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[RedReiner]

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Sounds like the Paleo thing to me. Nothing wrong with MEAT!

I made a cole slaw the other day, first time in my life! Ha, veggies!

same here, no vegetarian diet for me either, life of pain if that were the only option!! although I can eat pasta and CL cant. tonight is home made mac and cheese, colby jack cheese, layered in the mac with melted jack sauce and then baked. ham steak on the side with some early june peas. I can eat peas, but I hate them unless they are paired with mac and cheese. yes I am strange.
on a happier note, said Hawk will not be bothering my chickens any more. he took care of my problem on his own accord.

 

[ultasol]

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Wow, sorry !
Is there some way to net over & give you some peace of mind & chicken security ?
Birds of prey are terrified of being ensnarled in nets & wire...if at all possible they avoid it.
Quite a few times we have seen folks run 50# monofilament back & forth over a fish pond or bird run to scare off birds.
We called it the "no fly zone" and it quite clear so did not make the yard look so weird.
Hope you find a way to safety!
Yesterday we saw 2 adult baldies & 2 juveniles circling....so it is a matter of time here as long as I let my birds free range.
The big eagles usually buzz the place & move on...I am sure they see the nets.
Only birds with no nets is my turkeys, and there is no eagle that can pick one of them up.
At first sight of any over head bird, ALL the roosters sound the alarm and ALL the birds hide.
Hope you figure out a way!!

They may not be able to pick them up, but a friend of mine with exhibition geese in Minnesota had a problem with bald eagles eating her birds.

 

[pettec63]

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OMG!!! I love it!!

cute Nubian!!!!

 

[Rainwolf]

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Thanks, but I can't help thinking that there has to be a way to clean them without chemicals that could harm them...something that dissolves wax & can be safely used around bees, safe after rinsing.

Hot water and maybe apple vinegar?

 

[Rainwolf]

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I want to cut down my big-ol nasty on-steroids Wisteria and replace it with Lyda Rose. I used to think I liked Wysteria, before I missed trimming a few hard-to reach vines and now it is scrambling up my talles evergreens I have a grape vine doing the same, only one to ever get grapes in my yard, but the wildlife around here always gobbles up the fruit before anything ripens.

I have a Wisteria that has taken over my house!! It has grown so big it's on the roof, and trying to get into the sofets!! And we have been here almost two years and I haven't seen any blooms!! My husband wants to cut it down, but, part of it is growing on a trellis and in the summer it shades our back room. I think we need to seriously cut it back, and then see what happens! Course I don't know much about wisteria's so..???

On the trellis why not grow Kiwi or grapes? will provide summer shade and goodies to eat!

I try and grow edibles only... My mom does the pretty flower stuff...
She gets front yard I get back yard.... so I have garden, grapes, fig tree, plum tree, apple tree and a pear tree that I need to remove. I do have bamboo, mock orange and another flower plant that were here for a long long time so I left them but if they die I'll add more edibles!

 

[Rainwolf]

saw this on the Ameraucana thread thought I'd pass it on...

http://shilala.homestead.com/roosters.html

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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We got this one and really like it:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106404_extra_wide_hand_truck.jpg[/URL]
We got it at Harbor Freight. I just checked their website (http://www.harborfrieght.com) and they've got 4 locations in WA. Their website shows they're having a big sale - not sure if it's online only, but worth checking out.

I practically live at HF; we have to go buy bungie cords and blue nitrile gloves tomorrow, so I'll look!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Sweet Nubian!

 

[pettec63]

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Well, if anyone's into a summer party, I'd be more than willing to host one here, with all sorts of lovely treats (human food, not chicken stuff)

 

[pettec63]

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We got this one and really like it:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106404_extra_wide_hand_truck.jpg[/URL]
We got it at Harbor Freight. I just checked their website (http://www.harborfrieght.com) and they've got 4 locations in WA. Their website shows they're having a big sale - not sure if it's online only, but worth checking out.

Got it!! works really well too!