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I use an acne wash that will bleach my towels when I dry off. I hate it but I hate acne more :D

I had quail briefly and they loved being in small chicken tractors on the ground. I had a triangle shaped tractor that was about 4ft x 3ft that was light enough I could move it by myself. It did make getting eggs challenging but if you separated them into breeding groups of like 1 male to 3...

I lost my first two girls, Etta and Hussie, this fall within a week of each other but I think they died of old age. It's tough...I've been feeding my hens a lot of scraps now that the weather is getting colder. I don't have anything that makes it to the compost heap anymore, it all goes to the...

My runners have a plastic tub that I got at Home Depot, it is a mortar mixing tub, that I fill with shavings and that is in their hutch where they sleep. It's easy to dump out and clean about once every week or two but I only have 4 birds. I give my runners a kiddie pool, one of the medium...

Hi Jay, how's it going darlin'? :frow

Meaties are done :bun, freezer is packed, hubby and his uncle got 2 more deer that we donated to another family along with the use of our grinder, Aliana had to go back to the breeder for a week cause she is still not pregnant :he, saw a coyote in the back yard sniffing around the chicken blood...

He is so cute!!! I want one!:love Hubby would kill me :hide

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is a good one too...I like Baker Creek strictly for the eye candy, it's coffee table worthy!

I agree...I loved having a fish tank in the house when we had cats in the house cause then it was free live entertainment!!! I agree that it is peaceful too...sometimes we just need to sit still and do nothing and looking at a tank full of fish swimming is the perfect thing to do. Maddie...

I think it is doable if you know your limitations and work around them. I have issues with my lower back so I have to be careful how much stuff I lift. I get hubby to help with moving bags of feed or whatever. I am grateful that we have our barn in the place we do cause I am able to back the...

Sorry about the fish....we got maddie 5 neons yesterday and 2 have already died....the others seem to be doing well though. The good thing about getting a bigger crate is that you can always use it for other stuff. I used our dog crate, it's a bigger collapsible one for our Lab, for...

Well we went...it wasn't that cold out. We had to stop on the way at Kmart and get Tyler a new winter coat. I went to put his old one on him and the sleeves were too short. :rolleyes: Luckily they were having a 60% off sale on all the winter clothing and I got him a new one for $20. We had a...

Well, my peaceful day cleaning up the house from the mountain of boxes, paper, and packages that threaten to consume me has come to an abrupt end. I got a phone call this morning from a lady that saw my flyer at the library and wants to come today to get a dozen eggs....don't know when she's...

:lau that's awesome! :lau

I'll chime in...I agree with everyone as far as the coop suggestions go. Check out the coop page on Backyardchickens.com There are wonderful ideas for lots of different styles and sizes of coops. One word of warning though, you will get lots of different suggestions on the "right" way to do...

An interesting note...I went to a family party and discovered that hubby's stepsister and her husband have been beekeeping for 4 yrs! He and I had a really interesting conversation about his ups and downs...last year he lost one hive to wax moths and he discovered that one of his hives was...

They should be fine...what kind of trees do you have around? We have lots of tulip poplars and they just love them. But they will find pollen from all over so if you are in a wooded area they will find what they need. I supplemented with pollen patties in september/October to give them a boost...

This weekend Maddie wants to go stay with granny and papa to have some "time by myself....away from boys" That means she needs a break from her brother. :D Chad is thinking that he will leave Saturday with them and take them up to granny's so they don't have to drive all the way up here again...

Here's one of a Watusi cow and potbellied pig that we saw on another farm...not many people have seen watusi cattle up close, they are native to Africa. Pretty cool!

So christmas was good with a mix of ups and downs. We had a great time with family but great grandpa fell out of bed Saturday morning and spent the day in the er. He's fine, just got a bit too rambunctious with his new 87 yr old girlfriend...he also has a sinus infection and a urinary tract...