Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[babylady4]

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I believe this will answer all of your questions on the regulations regarding selling your stuff to food industry establishments.

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/agmarkets/publications/documents/InstitutionFoodregoverview_08_07.pdf

Dr.H, just let us know when you have the 'baby blues' after you 'give birth' to your babies! Lactating.... I just about died with that one......

 

[Terri O]

Thanks BL4! Good info to know....WHERE is that DrH? I am starting to worry now...Terri O

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

look what i have running around my yard right now and he's wild

as for eggs off the farm, the reg's are tight, and you need a license, but for quail eggs you can nock on the back door of a restaurant and they can buy

 

[Terri O]

Cool bird BCC! I never knew that the wild ones were that red looking. I keep thinking that mine will bring some wildeys down from the hill but I havent ever seen any that didnt belong here! T

 

[otonoh]

very cool, my neighborhood has been invaded by Wild turkeys for about the last 9 years. I never can get that close to them. They are really skiddish

here are the latest pics, tomorrow, I will install the nest box ( and maybe purple shag carpet)

notice the gorrilla is gone

david

 

[Terri O]

AAck...yellow!? It messes with my complexion! You have to at least paint red polka dots in there or I am NOT moving in! I will feel like I am living in an egg yolk....T

 

[otonoh]

LOL yeah I wanted bright and warm feeling, especially for the winter. Thing It will go great with Jim's purple shag carpet.

Oh General question 2x4 perches with rounded edges ok, I read in colder climates people use them because the chickens sit on their feet to keep them warm.? Any thoughts

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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2x2 are a bit better, not so heavy, but yes, don't use a round rod

 

[jvls1942]

where do you people live? chickens tillling the garden? our ground had an inch of the frozen stuff on it until about 4 this afternoon.. the water hose was frozen until noon...

Dave, 2x4 are ok.. stand them up edgewise and they will not sag. for long spans I use 2x6.. but you will be ok with less than an 8 ft span.. I nail joist hangars onto the wall and just drop the 2x4 into them.. then to clean the coop, just lift the roosts out of the way.. for that many chickens, you should be able to get by with just one roost.. you can always add more.. keep the roost about 3 ft from the floor.. some heavy breeds can hurt their legs jumping down from high perches.. they won't use the roosts anyway..if you build egg nests in there, they will sleep and poop in or on them..

I had a turkey pip this morning. no further headway than that up to now..

goofy incubators,,,, the temp went down to 97 on the middle one and up to 100 an the left one and the right one stayed at 99.
go figure..

when I was in highschool, I helped a neighbor just across the street and 4 houses down, paint his house a bright yellow.. It could be the grayest morning outside, but it always looked like the sun was rising on his house..LOL,

 

[dkvart1]

BCC great turkey! I never realized how large they really were until one day driving home 2 were standing in the middle of the road and I had to wait for them to decide to move along. Nice pic.

That's a really intense yellow Dave, will be quite cheerful during the winter! I thought the gorilla might be some kind of optical illusion from something in the background of the photo... either that or bigfoot hangs out at your place and found your project interesting.

Was hoping to hear from DrH...hope things are going well!