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Livestock Supper this Thursday @ 6. If part of the team call Lacey to let her know if you are coming, how many people & what you are brining. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/19/2013 07:17.37 AM
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Derpy had landed. He had a 3.5 hr drive with Mr.R. S. and a .5 hr drive home with us. Got him home and let him decide when he wanted to get out of the pet taxi to see his new home.
MR. R. S. IS A BLESSING FOR DRIVING HIM TO MCCOMBE. THANK YOU!!!!!Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/19/2013 07:12.20 AM
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Tell P2 to look on line at some of the carving web pages and see how simple some of the tool are .You do not have to have all the fanccy chisles just the basice ones and you can make some of them out of old wood chisels and Knives.The main thing is they have to be sharp.I got to use one of my newer shop tools today .I think it will pay for itsself before long and it cutts so nice.I cut some 1/4 steel plate to make a mount in notime and much better cut than my torchs.It is a good rainy day job. see you later Mike Come visit me, MIKE,S GWMR.
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05/18/2013 02:00.39 PM
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Nothing like smelling the chicken manure that Papa has pilled in the pecan field. The spreaders are too big to go through our gates and now we have to wait for a smaller spreader machine to come and put it out. All I can say is that the grass under the pills are burnt! Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/16/2013 06:24.29 AM
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On the fence whether or not to call the breeder about P2's boar and see if they are able to come down or not this weekend. I emailed him Fancy's papers to see if she related to the boar we are hoping to purchase, but no response yet. Last time we talked about about a pick up this weekend.
Washington Parish if you haven't gotten the letter from the LSU AgCenter, there is a 4H meeting for parents in the Franklinton Office @ 5:30.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/15/2013 06:59.38 AM
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To those who are Mother's to two and four leggers, Happy Belated Mother's Day! Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/14/2013 08:21.52 AM
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If I did it right you should have some pix of a Morris chair one of our woodworking mem just finshed and some of Shannons new est calf mother is half red angus and belted Galloway dad is belted but no papers.Hope the trailer does allright they are expensive to fix.And it is no fun .That type of workis what Shannon and his dad does.I get alot of my steel and parts from them and help them when I can. Ask P2 how long it would take him to carve the trees on the chair sides? The man that built the chair built two of them .He had to carve 4 of the side panels . see you later Mike Come visit me, MIKE,S GWMR.
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05/12/2013 02:34.02 PM
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More rain to come and need to get a heifer up to treat her for hoof rot Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/10/2013 05:06.49 PM
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BAD WEATHER COMING THROUGH...... Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/10/2013 07:43.06 AM
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New pic, everyone waiting on P2 to turn them out, except for Rose (Hereford gilt, red and white), she was to nosey to see what I was doing with Aunti Amy. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/07/2013 06:01.31 AM
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Been cold (well at least for us this time of the year)here also. Garden mostly planted,slow to grow as a result of low temps. Could be worse for sure. Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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05/06/2013 06:38.12 PM
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Had to turn the misting system off the pigs. For two days straight it has not gotten higher then 55. The north wind was nonstop. P2 and I made a mud pen for his litter crew. Even though they are on a hog ration, don't know what they are missing, because they sure looked like they jumped in weight when they got asscess to the mud. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/06/2013 06:23.48 AM
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Pigs
Thank you! We have been trying to research hardy docile breeds. We've looked in to pot bellies. We are always open to suggestion, especially from experience farmers! What kind do you raise? Are the cold hardy?Come visit me, Red Stone Ranch.
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05/04/2013 06:55.09 PM
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We got part of that rain sat and sunday I had to put extr drain holes in my garden tub my onions were satnding in water . my rain gauge total for tow days was over 3 .2 inchs and it rained last night here and is forcast to rain most of the weekend. I will look up some more sites for you .Here is the woodworker club that i am in web page WWNCWA. Yyou can look at most of this site some of it is members only and the satate site is NC WoodWorkers site lots of good info there..catch you later Mike Come visit me, MIKE,S GWMR.
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05/02/2013 01:19.17 PM
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So CC (fingers crossed) looks like she's at the tail end of her scour issues. P2 building her back up to a full scoop of milk in her bottle. Going to start with an egg per feeding once she get back to a full scoop of powder milk. Which should be the middle of next week.
P2 said once she is through with this 50# sack she will be on cattle feed only.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/02/2013 09:23.04 AM
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Found 1 site that's gmo free and it's in Ohio and the other sites are organic and on either side of the USA. Nothing inbetween.
Now I'm wrestinling about putting son's three pigs on a self feeder or still hand feed and let them grow slowly. We don't have to make a certain weight for his two gilts because they will be in a gilt breeding class. I guess we will see how they look in a few weeks and then decide.
Son's new boar Egeal Eye will be coming down around the 18th or 19th of May. Don't know if if I will be able to put Charles in the same pen with him because of the size difference and age. Charles is 2 mths younger. No photo yet of EE or weight.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/02/2013 07:05.59 AM
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Organics / GMO's
A lot of misconception there. Most people do not even understand organics let alone GMO's. The thing people need to realise about GMO's is that they are "test tube babies". NOT hybrids, which are selective breeding of the natural parents for the best qualities of both.Gene splicing does not naturally take place in nature, hybridizing does.
As far as feed goes if it contains corn of any kind it is probably GMO variety. Somthing like 90% of the corn in US is GMO (Monsanto). Sad . :(Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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05/02/2013 06:47.05 AM
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Learning a lot between the word organic and non-gmo and it's like chasing the end of the rainbow. Because even though you "found" it can you be 100% sure. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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05/01/2013 06:37.31 AM
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P2 got the top plate out of his mouth. He's free for 2 weeks and then he will get fitted for a new one. Man May going to be the month on the road.
FOGGY this morning and a friend has me on a misson. Looking for non-gmo feed for broilers. Got a few sites but nothing in Louisiana.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/30/2013 07:56.08 AM
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Sounds like you burned up enough calories to sit back and enjoy a piece of cheesecake. Whew you work hard. Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/28/2013 11:22.55 AM
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5 roos gone, 4 just leayen pullets, 1 hen, 2 intact boars and 1 with a retain testical. Good day. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/27/2013 03:19.48 PM
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Farming is definitely not for the faint hearted.LOL, I know about the roo's, they can do a number on the hens, people as well if you are not careful. Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/26/2013 07:45.45 AM
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A Hugh THANK YOU to everyone who donated eggs, time to blow them out and make a 2013 4H Achievement Day Poultry Table to look top notch. All the kids that came by said that it was the best display out of the entire workday. Could of not done it without all your help.
THANK YOU!!!!
Spotswatch has a hoof trimming appointment for 4 today. So I will pick up P2 with Spotswatch in trailer and off to Mr. Roberts House we go.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/26/2013 06:50.17 AM
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Gee it has been busy on here. I see you are all busy with your fairs and animals as well. I also ahve been busy fencing and farrowing. Between doctors appointments and specialist appointments etc. Piggery nearly got all new fencing. Just building knew farrowing area, not happy with the community farrow pens, to many loses due to canabalism....worry sick about what they are doing down there, so have gone away from that idea. dont know how others do it, but have not been very successful with it...so single huts here we come with rabbit netting down to the ground with barb along the bottom and the top of the wire and a hot wire just out from the fence say a foot hanging from part star picket with a black plastic insulator, attached to the post and then to the single strand wire. If she her offspring in with no one to interfer with the litter. Been good in the other avenue we have built no piglet boards necessary as they cannot go any where. the huts are made out of pallets and covered in corrugated tin. Shall add photos when finished. Come visit me, Mindalong West.
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04/26/2013 01:29.49 AM
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No snakes please.
I know what you mean about snakes......I hate them even the "good" ones. Several years ago I found a huge black snake curled up nice and cozy in one of my chicken nest boxes snacking away on eggs. Boy did I see red, over come my fear temporarily, got hubby and chopped him (the snake) to death with a shovel. Hubby Jeff kept saying I think he's dead already after I dispatched him into about 5 pieces. LOL. I hate snakes about as much as I hate fire ants and squash bugs. They had better leave my girls eggs alone.Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/24/2013 10:40.32 AM
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Met P2's Berk influance boar Charles. Going to get him growing and bred him to Amy his red belt sow and hopefully she'll give him red babies in 2014. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/24/2013 06:54.28 AM
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Looks like rain, maybe it will get the grass a jump start. Hubby mowed Flash and CC's pen until he rain out of gas. So that's about 1/2 cut. Maybe the tender grass will get them growing. Next show is in September and I have to start washing Flash. CC is still too young for that yet. But not too young to start halter breaking. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/24/2013 06:01.19 AM
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Turkeys
Yes , she started laying about a month and a half ago, We have already hatched a couple and waiting on the next set. We should have about 30 before the season is over.Come visit me, Jim and Cindy's Farm, Allen's Farm, Cindy's Kitchen & Chicken girl's farm.
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04/23/2013 12:52.39 PM
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SOunds like you guys had a great time. Still trying to get my garden up and going. Touch and go this time of the year. Is is going to be cold, hot, rainy, dry or somewhere inbetween? It all works out tho. Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/23/2013 11:56.34 AM
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If you do the Pork Check Off, it's that time of the year again. Mailed ours this week. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/23/2013 06:15.45 AM
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Good Luck to all the kids at 4H Achievement Day that's coming up this Thursday. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/22/2013 12:33.10 PM
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thanks for visiting- we have red borbon turkeys and raise for market broad breasted bronze. Come visit me, Stearns Homestead Farm.
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04/22/2013 07:49.08 AM
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Congrats to all the kids that showed. Hope to see some at the Pike County Show in September.
P2 and Spotswatch received 1st in their class and placed Top 10 in Showmanship. Spotswatch was good and shared his trailer with Charles (son's new boar).
We helped PaPa with the 1st stage of AIing some of the cows over the weekend.
Chicken dove into the pumpkins that we smashed in their yard. Hubby cut grass and left my crimson clover alone for another couple of weeks. We racked that up and gave buckets to all the chickens and the pigs.
Trying to figure out a way to cut my crimson close to the ground and not use the weedeater or the lawnmore. Need to get my seeds for next years replanting on the crimson clover.Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/22/2013 06:30.34 AM
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article
nice site, good siteCome visit me, Jim and Cindy's Farm, Allen's Farm, Cindy's Kitchen & Chicken girl's farm.
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04/21/2013 06:33.33 PM
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Hope you have a great show. We were cool this morning also. My tools take a beating and beat me up too, must be part and parsel of the trade, I keep saying I am going to replace them.......maybe someday. LOL. Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/20/2013 08:02.52 AM
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We are 4-H key leaders in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. We lead the Goat project, and provide dairy goats at no charge for children to show, so that they get hands on experience with animals. We have 41 members in the LaCrosse area. Come visit me, Rainbow Ridge Farms Bed & Breakfast.
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04/19/2013 07:12.53 AM
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Hoping to wash Spotswatch today, but between the low temps, dampness, and chance of rain it's looking like Spotswatch will have to be washed the morning of the show. But it will all work out. At least we are only showing 1 and more. Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/19/2013 06:11.04 AM
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the photo is of a dexter steer he is 7 years old now. we also have holstein calves that we raise. Come visit me, Stearns Homestead Farm.
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04/19/2013 05:34.11 AM
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greens for chickens
that is so funny that you would say that about feeding the chickens greens. One perk to living below the Mason Dixon line is the ability to grow greens galore during the winter and I too feed my girls greens all winter and spring, It makes their yolks yellow and full of Vitamin D, folate and vitamin K. So healthy!I also like green tea, have you tried Jasmine tea? It is really good hot tea and I love it. Yummy.This year I am growing Lime Basil for mosquito control and cooking but I hear it makes a really good herbal tea as well.Come visit me, Linda's Zen Garden.
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04/18/2013 03:42.00 PM
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Fancy's papers are in.....now we just need to change her name and send them off to the American Berkshire Assoication so P2 will be HAPPY! Come visit me, The Homestead.
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04/18/2013 12:04.15 PM
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