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    The great broody experiment (new pics p 18)

    :lol: poor girl!
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    The great broody experiment (new pics p 18)

    They may!! I have chukar eggs in the incubator and it got unplugged for over 12 hours and the eggs got cold :he but I plugged it back in and the eggs are pipping today!! :ya :fl So hopefully they will be ok. Bee my bantams pull thier feathers on thier chest out when they go broody. I was...
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    Oh, I'm on a roll!

    :yuckyuck :lau
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    Wild Foraging

    The kids and I just got back in from foraging for mushrooms and I seen this thread. :P We found a lot of mushrooms but no morels. :hit Anyone from Ms know what kind we have that is edible? We always have lots and lots of blackberries. They are already ripening so we will be out there this...
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    Patch Of Heaven's Journal ***new pics pg 7***

    I was really blessed to find one just the right price for me. I have been a tilling fool the last cpl days. :P We planted watermelons, pumpkins, gourds of all kinds and canteloupe today!! :weee
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    Patch Of Heaven's Journal ***new pics pg 7***

    :) I am happy to report that we have 3 dz + chicks now with more that should be hatching in the next few days. We finally got the tiller here!!! :ya I have been getting the garden tilled and planted!! Bees will arrive next Tuesday!!!!! :weee :hide I will take pics of the new peeps...
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    Bees installed!

    :thumbsup
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    Patch Of Heaven's Journal ***new pics pg 7***

    :hu I think when the bears try to eat the bacon or hotdogs or whatever you hang it gives them a shock. I guess bears have really thick fur and the nose and mouth are the best place to shock them. I will ask my friend for more details though because I am not sure. :P
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    Patch Of Heaven's Journal ***new pics pg 7***

    :D Thanks! A friend on BYC lives in bear country and he was explaining to me that he makes a bee yard with electric fence around the hive and he hangs bacon on the fence. Seems to work for him and a few others I have talked to about it. I would not want to share my honey with bears,skunks...
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    Okiemommy's Journal **What I realized today about our journey**

    :hugs prayers sent . Hope everyone gets through it ok. :fl
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    Patch Of Heaven's Journal ***new pics pg 7***

    :ya The tiller looks great!!! We will be getting it sometime this weekend when my dh is off. I am so excited!! I have all my seeds ready to plant! :celebrate We got the acre of corn planted today! Hopefully we can keep the deer out. :smack We have 4 chicks hatched and two more are...
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    Chick Cheat Sheet

    I have chicks now under a 60watt bulb and the temp is staying 98-100 right now. I do have them inside and no drafts. No drafts are important. I am using a 30 gal fish tank for a brooder right now. Other than clean the waterer and feeder everyday (I am sure you know this) keep warm and...
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