It's been our experience w/ 3 different Pomegranate varieties that at least half of the tender fruit blossoms will fall off or be blown off by winds before any fruit forms. Out of 12 blossoms we get 6 fruit ~ not a prolific fruit tree which is why they are so expensive in supermarkets. & most of our Pomegranate seeds get fed to the chickens.
I would be right in there with your chickens - I love pomegranate!
My barn is like a pillow factory - feathers everywhere!
Pomegranates are great! But one tree might not be enough. The amount of fruit on just one tree will disappoint. I hope you can be a success at growing them in your zone. The location of where they are planted also makes a difference.
Don't get me started on youtube making it hard for people who make content about safe gun handling to make the videos and earn money from sponsorships/ads, yet videos of animals being abused is just fine especially if it's "for kids".It's so cool to hear there are still places where people (women especially) can go hunting for possums or squirrels in a forested swamp or that a renegade shootest is hiding in Daniel Boone Forest!
Here in our city-fide suburban neighborhood yesterday we had a sheriff's 'copter circling low & noisy overhead cuz a disgruntled boyfriend was wielding a sledge hammer looking to smash his girlfriend's car! Went on for over an hour. In the old days he would've been subdued, slammed to the ground & cuffed in minutes but nowadays it's not politically correct to treat criminals for the bad guys that they are!
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Breda fowl "Char" at 7-1/2+ lbs was too big to fit in the nestboxes. She was not a prolific layer so she didn't have to endure using the small boxes very much. She was a very tall statuesque bird. The Blue/Black/Splash variety Breda hens were smaller size. It's believed in the Netherlands that the Cuckoo Malines breed were crossed w/Breda fowl to get the larger body size of the Cuckoo Breda. Our Char was 2 lbs heavier than any of our B/B/S Breda hens.
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Oh me and mom love to Squirrel hunt, and both of us can spend hours at the lake or river fishing. In just 2 short months rifle season for deer comes in. We could not really hunt for the last 2 years, that changes this year.It's so cool to hear there are still places where people (women especially) can go hunting for possums or squirrels in a forested swamp or that a renegade shootest is hiding in Daniel Boone Forest!
Here in our city-fide suburban neighborhood yesterday we had a sheriff's 'copter circling low & noisy overhead cuz a disgruntled boyfriend was wielding a sledge hammer looking to smash his girlfriend's car! Went on for over an hour. In the old days he would've been subdued, slammed to the ground & cuffed in minutes but nowadays it's not politically correct to treat criminals for the bad guys that they are
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Breda fowl "Char" at 7-1/2+ lbs was too big to fit in the nestboxes. She was not a prolific layer so she didn't have to endure using the small boxes very much. She was a very tall statuesque bird. The Blue/Black/Splash variety Breda hens were smaller size. It's believed in the Netherlands that the Cuckoo Malines breed were crossed w/Breda fowl to get the larger body size of the Cuckoo Breda. Our Char was 2 lbs heavier than any of our B/B/S Breda hens.
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They are BR crosses (7 are, I believe, BR X Lakeshore egger dad, one is, I believe, a Welsummer X with????). 4 of the BR crosses are boys for sure, 3 are girls. I think the chipmunk chick (could be a Welsummer or maybe an EE for mom) is a pullet, but s/he is starting to get a pink comb, so am unsure which it will be....and given that I am unsure of parentage, it makes it harder to truly guess.
True, but if one eats any meat, that has to happen. So, the quicker and less painful the better. I rather process my own meat than buy it in the store and perpetuate the horrible life and conditions of factory farmed animals.
. It is certainly not for everyone, as I said in my original post - but it isn't hypocritical either... I know they are raised well, treated well, and have a good life until that point. I end up crying the evening after processing each fall.....but since I eat meat - I rather that than the alternative.
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if for Raven snapping out of it - instead of mourning the passed chick.
. Hope Raven doesn't peck her too hard!
Oh, I love mysteries. Keep posting pics!They are BR crosses (7 are, I believe, BR X Lakeshore egger dad, one is, I believe, a Welsummer X with????). 4 of the BR crosses are boys for sure, 3 are girls. I think the chipmunk chick (could be a Welsummer or maybe an EE for mom) is a pullet, but s/he is starting to get a pink comb, so am unsure which it will be....and given that I am unsure of parentage, it makes it harder to truly guess.
True, but if one eats any meat, that has to happen. So, the quicker and less painful the better. I rather process my own meat than buy it in the store and perpetuate the horrible life and conditions of factory farmed animals.
