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You're right. Looking for answers here, in between my kid having 2 seizures before leaving for school, wind going since 9 p.m. last night gusting over 50 mph and blowing everything around, goats terrified, husband with a cancer scare, and now you. You're absolutely right, I got out on the wrong...

Dear Curious: The eggs are being laid but are being eaten. Pretty obvious when there's leftover yolk on any remaining eggs. I didn't ask for help in stopping the egg eaters. I asked for black australorp chicks to replace my egg eaters. Wrong side of the bed today? Done.

Gee, Thanks. I guess you missed the part where I wrote that it's been MONTHS since I had a decent production day. I'm familiar with chickens, having had them for several years, and this is the first time I've only gotten 3-10% production from my girls, except in winter. Which it's not. :duc

The free chick just showed up on my receipt; I didn't ask for it. No clue what it is, but you're right, it'll probably be a cockeral. Just what we need: another boy! After I placed the order yesterday, I researched the red star chicken. My thoughts of selling all of them flew out the window. I...

Okay, just ordered 15 black australorp females and 10 red star straight run from McMurray. Will be shipped on Oct 24 and arrive Oct 26. Should start laying in March/April. We'll sell probably half in the Spring. Thanks for the help. Will still get the golf balls, etc.

I'll pick up some golf balls this week. My chickens range in age from 2 weeks old to 4 years old. Like the idea of raising to point of lay so I'll look into getting about 15 black australorps and 10 various others, maybe including silkies although we have several that we'll probably keep. I do...

I've sold off quite a few laying hens and a couple of roosters already. This is what's left. The 5 extra roosters are in a separate run so they have no access to eggs. Good for when we need to start again. They all get plenty of calcium: I give them whey from cheese-making a couple times a...

We have about 35 chickens: 20+ adult girls, 7 boys of various ages, and the rest various-aged chicks. We get between 1 and 5 eggs a day. NOT GOOD. Ridiculous, actually. We've seen evidence of egg-eaters in each of our two separate groups of egg-layers. Have had it. It's been months since we've...

Thanks, Maschil. Wonder if dehydrated cooked meat is shelf-stable in a canning jar (not canned, just lid on).

Did zucchini and cucumber last week. Just put in bags of frozen veggies (since our garden pretty much only gave zucchini): broccoli, mixed veggies, sliced peppers. In the freezer are bags of berries, peas and green beans. QUESTION: I need to re-read this thread but thought I'd ask anyway...

I don't have room in my freezer to freeze milk for later cheese-making, or even to freeze cheese. I like to start the Fall off with my freezer full from the garden and slaughtered animals. Also don't want to have jars and jars of this in the fridge, so that's out. I want to store cheese in the...

Do you know how long those would last on a pantry shelf?

We have two girls in milk. One doe had her babies in April so they are long gone, giving us about a quart and a half a day. The other doe just had triplets on August 4 so we barely got any from her. Delicious, but we were just getting barely enough for my kid to drink a quart a day and plus a...

Another illusion, shattered. :barnie

Gypsy: thanks for your input. I decided to stay where we are, about 45 min south of Aurora. Just a thought: quail and rabbits are two types of "domestic/household" pets that you can get away with. Both provide meat (and quail, eggs) for a minimum amount of space and noise. Quail can get a...

We have 2 mini nubian does. I milk them, filter the milk, and refrigerate the clean milk. My son usually drinks it (a quart at a time) within a couple of hours. I started out pasteurizing but he was always faster than me, and since he is growing, I'm not worried. I also make cheese and yogurt...

hi from Colorado's eastern plains ... we're about an hour from Denver, elevation around 6200. Feel free to private message me if you have questions I might be able to answer. :weee

We've tried for over 3 years to grow potatoes, and just yesterday, Hubby made our first successful harvest. Oh, there's barely much there: maybe 15 pounds total (some small russetts but mostly small red pontiac), and most of them less than a thumb in diameter, but still, it worked. It was...

Thank you, but it's not just for me. It's for all of the USA that didn't get much preciptation this year. So many food prices are increasing, all because the weather is so messed up. This movement will benefit us all.

One way to find out ... gonna join me? Look at it this way: -it's an excuse to have a party -it's an excuse for people to bring their favorite dish -it's a good time to share with people before the winter -and if it works, hay and corn and well, almost everything, shouldn't be so expensive...