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[Chickielady]

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yeah, and I have no fenced area in that part of the property...or I would indeed get pigs and a few goats.
But need to get IN there to fence !
Man it is lightening /thunder/windy and monsooning here !

You can "stake" a goat out with a collar and rope/wire run. as long as they have food they are good. and then just bring em in at night. that way you can put them where they can clear the fence line for a fence. then after fence let them clear the area inside out

Coyotes, Bobcats and it is too thick with brush the animal would be hopelessly tangled within minutes, and a staked out bait at night.
Just like that female guard that just got killed at the Monroe Corrections ..left alone and unarmed at night with a bunch of rapists and murderers...she was bait.
That pisses me off so bad.
Unarmed.
Geeze our government is soooooooooooo stoopid....and she was to accept the baite job!!
Geeze she was so cute!
every can man's dream girl...
OK enough about that.
Gotta go..and it is stormy BAD!!

 

[hallerlake]

In Korea, they dried them.


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Oh they are heavenly! imagine taking a tomato, combining it with a nectarine, and then add a pumpkiny finish. It's hard to explain the taste but it is my favorite fruit. They tend to do pretty well in western washington, at least the Fuji dwarf persimmon. The only problem is the window of time you have to eat them all. (not really a problem) when they're ripe you have about 2 weeks tops and they tend to ripen all at once. about 5 years of fruiting one tree will give you more than you can handle of course there is always persimmon jam!

 

[Chickielady]

Well, goodnight all, and I hope this wind/electrical storm does not harm any of you...it is indeed bending 100+ firs and spruces over to come close to the ground !!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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And here I thought she was just using it as applesauce!!!!!

 

[Imp]

Years ago I had a no bake persimmon cookie recipe.
Best I can remember it was persimmon pulp, sugar, graham cracker crumbs, and mini marshmellows. You mixed it all together. It would be firm enough to handle. Scoop, flatten, and coat with more graham cracker crumbs. Let sit. They would absorb the liquid and be a soft candy texture that looked like a cookie. Kind of like aplets & cotlets. They were so good, but have never been able to find the recipe again. I think adding nuts was an option as well.

Russ

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well we went and had our dinner at the little burger stand. Now I'm gonna tell ya what..... them was some of the biggest prawns yer ever gonna see. There was 3 on each plate and they were each way bigger than our jumbo eggs. And the to make it even nicer. Since the owner knew we were coming and DW is diabetic. she made a special sugarfree pie for DW and didn't cut it or let anybody have any until we got there. I now that may not seem like that much but keep in mind that we are only able to go there once every month or two. That is the stuff that makes livin in the styx special... yer not just a face in the crowd !!!!

 

[KMHunter]

OK.....I need some input. Those of you out there who hatch chicks or get them often, please chime in. I was wondering how you handle having chicks of different ages. What is the best way? If there is a week to two weeks difference in age and I keep the seperate but able to see each other can I put them together when the younger ones are a little bigger? I am just wondering if it can be done or if it is a serious hassle. And I am talking chicks a few days old and some a week to two weeks old. I am just wondering and need advice.

 

[cheryl98117]

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Ive always just kept them in a devided brooder. Can see each other but not interact, until the younger ones are big enough to not get picked on. In 3 years I have not had any issues doing it this way. Everybody moves out once they are fully feathered, and are put into a covered grow out pen. From there they get put into the coop, once they can fend off the older hens.

Ugg... I have alot of work to do. A brooder to put back together, a coop to finish building, and a rebuild or addition to my oops coop... Just need the weather to cooperate with me so I can get it all done. Should have the pallet coop finished in a couple weeks, if the rains stop in time. Thinking about useing metal roofing, or fiberglass... Not sure what would be better. But I will have the cash to buy everything next week, and want to do this one correctly.

 

[hallerlake]

A tree came down up the street. I asked a guy walking by the house what happened. It turns out he was from KCPQ, and he asked if he could interview me. I agreed, but since I'd had to ask him what was going on, and didn't have much to say.



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We got hit hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to log off!!!
Wind gust must have been to 60 or worse !!!
Lawn chairs and applesauce blew all over the place..I brought rabbits inside that were scared of the flapping tarp over their hutches...no loss of power but I will tell ya what! This was the worst rain/wind all winter!!!
Trees were bent clean over !!
Calmed down now....sheesh!

 

[Mountain Mel]

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Ive always just kept them in a devided brooder. Can see each other but not interact, until the younger ones are big enough to not get picked on. In 3 years I have not had any issues doing it this way. Everybody moves out once they are fully feathered, and are put into a covered grow out pen. From there they get put into the coop, once they can fend off the older hens.

Ugg... I have alot of work to do. A brooder to put back together, a coop to finish building, and a rebuild or addition to my oops coop... Just need the weather to cooperate with me so I can get it all done. Should have the pallet coop finished in a couple weeks, if the rains stop in time. Thinking about useing metal roofing, or fiberglass... Not sure what would be better. But I will have the cash to buy everything next week, and want to do this one correctly.

I get cardboard boxes from an appliance store. I put a rod over the top to hang my heat lamp on (red bulb) and keep my chicks in there until they feather out.