Livestock will start October 24 from 5:30 to 7:30.
Other dates are in the Google Calendar and will be posted.
Topics might include:
- Definition of livestock, purpose, exploration of species in general.
- Housing, fencing, structure type discussions for different types of livestock. Who can live and share meals with whom, who needs to be separate and for what reasons.
- Reproduction of different types of livestock. Care of young, family names.
- Health and veterinary concerns.
- Other topics related to member goals!
Please let me know if you are joining us for livestock so I can have records ready.
I think we should have Livestock meetings - William
ReplyDeleteI think it would be fun to have Livestock meetings because we would be able to learn about a lot of different animals. - Luke
ReplyDeleteSounds good-Miriam
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness, I hope this is fake, but it's funny anyway... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-can-i-tell-if-my-hen-is-pregnant.1332905/?utm_source=threadloom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ed27&utm_content=iss37#post-21767764
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go high tech and get some nest box pads like these. https://www.cutlersupply.com/products/lnp-plastic-nest-pads Does anyone else want any and we'll share in the shipping?
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to try to do roll out nest boxes as well since my ladies make such messes in their boxes. That will be a fun building project. I'm trying to figure out how to have them roll to the outside of the coop, but not freeze since they will be up against an outside wall. Heat tape? Any thoughts? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-rollout-nest-design-picture-heavy-edited-1-21.287684/
Nest pads are ordered for the Lawson Crew and myself.
DeleteI like it - Nora
ReplyDeleteI just built a 35 gallon chicken feeder. First test is today. Here's where I got the idea... https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/feed-health/how-to-build-an-automatic-chicken-feeder/?mqsc=E4071817&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=CSN%20ListCountryside%20From%20the%20Coop&utm_campaign=FTC%207-22-19
ReplyDeleteDid it work?-Miriam
DeleteSo, after Iseult, Wicky, & Tristan rolled the feeder around the back yard and broke off all the fittings, I decided to move it inside the coop after I glued it back together. I haven't filled it over the fittings yet, but the birds have certainly figured out how to eat out of it. So, it is working so far. I'll let everyone know once I have filled it up full.
ReplyDeleteI put 2 full bags, or 100lbs of layer pellets in the feeder today, 10/18. I put a bag in... some time after that last post. I'm not really sure how long it lasted. There was actually room for 1 more bag, but I was too tired to slog it through the mud out to the coop!
ReplyDeleteChelsea really loves Livestock meetings and projects
ReplyDeleteAnyone have any interest in dissection of various mammal organs? We don't have to do them all, and we don't have to do the same, we could share as a group, or in small groups.
ReplyDeleteEye - $3.00
Kidney - $4.95
Heart - $5.50
Brain - $14.95
Shipping & handling would be extra, of course, depending on how much we buy.
I would want to do the heart or brain. -Nora
DeleteCheck out this page of funny/interesting/sometimes gross chicken facts! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cluckmazing-facts-new-facts-daily.1341244/?utm_source=threadloom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ed27&utm_content=iss48#post-21985429
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who has a rooster, this article has some suggestions to limit crowing. I don't love this source, but all information can be useful.
ReplyDeletehttps://morningchores.com/rooster-crowing/
How are your farms looking? Do you think you can make a table top exhibit out of it? Keep it in mind... :-)
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