroe) and these babies make HUGE berries !
I always want to get the other varieties, so I will have berries all summer.

 

[TerrorBird]

I'm going to apply to adopt that rooster. We'll be picking up a new (small) coop tomorrow hopefully; that'll be the quarantine coop. This'll be the first time we've truly quarantined a bird. We just kept birds separate before, just sectioned off a bit of the pen. This guy is coming from a big farm, though, so I'm going to be as careful as possible.

On a different note, can one sanitize a quarantine coop after use and use it for a grow-out coop later?

 

[TacomaFarms]

Quote: Very nice coop Nikki, very nice.
X2 Very nice! I love this. I'm building my coop/run tomorrow and this is very close to what I want! How big is your run?

Quote: X2 YAY!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Duckles are so cute !
And so very very messy unless you know how to raise them.












They love to snarfel in the water until it is GONE...making a big wet mess...so we always give them a pan for the water.

 

[Chickielady]

I'm going to apply to adopt that rooster. We'll be picking up a new (small) coop tomorrow hopefully; that'll be the quarantine coop. This'll be the first time we've truly quarantined a bird. We just kept birds separate before, just sectioned off a bit of the pen. This guy is coming from a big farm, though, so I'm going to be as careful as possible.

On a different note, can one sanitize a quarantine coop after use and use it for a grow-out coop later?

why do you need to ?
Do ya need to ?

 

[Lutefisk]

So we got the soil for two 4x6 raised beds today. Just need to go get the boards and screws. I have strawberries to plant in one that we got this morning. Couldn't beat the .49 cents each at Fred Meyer. After I get the two beds done. We can look at doing more. 

we built our raised bed out of Windsor block. Probably more expensive than lumber but doesn't decay, can be reused/reconfigured endlessly, is strong enough to sit on. Now we just need to get the motivation to plant something.

 

[ChristineR]

I have had the most intelligent dogs in my life be """Bird DOGs""" which is in fact, anyone's description~~~~~~~~~~~ Mine were Labradors, and the English variety which are stocky, smart thinking dogs, and not the hyper active labs that are GROWN AND OVER BRED in the USA. Labradors, in fact are not "Bird Dogs" but are in fact...Fishing Dogs" bred from the NewFoundland...yet American Breeders have bastardised this as well~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEVER did my labs bother my birds, quite the contrary, they knew what they were meant to do and that was protect. But my dogs have always been awesome, smart, thinking dogs.

People use the term "bird dog" and sporting dog interchangeably. The English actually bred them to be sporting dogs in the early 1800s. The Labs' ancestors were from Newfoundland, but not the Newfoundland breed. They were used to help the fishermen retrieve fish and other stuff out of the water. It's believed Labs descended from these dogs found in the English settled St. John's area (same with the Newfoundland, as a separate breed used for draft work). The English brought them home in the 1800s and selectively bred them to hunt. I think it's an apt description to call them bird dogs, just the same as the pointing breeds. Their energy level really depends on what lines you get your pup from. The backyard breeders trying to make a buck have really done the breed a disservice. There are good breeders out there, though. You just have to do your research. My field bred Lab was a gem. Super smart, a retrieving machine, and as loyal a dog as anyone could ask for. I wish more breeders would cross the show and hunting lines to get a good looking dog who can still do what he was bred for and isn't lazy and fat. LOVE THOSE LABS!

That's my daughter when she was 3 years old at my parents' house.

 

[TerrorBird]

Quote:
This guy has some mites and lice, according to the information I was given. I'll be keeping him in the quarantine zone for a month. In a few years, I really want some English Orpington pullets and would like to give them their own little coop until they get big enough to live with the big girls. So I figured that it might be okay to sanitize the coop after he's out so that I can use it as a grow-up coop in the future.

 

[TerrorBird]

Quote: That's what we're using for our raised beds.