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[Totalcolour]

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Well, I understand the technique from that, but I wouldn't want HER to stitch me up, she was fumbling pretty badly! So where do you get the supplies - feed-store?

 

[Chickielady]

So out taking pictures...here is some of the last trip's bee stuff....the cardboard box has melted in the rain tho.........

Inside the hive body:

Some of these are dirty, a bit waxy & then dirt stuck:

Most are clean & never used.
They are all plastic...easy enough to spray with hot water & get enough dirty wax off & let the bees clean the rest.
This makes 2 double hive bodies we have...one with wood frames, this one has plastic & lots of extra plastic frames so we could get another hive body~~~~~~
I forgot to snap a pic of the big SS honey funnel.it has several screens so you can cut comb & let it drain through tighter & tighter screen, and a faucet on the bottom.

 

[Totalcolour]

Actually CL, that's a good lesson. I manage to get a few tiny tears in the hides I was tanning, due to the young age and thinness of the rabbit skins. I was wondering how I was going to fix it - now I know!

 

[Chickielady]

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Well, I understand the technique from that, but I wouldn't want HER to stitch me up, she was fumbling pretty badly! So where do you get the supplies - feed-store?

Yes, or better, order from Jeffers.com or some other BIG livestock supply house.
She was a bit fumbly...but did a good surgical knot.
Wrap the line around the hemostat & pull down ward, then clip.
Easy to practice on an orange not cardboard as she did.

 

[Chickielady]

Other pics taken today...dust bathing in the sun !

That is in between T-cells coming over.....so far no T, but black, BIG & full of wind & rain.

Javas & Buckeyes dust bathing & snoozing in the sun.

 

[Chickielady]

OK one more and then I am outta here..

My big BIG boy:::

He has been booming, spitting & making bongo noises, tap dancing & strutting as if it is spring..yesterday DH saw him standing ON a hen.......just standing there, did not do the dip...seriously, the birds think it is spring!!
Acting alot like March if you ask me, (and the birds as well !!)

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Ok, not to start anything, just getting educated, I thought Cedar shavings were bad for chickens, that's why I've stayed away from them at all costs??? Obviously you are using them so??? also, I have never had much gumbo, I've tried shrimp gumbo, it was pretty good, I don't know anything about file`?? What is it?? I just remember it from the Ole' Hank Williams song!!! LOL

File` is a spice, ground fresh leaves of the Sassafrass, started by Native Americans long ago.
Cedar can be an issue for chicks, if enclosed, or any animal, if enclosed with no ventilation, like a Hamster in an aquarian with no vented lid.
Chicks have immature lungs and it can be an issue.
Mine are in open topped pens.
I use white shavings for chicks anyways.
I use Cedar for the adult birds.
Every coop has windows which are never shut completely despite the temperature.
Birds must always have fresh air, cedar or not.

I love the fresh cedar in the coops, and the anti-insect qualities I believe are a great help against mites & lice.
Seriously, have been using cedar shavings for decades.

***Edited to add: This is kiln dried Cedar shavings.so it is not as if I just ground up a tree********
I do not recommend Cedar for immature birds.

I'd also be very cagey about breathing cedar dust or being in skin contact with the shavings, but then I'm one of those people who poo-pooed old shingle weavers and their "cedar poisoning" until, after making wreathes with cedar tips and splitting old fenceposts into planks I ended up with a glorious case of it myself.

I got a whole lot of work put forward today but did not finish one hard job due to getting hit with a moment of clarity about finishing that and actually getting anything else done today (like getting the sheep in out of the orchard, for instance). HOWEVER: stuff was done, the lost was found, great movement had been accomplished, et'c, so there.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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I used up my good weather today retrieving my sister's pocket knife out of the pasture, and am now wishing hard I owned a pair of waders so I could do all the wet and messy outdoor work I had planned. I may just tailor an ad hoc rainsuit out of garbage bags, or something.

I actually have a rain suit that I never think to wear. I bought it for hort school. I got it in my head that I wanted to go get the Rhododendron oreotrephes Mom promised me before she died, and nothing was going to stop me. Fortunately, rhodies have small root systems relative to their size. All species plants have a lot of variation. The flowers on Mom's are luminous against the blue leaves.

Oh, I love R. oreotrephes! I first saw it at Kruckeberg's and got mine from Botann; it's a tough thing to get started in sand, though, needs a lot of water.

I hate wearing rain pants over jeans, and don't own any sweats with the elastic left in them, so I've just been getting wet! Luckily today has been showery instead of solid rain like yesterday, lots of rainbows and sufficient sunbreaks to get a lot done without getting soaked.

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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Wow - what an amazing recovery!!!

She looks wonderful - you did a fantastic job!

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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OMG - they're all beautiful, but he's MAGNIFICENT!!!