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  1. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well, it's been an interesting weekend. Ran into my neighbor at the grocery store on Friday. He's an old retired guy who buys eggs from me. Said that his daughter gave him 4 hens that someone no longer wanted (a COVID buy, I suspect). He has no coop, no pen, nada. Doesn't even have food for...
  2. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Planting herbs didn't work for me. The only thing I found that works consistently is covering them with netting or a row cover.
  3. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My spaghetti squash harvest... All my plants are now dead. I'm debating if I want to start more or not. This is enough squash to last me all winter... Does anyone know if cushaw will ripen off the vine? I've got a large one that's still yellow but the SVB have killed the plant it was attached...
  4. TJAnonymous

    Area around beak swollen, beak turning black, pictures

    Thank you! I think that looks very similar... My gut says this is cancer. Makes me very sad because I'm very attached to this old gal... 😭 I guess the best I can do is make her comfortable and enjoy whatever time we have left... And wait to see if the poultry vet ever responds. 😕
  5. TJAnonymous

    Area around beak swollen, beak turning black, pictures

    This is a different bird. That bird from last month ended up passing away shortly after. On that thread, I posted the response from the poultry vet on the likely cause. That looked like internal tumors or something in her reproductive/vent area. She didn't present this hard, black, dry...
  6. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It shouldn't hurt your chicks... I'd just use it around the perimeter of the nesting box though to deter ants from getting to where the broody and chicks are
  7. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    No, I thought the first chick had hatched and expired. Not the broody
  8. TJAnonymous

    Area around beak swollen, beak turning black, pictures

    Pulling this thread out of the dustbin... I have a 7 year old BO hen that has developed this issue. She has had it for several weeks but I was unable to catch her until now. She has no other spots or lesions anywhere on her. No other chickens have it either. She is eating and drinking just...
  9. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I've found that moving the broody using means she abandons the eggs or tramples the chicks in her panic. Do you have diatomaceous earth or something organic you can put around the perimeter of the nesting box to deter the ants?
  10. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yeah, that's probably my next step but I have to get on a rotation locally to get fresh cream. Store bought whipping cream has carrageenan which I avoid because it can cause inflammation, digestive problems, cancer, etc...
  11. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yes, the 6 chicks I bought in 2018 were Buff Orpingtons. 😁 Only one is still living though...
  12. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Nope... Maybe over 20 years or more. After moving to a new place, I've built 3 coops of various sizes. I've probably spent $2500 - $3000 collectively. Those coops house anywhere from 60 - 80 chickens, depending on the year, and up to 12 ducks. Then there's feed costs which are easily...
  13. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Oh, I get it... After not having chickens for many years, I suddenly brought home 6 chicks from the feed store. I ended up spending a hundred and some odd dollars to buy one of those cute little chicken coops on Wayfair. Realized a few weeks later that it was going to be WAY too small. BTW, did...
  14. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    $1200...wow. I don't even want to guess how much that is per jar... 👀
  15. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yeah, but it's the potato vs po-tat-o argument. I still find it deceptive marketing. They do the same thing with MSG and other bad stuff. I read a few days ago that Texas passed a law to outlaw like 40 food preservatives and chemicals that are outlawed in pretty much the rest of the world...
  16. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Made 4 pints of spicy garlic dill pickles this afternoon. I also had 2 rather large pickling cukes so I decided to try an experiment... I made up the same spicy garlic mix, put the pickling cukes in a mylar bag with the spices, pickling mix, etc... And sealed it. Put it in the refrigerator to...
  17. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    FWIW, that whipped cream also has sucralose in it which is another form of sugar....
  18. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Explain to me how a product that says ZERO SUGAR on the package has corn syrup as the 2nd ingredient... 🙄
  19. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Dawg....that's just mean.... 😂👀
  20. TJAnonymous

    What did you do in the garden today?

    ...was like working in a sauna. My clothes were so wet from sweat that they were dripping! And I was covered in dirt and had bugs dive bombing me... ***shudder*** I swear that a shower never felt so good. I even used a sugar scrub to help get the feeling of sweaty, dirty grime off... Followed...
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