Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[jvls1942]

TerriO, If they do good this year, and I think they will, if we don't get a late frost.. I will let you know when they are ripening..

I have some of those thornless ones too.. have had them for prolly ten or more years.. never got a blossom.. IDK if the plants are still around or not.. gave up on them a looooong time ago..

I just transferred 17 chicks to the brooder.. this batch is not doing so great.. only one guinea out of 6 eggs.. well, that I sort of expected..

a couple of duck and 9 goose eggs are due on about Tuesday.. I think I will just leave them in bator #1 to hatch.. the humidity in there is 71%

.......jiminwisc........

ETA: I could bring a gallon along to the bash,, It is not the best wine in the world, though,,

Your chicks will be just fine with a bulb in the garage,, just remember,, the cold will be coming up from the concrete, so give them a good blanket of bedding beneath them,,

is everybody's byc so slow, or is just me ?

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[Celtic Chick]

I have 3 bantams and 2 standard size chicks that are 4 weeks old. Do you think they will be ok out in an unheated garage with a heatlamp? Thanks!

As long as it isn't drafty & you have a heat lamp on them, I would think they would be ok. Unless the heat lamp were to burn out in the middle of the night. Your LF might survive ok, but depending on the temps, the banties might not, so you'll have to take into consideration. Are they mostly feathered out? Is your garage insulated?

 

[delisha]

What a lot of posts to read through! The horse situation makes me ill. I have 4 and it costs a mint to feed them. I will say though, some horses do have a lean build. I am not talking starving but they are supposed to have a bit of rib showing. I had someone anonymous call about my horses one spring a while back. The sheriff came out and took a look. I called the animals up to the fence (they all come running) he said he didnt see anything wrong here. Yes they do have mud to stand in in the spring...but that is where they choose to stand. They always have water and get fed 2xday. But they are still ribby...well the ones that are supposed to be are...the rest are perfect. (except one...he is fat according to the vet!) Not trying to prove anything here...and obviously if there are dead horses there are problems....well, I guess I dont know what my point was in this whole diatribe...maybe just that sometimes things are not what they seem.

Dh was just in here...I can tell he is working outside on cars cause he is crabby...guess I should feed the dogs. He pointed out that they were not fed yet and the I should feed them...Cripes!

Later folks...I think I will have a cocktail! (or two) Tommy???? Wanna come out of your cage and share my drink? (that is just for you Vicky!

)
TerriO
(PS) Jim I am glad that you are still with us! Good job on the scare!

That poor bird

We have many more Black cap berries than black berries. The black caps get 5 feet in a couple years. We rotate mowed paths through and get about 6-8 gallons of berries a year. They flower and ripen before the black berries flower.

You are welcome to have as many as you are willing to come dig up

oh, and Thorns, Lots of thorns.

That invite goes for all here.

I might take you up on that if i can talk Kendra into going with and digging...lol

I have 3 bantams and 2 standard size chicks that are 4 weeks old. Do you think they will be ok out in an unheated garage with a heatlamp? Thanks!

I just put mine out..including silkies..I have a box inside a box..that is inside of an enclosure that is inside of the coop with a heat lamp.

Quote: I do what I do..just in case this happens..

 

[Celtic Chick]

How long do blackberries take to get up to privacy fence proportions? (Say 5 feet, thick, or taller?)

I'm longing to plant something along my property line that will wall off our acreage, could definitely go for blackberries, even if it means some purple splats on the windshield here and there.

Not sure how to go about it, though, we're not talking just a plant or two.

Elderberries are a good one to use as a fenceline. They thicken up & spread out on their own really fast, yet are very easy to mow down if they start spreading too much. No nasty thorns to get ya as you drive by on the mower. I've read that they are on a list as "toxic" to chickens, but the worst they do is give your birds purple softies.

My chickens love them. And so do the wild birds. If you want to attract cedar waxwings, elderberries are the way to go. They supposedly make good wine too, but we haven't tried that yet.

Hey Jim, ya bringing any of that HM blackberry wine to the bash?????

 

[jvls1942]

I have made elderberry, choke cherry, wild raspberry, apple, plum, blackberry, rhubarb wines..
they are all very good, especially the wild raspberry

I have never had a chicken die from eating elderberries, but then I have had skunks kill geese, so I must be very different..

.........jiminwiscthinkingonesandwichtodaywasnotenoughtoeat....

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I told the girl with the dogs that got shot I would keep my ears open for any info because I know people that live in that area. And since I work at the feed store I would maybe hear if any farmers shot the dogs for chasing livestock. So she says "no, they were just chasing deer." So I said oh, you know who did it, and they told you that? Her response "It doesn't matter its illegal either way. The cops are involved and you can't shoot dogs for chasing your livestock, so drop it." My response: WI Statute 174.01. She comes back with "leave it to you to know that. @&$# off!" Oh my . . . . This was all on Facebook.

And Jim, you're still fixated on the skunk thing? We need to give you something new to gripe about

 

[unkadan]

hmmm, I'm stuck wondering about "purple softies"???

 

[Celtic Chick]

hmmm, I'm stuck wondering about "purple softies"???

With the imagination you have???????????? I'm kinda doubting that.

 

[RedWolf02]

Hi Wis cheese heads
New to the board
Wondering what is a good bread of chicks for large eggs?

Adam

 

[chikenscratch]

Elderberries are a good one to use as a fenceline. They thicken up & spread out on their own really fast, yet are very easy to mow down if they start spreading too much. No nasty thorns to get ya as you drive by on the mower. I've read that they are on a list as "toxic" to chickens, but the worst they do is give your birds purple softies.     My chickens love them. And so do the wild birds. If you want to attract cedar waxwings, elderberries are the way to go. They supposedly make good wine too, but we haven't tried that yet.

Hey Jim, ya bringing any of that HM blackberry wine to the bash?????       

I had wanted to do elderberry and used to eat the off the bush but they are bitter but then I read thst they were toxic.

That poor bird
I might take you up on that if i can talk Kendra into going with and digging...lol
I just put mine out..including silkies..I have a box inside a box..that is inside of an enclosure that is inside of the coop with a heat lamp.
I do what I do..just in case this happens..

I'll go with you