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Well would not hurt them.. but chick feed is best for first 6 weeks/10 weeks or so... real "outdoor" chicks are eating bugs and grass... I suppose it wont hurt... I would keep chick feed as main food for a while longer. good luck/
By the way.. so far the goat is surviding after meds and rest she is up and walking around now with much of her neck skin missing down to the muscle... sob... sniff... she IS A REGULAR DUMB GOAT..... but I HATE TO SEE ANIMALS HURT..
I will do the pvc thing.. I LOVE IT AND ITS INSTANT FIX.... I...
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YOU GENIOUS YOU GENIOUS... I will tape the horns with pvc and pipe today! OMG if cant believe I did not think of that!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!! :weee :weee :weee
1) we have goat wire AND barbed wire in between the larger...
Our dog has KILLED and eaten 5 goats through fence! HELP!
First, I WONT get rid of our family German Shepherd.... :hu He only attacks goats that get their stupid stupid heads stuck in the fence any time day or night... He nearly killed another one last night, I do not think she will make...
huge chicken shortage so I am about to hatch 400 eggs ! :clap
Many hatcheries are sold out for 4 months or longer on CHICKS. My craigs list ad still has the phone ringing after 6 months.
I am hatching 400 eggs. (got some from neighbors that sell fertile eggs) and planted a 1 acre chicken...
thanks.. I will advertise on co- op and gardening sites, craigs list... and a few store chains. I also can sell from classified ads in some fishing mags? I think shipping worms will work too....
My dear hubby just rolls his eyes and moans :ep
when I come up with these ideas! LOL more ideas...
OK even I admit it... growing worms for fun is ...."over the edge" in weirdness. LOL... I am starting to grow HUGE tubs of red worms. (not wigglers) and find them facinating. (told you I was weird!) :frow Sooooo,
We have chickens and I was thinking of dishing up worms for a treat, selling some...
Me too... became disabled and wrestling with both income and health problems..
I learned to buy in bulk and break down the portions... you can save 70%!
I do not use coupons much at all... mostly they are for junk processed food anyway
Go to your local butcher... (small out of town ones are...
I just checked my online bank account with BANK OF AMERICA... for the 1st time in 28 years I was charged $8.95 "fee" :barnie:he for keeping my money in their bank... sooooo I will save $8.95 a month when I close my account ASAP unless they remove that fee... outragous.. MY money in their...
go to grain mills or storage mills/ grain dryer companies and ask for "rejects" you can get truck loads bag fulls of rice hulls and rice rejects.. ( not good for people) for free or $5 per 100 lb bag or rice or bring a shovel and its all FREE... you can get oats, corn, wheat and so on.... if you...
If your family eats beef.... go in "halves" with a family member or neighbor and buy a 1/2 side beef (or 1/4) and share meat... the price will skyrocket soon unless you can find loss leaders.
Buy loss leaders as much as possible and get out of the store fast.. that will save money too.. get up...
Thank you for your insights... I feel the same... Craigs List has cornered this market and the Chamber of Commerce will squash my effoorts unless I play political games, which I wont do... My husband says just dont bother.... So I am off to other ideas for job searching..
I WISH our community...
Not to worry... Many people think these sitings are from our own goverment... our government has technoligy that they will not give to the masses.... us little "slaves" :bow
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I do belive in ET life... and that...
Starting Barter Club in our town of 4,000- NEED your opinion! PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL IDEAS! I NEED HELP HERE! :he
Please advise me... I am wrestling with the idea of starting a "country barter club" for ranchers and homesteaders in our town of about 4,000
We have a political "chamber of...
Us too. we cool by the week or month and freeze a lot... Get a "seal a meal" WOW once you have one, you cant live without it.....
You can make soups or stews in batches.... and freeze the left overs in small "seal a meal" freezer bags that can be dropped in hot water to thaw.. then microwave...
In winter our hens too, have the pink combs and stopped laying... I added extra protein (bought a bag of 48% soybean meal) and mix it with laying pellets 20% protein and Rice hulls....and best of all they LOVE rice hulls...
Go to grainery mills (look up on yellow pages) and best of all the...
Yes, you are so right.. but it IS our local economy we are trying to keep going, plus offering jobs in our community too... This has to be accepted by the habitants of our town...I need media, and local endorsements....
We can start with charities and local businesses that need help and "pay"...
When/If trade relations cease, or TSHTF happens... the community will be stronger to have another system in place.
Nope its not backed by US dollars. Each person will have the right/option to also "work" in our community to get
"paid barter $$$"
I am putting a board of directors together...
Print your own MONEY legally on your community- This was done in the depression!!! It just came to me...:ya :woot I need a THINK TANK online in this group before I go to my small town of less than 4,000 people.
I NEED YOUR HELP! :idunno :caf
Just LOOK at how this is being done.... MSN, FOX...
Here are tips that work for me....I have a lot of hens! ((roosters are in far back area (as they will frump the hens feathers off TOTALLY) seperated by heavy black plastic to prevent fighting- I let them out only at breeding time for about 1 week in the pens below:
1) One large pen/ roost...