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goatgurl
Almost Self-Reliant
just to prove to youall that I don't have a lick of sense I ordered some more chicks. i'm covered up with ducks but it seems that almost every hen I've had sitting has lost their clutch to those danged black snakes this year and since I only have a few cross bred hens I decided to get some new girls. I love a mixed flock so I got 3 black australorps, 4 rhode island reds, 3 barred rocks, 3 silver laced wyandottes, 3 speckled Sussex pullets and a black australorp roo. love a box full of fluff butt babies.
got some of the winter hay for the goats and sheep a few days ago and the gentlemen who delivered it asked me if I had a broodie hen and i'm like ummm no but I've got 2 brooding ducks and one of them has just started to set so we could use her. he had 15 turkey eggs he wanted to set so mama duck gave her 8 eggs to one of dstr1's broodie hens and I have one duck setting on a bunch of duck eggs and the other is sitting on the turkey eggs. I have never raised turkeys but I guess there is a first time for every thing.
@NH Homesteader you are going to have to be my go to turkey girl because I don't have a clue how to raise them. also nh homesteader I was reading about you having to go fish pig feed pans out of the mud so I thought I would show you what I do to avoid having to do that. the tubs I use have a sort of handle with a hole in the middle of it so I thread a rope thru the hole and tie a knot in of it so it won't pull out and then I tie it to the fence up close so I don't even have to go in with them. has worked for me for years, have never had them chew thru a rope to get it loose or bust up the tub. remember me i'm the person who is chicken to go in with them if I don't absolutely have to
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got some of the winter hay for the goats and sheep a few days ago and the gentlemen who delivered it asked me if I had a broodie hen and i'm like ummm no but I've got 2 brooding ducks and one of them has just started to set so we could use her. he had 15 turkey eggs he wanted to set so mama duck gave her 8 eggs to one of dstr1's broodie hens and I have one duck setting on a bunch of duck eggs and the other is sitting on the turkey eggs. I have never raised turkeys but I guess there is a first time for every thing.
@NH Homesteader you are going to have to be my go to turkey girl because I don't have a clue how to raise them. also nh homesteader I was reading about you having to go fish pig feed pans out of the mud so I thought I would show you what I do to avoid having to do that. the tubs I use have a sort of handle with a hole in the middle of it so I thread a rope thru the hole and tie a knot in of it so it won't pull out and then I tie it to the fence up close so I don't even have to go in with them. has worked for me for years, have never had them chew thru a rope to get it loose or bust up the tub. remember me i'm the person who is chicken to go in with them if I don't absolutely have to
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