Nice currants. Here the bumblebees are after the gooseberries. The honeybees are working the plum, currant and serviceberries along with the dandelions.
Cherries and crab apples will follow soon.
Had a hen hatch 8 of eleven eggs. On the way to the pen she stopped and picked a fight with the dog through a chain link fence.
I grabbed the little ones and put them in the brooder. When she was done fighting with the dog, she got really upset about her missing poults. After a couple of...
Really wasteful and stupid. Plucking is the way to go. Doesn't matter if you eat the skin or not but it does make a huge difference in how well the bird cooks with the skin on.
They are also missing the two best pieces of meat on any poultry carcass.
As I said the all flock I feed has everything they need. There is no need for me to worry about upping the protein by buying even more things. There is no need for me to be concerned about whether the birds are getting too much "treats" either.
Never said corn was poison. It is a low protein, high fat food. The all flock that I feed does contain everything the birds need so there is no need to feed extras.
It is for the people that drew the special permit. I will be buying a license the next time I go to town. The season for general licenses runs from April 20 through May 31.
Rumor has it that the G&F rounded up a bunch in town including a lot of toms and turned them loose 3 miles away from me...