Posted on 04/04/2020 9:15:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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I have those watering funnels (I think that is what they are called). They are great for watering in containers. I use them all the time. There is also a way to connect bottles together for use in underground watering system.
Dams and Sires. As they get older, kiko's horns continue to spiral out
We saw two deer very close to the house out the bathroom window, but we also knew that if we went outside they would have spooked.
Worked myself into a condition, working on the yard yesterday with the family...digging out blackberry bushes.....where ai had to take today off from most garden work.
If there was a version of Jock Itch called Gardener’s Itch.....then I got that.
Only abkento donsome watering and put some starts outside the greenhouse for a few hours to begin gardening them up.
Well, I’m back with another “chicken” question. Two, actually. :-)
I’ve so far been unable to procure any Buckeye hatching eggs or chicks at a reasonable price, BUT, we have that broody hen, so...
Per the suggestion here, I was looking on eBay for Buckeye hatching eggs. Instead I found a local* seller of Black Copper Maran hatching eggs**, who agreed to sell me 6, and agreed to local pickup, which saved a lot of $$. When I got home I found the seller had actually given me a baker’s half dozen (7) eggs. Gotta do that A+++ feedback today!
I swapped in the Maran eggs, went off to put the already developing “mutt” eggs that had been under the hen into our cheapy little incubator, and our rooster who had earlier been merely a bit protective of the hen attacked the hen and eggs and broke two eggs B4 I could intercept! So he’s screened off, now. Aggghhh...!!!
Has anyone ever had this happen? Apparently the rooster somehow knew the Maran eggs were not his progeny. He was clearly not trying to mate - he was trying to force the poor hen (about half his size) off the remaining eggs.
The 2nd question is that the remaining eggs had broken eggs’ content on them, some of which had already dried. One at a time I washed that off under warm (not hot) water, thinking that otherwise the eggs would not “breathe” properly. Was that the right thing to?
* “Local” as in only about 20 minutes out of my way when traveling to go help out with my Mom. But in actuality a bit over an hour away from here.
** Really nice, big, dark (for chicken eggs) brown eggs. I am hoping that the game bird in these will help with predation of mice & young rats, once the Marans are grown. Plus the eggs look great & should be an attraction for selling if we do more of that. (We are down to 9 hens and 4 of those are “mutts”, only 3 are really good layers.)
*** The bad guy rooster is an Amberlink / Easter Egger mix - very colorful and handsome roo’ that looks almost like some sort of hawk - seems to help with scaring off actual hawks! But he’s normally gentle for a rooster. We had one previously who’s feathering / color looked almost like a bald eagle. :-)
Zinc is emerging as a key component in combating the virus. Examples of foods high in zinc include:
oysters, 3 ounces (oz): 74 mg.
beef patty, 3 oz: 5.3 mg.
Alaska king crab, 3 oz: 6.5 mg.
fortified breakfast cereal, 3/4 cup serving: 3.8 mg.
cooked lobster, 3 oz: 3.4 mg.
cooked pork chop loin, 3 oz: 2.9 mg.
baked beans, 1/2 cup serving: 2.9 mg.
dark meat chicken, 3 oz: 2.4 mg.
........and dark chocolate.......
Zinc Strengthens Your Immune System.....contributes to cellular immunity.
Mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, kale, and garlic also contain zinc.
Found it, it’s called UGL Dryloc, and it’s a latex water sealant intended for use on concrete.
THAT I have heard of.
Mr. mm is familiar with it.
One thing we have found though is that on our wooded land in NH, we have LOTS of cedar trees. We could take some down and make our own rot proof boards.
Garlic??? I’m covered then.
Hi, how is Lady Bender doing?? Any reschedule on that hip surgery? Thanks for posting some pictures for us to enjoy.
She can cope as long as she can have her Motrin. The medical field is in total chaos here due to the BS on the news. I have started to have a overactive bladder and diminished lung function which work against each other...
That is so clever!
Prayers for you both. Hubby and I are taking care of each other now too.
Are you raising them for meat?
Thanks when I get to weeding in the garden it might come in handy helping me get up on my feet too.
Meat and sales barn. Bit of retirement income at some point.
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