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[Chickielady]

Don't know about cloudy days!!

But, I was a dish subscriber for 15 years till two years ago when they started changing the programing without informing people! I would get the channels I thought I had paid for and the next thing you know, their changing it, or taking it off!!

And their prices kept going up year after year after year!
NO thanks!!

Oh BTW on the wheat subject, the wheat we consume now, has an opiate effect on our brains, ( from the gmo strains) so that is why people get carb addicted, and in this article it said when people quit eating wheat products they lost 30 or more lbs! I can attest to that, I've done it more than once, do remember the conversation we had and I told you all I have to do is look at bread and I blow up?.......there be the reason!!

Exactly true...so true in fact that some people have withdrawals symptoms when they quit wheat.
In fact, if a Heroin user gets caught by the cops, and flips out, the docs can administer a narcan type drug which blocks the effects of the heroin in the brain, thereby making the stoner instantly unstoned.
This narcan drug can also whipe out the stoner effects of wheat !
The same drug receptors in the brain that respond to Heroin, are the same that respond to wheat glutens, thereby creating a pleasurible effect when one eats glutens.
This makes folks want more, and it is all due to GMO breeding of so many types of wheat together to creat the midget wheat we have now.
Tall 4 foot wheat is a thing of the past, once genetically bred wheat seed heads were so large & heavy that 4 foot stalks could not support the seed.
Everytime a plant is bred to a plant, it retains genes from both parents, so in BC, wheat had a simple 28 chromosones, bred over to another variety, it then had 96 chromosones, and 2 X the gluen as the fore fathers of wheat had, and so on & so on til today we have frankin wheat with TONS more gluten, and several hundreds of chromosones.
It also has so much easily absorbed sugars as to rival a Mars bar.
Mars bar has 25% less sugars than whole wheat bread does.
Any diebetics should definitely avoid all breads & anything made from Wheat flour.
They have found these glutens can actually harm the body enough as to increase cancers.
It also has a devastating effect on Autistic & those with mental illness.

 

[CarolynF]

Just wanted to share my growing babies!!

Amazing... so much fluffy WHITE.

 

[itsren]

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That happened with my neighbors just a few months ago - but it was the bait that got drug out - not an animal eating the dead rat. One neighbor put out rat bait. The rats grabbed the rat bait blocks and drug them through the chain link fence into the other neighbor's yard. The rats were trying to take the bait back to their nest in the wood pile in the 2nd neighbor's yard. Unfortunately, both of their dogs ended up eating the rat bait and almost died. It wasn't a good situation.

 

[DeesHens]

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Thanks so much. No way! I am no better nor worse than any woman. LOL I am home all day everyday so my pets & DH are everything to me. Plus my hats off to you. I never had to use a dropper to feed Betsy. That had to be difficult. At her worst she would at least eat out of my hand. Every nibble counts toward becoming stronger. Awww. That is so nice. She thanks you. Sending all my love to Salma as well. It is great that we have had such sunny days to help them recover I think. A few of the colder darker days I thought I was going to lose Betsy for sure.

Long ago I had a very small black hen. I don't know what breed as she got mixed into the Plymouth Rock hens we purchased. I named her Bomber because she was constantly darting and running away from all the bigger hens as they would peck her to death otherwise. She outmaneuvered them successfully most of the time. It was awesome to watch her. She became my fav hen naturally and I was just so taken back at her will and determination everyday. Very inspiring! I am hoping Betsy and Salma have that same verve. Hen warriors fight back.

~Dee~

 

[Chickielady]

From the "so why do I keep making work for myself?" file, I was out picking apples for the cattle, and one of them backed into me. I whacked her with the apple-picker, bent the basket and broke the handle. I'm replacing the slivery, weathered handle with my trusty pvc pipe, but it's just delaying the day I have to buy a new one, as when I bent the basket back I snapped two ribs from the top frame.
At least I will no longer be distracted by the sleeve that holds the two bits of handle together, nor have to think every moment I handle it not to catch myself on the wingnuts that hold it together.

Well you are making some progress, as long as the pvc pipe is not too willowy & keeps bending under the weight of a basket full of apples !

 

[Chickielady]

Well, the Building Inspector just left.
he is a super nice guy !!!
Very educational, and spent alot of time explaining what we need to do & where, what types of Hurricane ties we need, etc.
he was very impressed with our framing job, and said we have done alot that was not necessary, extra blocking & extra large headers, etc.
So, we passed with flying colors !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Salma is munching on mealworms right now just like a hen should who's barely eaten in three days. Yay! I wonder when it will be time to put her back with the flock. I also wonder when she's going to lay again. I know she has a lot of work to do to regrow all the feathers she lost to the coon. Maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse but it does seem like she's going to make it just fine, with or without her eye. It doesn't look too bad, just a bloody goo patch in the corner that I can't seem to wipe out. It's almost like it's attached, like it's going to heal with a bump there. But she's holding it open. World's best chicken papa is almost finished with the makeshift coop (which is actually pretty nice, just not the chicken mansion we ultimately have in mind). We're still broke as hell but at least life is OK for our hens.

 

[DeesHens]

Quote: That's what we use too...or Maranatha Almond Butter. Glad they're not on the list.

Quote: I hadn't thought of that, thanks for telling me. I won't be using poison now. I think I'll get some traps and place them in the run after locking the chickens in the coop for the night. I can check them every morning around 7am and let the chickens out. Hoping that'll kill the big ones and the babies will die if there are any. AND I'm still going to do some rodent proofing for the ones not adventurous to climb the 2' hardware cloth and sneak in through the welded wire fence. I think they're just walking out from under the coop and snatching spilled feed and/or leftover scratch the girls didn't find that day, and sometimes snatching eggs from the coop. ew!!


Awww. You are welcome! Hey. We caught either the big daddy or big mamma. The rest were juveniles. I imagine there are more than one family lurking around here. Down in the little apple orchard we have a cold frame set up. Still had a couple of cukes still growing in there. They were completely gone. Plus saw a rat run out of there. UGH! We have never seen so many rats around here. Must be the year of rats and raccoons.

We have the problem of when we move the chicken tractor all the missed/spilled feed is left for the rats. Maybe that is what attracted them to our property. UGH! I hate rats! They have always gave me the creeps. When we fence the padlock we are planning now we are going to put the small holed wire on the ground around it and bent up like an L . Then DH is going to put electric fence wire strategically placed to zap anything that would climb up. Hope we can have a secure 1,800 sq ft. padlock this spring/summer. No more predators near the hens would be such a huge blessing. I worry about rat disease, wild bird disease, etc. too. Want to keep them all away. Far away. Impossible with small wild birds. Thinking of single strand woven wires over the top of padlock to keep out hawks and eagles. We did this in the dog yard as we have two Pomeranians. Especially when they were little pups we were so worried the eagles would carry them away. Neighbors had cats taken in that manner. Hope you have much success with your plans. It is disheartening to lose all those eggs for sure!

~Dee~

~Dee~

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Shoot, can't believe I didn't notice until now but one of my Exchequer Leghorns lost the rear point of her comb. Don't know if it was to the raccoon or another hen. It looks OK, though, and she seems fine. This might be a stupid question, but it won't grow back, will it? They're not like fingernails?

 

[DeesHens]

Well, the Building Inspector just left.
he is a super nice guy !!!
Very educational, and spent alot of time explaining what we need to do & where, what types of Hurricane ties we need, etc.
he was very impressed with our framing job, and said we have done alot that was not necessary, extra blocking & extra large headers, etc.
So, we passed with flying colors !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy for you! We've been there a few time and it is always such a big relief when it is over. Congrats!

~Dee~