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  1. piglett

    Anyone have a favorite older car they would recommend?

    i know a couple of guys that were really into those bugs & busses however the supply up here in new hampshire is really pi$$ poor almost all are so far gone that they are just plain junk maybe if you found 1 from the south piglett
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    Anyone have a favorite older car they would recommend?

    if your looking for a vehicle with no eletronics you have to get back into the 80's even then many had a really odd carb with strange electric wehams & widgets so that takes you bak to the early 80's with most cars though some trucks just had a plain old school carb up till about 1986 a friend...
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    SufficientSelf's Chicken Thread!!!

    i have found that any change in the flock can trigger the roos to go into attack mode i had a big old buff leghorn in with the rest of my flock the idea was due to the fact that he had big spurs he could protect the flock well all was well till i added a couple redstar hens that i had rehabed i...
  4. piglett

    Meat!

    hey hey don't butcher me :)))))) i'm way too old & tough to be good eating he he he :D:lol: piglett
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    SufficientSelf's Chicken Thread!!!

    a rooster only wants 2 things 1 to fill your backyard with his chicks 2 to defend your hens so he can fill your backyard with his chicks once they get old enough yes they will fight if they grow up together it doesn't seem to be as bad but even then if they are short on hens they might go at...
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    Anyone have a favorite older car they would recommend?

    i like to get a 1995 or older car/truck the reason is the newer OBS2 computers that the feds said had to be in all of the 1996 & newer cars & light truckscan be a real paid. the silly computer turns your check engine light on you take the thing to the shop & they say something like (well it...
  7. piglett

    Hello, newbie to this forum!

    welcome from new hampshire how many in your flock?? piglett
  8. piglett

    Researching Chickens and overwhelmed!!

    i am on 2 other chicken sites 1 big & 1 small site i started on BYC & it clearly wasn't for me this site might not be all that active but atleast you can more or less say what you feel needs to be said if someone is on the wrong track someone here will try to point it out i see no harm in doing...
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    Meat!

    well 1st off , don't ever name them pets have names our chickens here don't for just that reason we get free roosters all of the time from craigslist lots of people buy straight run & end up with WAY more roos than they need they either don't know how or can't process them so we go scoop em up &...
  10. piglett

    Meat!

    unless you plan on baking the chicken in the oven (like for christmas) we just skin them check out youtube & you will see how EZ skinning can be. good luck piglett
  11. piglett

    All the info i can get about raising chickens for eggs

    you never want just 2 hens 1st of all 2 isn't a flock & chickens are flock amimals they will not be all that relaxed if you just get 2 (they are not dogs or cats) also what if 1 dies?? the 2nd one will have no one to roost with & no one to try to stay warm with in the coop good luck piglett
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    Things I Learned While Processing Chickens

    i use a good big cleaver it's good & heavy so it only takes 1 swing to do the job
  13. piglett

    Things I Learned While Processing Chickens

    we skin em , less time less problems check out youtube if you want to see how quick it can be done
  14. piglett

    Clearing woods to make pasture for animals- can it be done?

    my wife & i want to do the same type of thing in a few more years however i think i'll go with a couple of goats instead of a cow goats are less picky about their food than a cow is. now as far as the stumps go i will share an old time trick 1st get a few pigs 2nd pen them up near some stumps...
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    My Rabbitry (pics added)

    i built an extra large coop so i can put a couple of rabbit cages in 1 corner still have to get the building closed in the rest of the way & i'll see about making cages what size cages should i have? i'll start with 2 , should the doe cage be bigger because she will be with kits at some point...
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    MEAT BIRDS THREAD ~Plans, pics, pens, pluckers, processing! GRAPHIC!

    well Ninny i can't answer all your questions .....however i can tell you that you always want to be able to walk in your coop if DH will ever have anything to do with these birds then make sure he can get in there if needed to feed, water, & remove any sick birds no one wants to go into a coop...
  17. piglett

    More ducklings and pics lol.

    what a great looking little duck, i would be soooo proud to have one like that. what kind is he/her ? piglett
  18. piglett

    hatcherys

    well it looks like i will go with these folks http://www.mthealthy.com/ i want buff orpingtons & if i buy 50 i can get 25 bonus chicks FOR FREE that deal is hard to beat!!! piglett
  19. piglett

    i have peeps

    Oh these are English Orpingtons, there are only 2 lines of them in the country & these birds parents are from both lines i already had two blue 50% english orps here in my young flock that i'll add in with the 7 i just got once the youngins grow out some.
  20. piglett

    We have Goats

    just remember if you have to nail it's feet to the barn floor only use stainless steel nails. you don't want a goat with infected feet :duc piglett
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