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[Chickielady]

Where has Rainwolf been ???
Sick ???

Rainwolf where are you ?

 

[Rainwolf]

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Yes been sick and working my "paid" job and trying to sleep

I'm grabbing some hot tea and I'll be back in 5 mins :}

 

[justbugged]

If the brat sends me a picture of DSiL in it I will post a picture of the Jolly Green Giant.

I am so happy that this morning has been slow here. I had to catch up. I missed 2.5 days and I think I had to read about 30 pages to catch up. Uf DA!!!

I do not want to eat herring and luteisk everyday.

As for the yogurt I have fed it to the chickes on occasion without any major complications. I am way to cheep to feed it to them everyday.

As for goats milk, I love it. I had bad allergies as a little kid, and friends of my parents brought them a pair of milk goats. I have very fond memories of the goats. I would have some now, but I don't want to milk them twice a day.

 

[ReiMiraa]

i pretty much assumed that since chickens were not mammals they would require different bacteria to help in digesting
chickens are omnivores, but do not use saliva to begin the break down of starch, instead they use the grit in the gizzard/crop. so i would think the bacteria for a chicken gut would have to be even MORE efficient than what us humans have. but this is also why chickens are not meant to be corn fed, but fed a large variety of things. which is why free ranging is good for them.
even though cows tend to eat almost everything (learned about that when i asked what the giant magnets were in the feed store, its to keep nails and other metal from moving in their gut) the enzymes in their gut are for breaking down the cellulose in plants. that is why they can eat plants (they also use those 4 stomachs to move the fermenting greens back and forth between the gut, and why you see a cow suddenly chewing) and we cant. i really want to see that dirty jobs video where mike goes to the research place where they have those windows (that open) in the sides of the cows that accesses one of the cows stomachs to actually see how things are digested, and what live microbial activity is taking place.

and the funny part is i currently have a D in biology right now.... but that is cos they are starting at the beginning of how all critters evolved. we are finally onto the worms, which were the first to start having compartment cavities. humans and earth worms are 3 layered critters. but the flat worm is 2 layered and the sponge is the only one with no layers.

 

[CIgal]

When I get home every day I let our dogs out (they stay indoors while we're at work) to do their business and play in the yard for a while. They come back in until dark and I let me hens out. Once it's dark, they are typically back in their coop and I just shut the door. Last night I could NOT find them. I happen to shine the flashlight up and they were all sleeping on top our 6 foot fence!

I still can't believe they were able to get up there... I had to take them down, one at a time, and boy they were not happy that I woke them!

I'm doing a little dance right now because I was just able to find some FREE roofing shingles on freecycle for my chicken pen. Woohoo! Some may call me cheap, I call it smarts

 

[hallerlake]

I slept in. I've a nasty cold.

Actually, I got up, took care of the chickens, and went back to bed.


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[CIgal]

So I know this isn't chicken related, but I wanted to invite any BYCers in my area to a holiday BeadforLife bead party I'm having. It's all for charity, and the products would make great gifts for this holiday season. You can check out www.beadforlife.org for details on the non-profit, fair trade organization.

It's on Dec 4th and I'm located in the north Snohomish county area. You can click on the blog link in my signature for more details and pics of some jewelry and shea butter products.

Hope it's okay I'm posting this here

 

[hallerlake]

I'm having problems with Ginger. She wants to roost in one of the apple trees. It used to be so easy to let them out a couple of hours before sunset. They'd put themselves to bed, and all I had to do was shut up the coop. Now, I have to be out there to keep Ginger from roosting in the trees. She really wanted to yesterday, but I stayed between her and the trees. If I let them out earlier in the day, she and Maisie are hard to get into the coop. Part of the problem is the new plastic I put up over parts of the run. I'm just not going to let them out for a week. Give them a chance to get used to it.




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[Cowgirlgrace]

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Yes, and they just keep breeding...the population is soaring...and the laws are making it very very hard to feed anyone...

I just got an email about Obama wanting to charge 1% tax on ALL bank transactions so theres the tax money to pay for inspections!

 

[Tailfeathers]

I use a product called "Rooster Booster" in the powdered form as a probiotic. I don't have it in front of me right now but I think it's 8oz for about $7 and it also has a lot of vitamins. Additionally, I read recently in the PP about a product called "Probios" that you can get from Jeffers. I plan to check it out too.

God Bless,