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Our garden is pretty small. the old plot was 30×40 and we expanded just a little to add 3 raised beds.
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Glad to see your NOT using treated lumber. You could put up some chicken wire - fill with your red clay. Get some Cornish crosses - the next year you'll have some fertile soil for planting. The life of a Cornish cross, poop, eat, poop, drink, poop, lay around, poop and poop more.
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I do something similar in the chick grow out pen. I load it up with grass clippings, pine shavings, hay, what ever. Then I dug it out later and put it in the raised beds. All that stuff turned into nice black stinky earth from all the manure and rain.
I HATE plucking chickens. I would love to grow out 50 Cornish cross or red rangers but not until I get a plucker. And that may be a little while.
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We skin our chickens rather than pluck them, but there are some cool DIY pluckers under the DIY thread here.
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I do something similar in the chick grow out pen. I load it up with grass clippings, pine shavings, hay, what ever. Then I dug it out later and put it in the raised beds. All that stuff turned into nice black stinky earth from all the manure and rain.
I HATE plucking chickens. I would love to grow out 50 Cornish cross or red rangers but not until I get a plucker. And that may be a little while.
Nobody likes plucking - My son is planning on turning a old wash machine into a plucker. Just need to order the plucker fingers. And install in the wash drum. Of course we have no idea which wash cycle will work best
Like $20.00 for 50 fingers.
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Everything you can get from the garden will be something you don't have to go buy from the store. Even if you just grow a 1/4 or a 1/5th of what you need, it helps. You would be amazed how much you can get from even a small space if you plan and plant clever.
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Nobody likes plucking - My son is planning on turning a old wash machine into a plucker. Just need to order the plucker fingers. And install in the wash drum. Of course we have no idea which wash cycle will work best
Like $20.00 for 50 fingers.
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One day I'll build a plucker. It's on the list.....just not very high on the list right now.
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We've got that on the list too... Someday...
Skinning is fast and easy. But we lose a lot of flavor that way. Our son wants to build a plucker... When he has time...
Skinning is fast and easy. But we lose a lot of flavor that way. Our son wants to build a plucker... When he has time...
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I just ordered 30 Cornish Cross for $1.60 each and free shipping.
https://www.valleyfarmshatchery.com/product-page/white-cornish-broiler
https://www.valleyfarmshatchery.com/product-page/white-cornish-broiler
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freezing rain and flooding for 2 days. Now power outages. The wife was giving me a hard time about hunting at every store in town for a propane heater after I got off work. "We still have power"
The lights start to flicker and she's glad I did now. Hahaha still have power but the lanterns, heater and stoves are out and ready to light
The lights start to flicker and she's glad I did now. Hahaha still have power but the lanterns, heater and stoves are out and ready to light
