Lol…..Freaky has learned not to come at me after a half dozen or so drop kicks across the barn.
Lol……chickens will kill rats, so do ghinnies; at least mine do. I also have cats that protect my birds. Sour Pus is an old barn cat I’ve had for years. She raises her litters in the barn around the birds and they protect them. Sour Pus and her daughters don’t let anything hurt the birds.
You can freeze fresh eggs. Take them out of the egg shell, place one egg per freezer bag. They are good for 6 months, frozen.
Still need few things. Need a couple of sheep or alpacas, and some goats for the wool. I’ve got a couple of horses. Looking for a couple of mules or draft horses and a wagon.
I learned from my parents, grandparents and great grandparents when I was a child growing up. I’m old school grown. We were taught early how to do gardens, food prep, storage, canning , all of it. Even medical herbs and poultices. How to make cloth for clothing, and bedding.
Best advice is get a good book on on survival prepping. The have most of the old ways in them.
It has its ups and downs, just like anything else. Lots of hard work, but the rewards are worth it.
I know exactly where my food came from and what’s in it. We even built a small smokehouse last year, home smoked meats, my goodness the differences in taste and texture is amazing. Thinking about putting in an old fashioned ice house, doing research on it now.
My closest neighbor is 5 miles away. It’s very rural out here.
I’ve got several different kinds. The big heavy white ones (for meat and eggs); and some that are called runners (for eggs); and then the mallards for eggs or meat.
Ducks, depending on the breed will lay for 5-10 years; chickens for three years max.
All my birds are free range in an enclosed pen that is moved every couple of days and are penned up at night. We’ve got coyotes, owls, and hawks that’ll make a mess if they could get to them.
Normal size green house, 10-12 feet at its tallest and about 10-12 feet wide. The tropical trees are dwarf cross hybrids I did myself with a little help from the master green thumb in my family, my mom.
Freaky, my rooster is a mean little turd. But he’s doing his job protecting his hens! Hoping to see a couple my hens setting in few weeks.
My pea fowl are already nesting, usually get a couple of new birds every year. My ducks should be setting in about two weeks and the other birds usually fall in behind the ducks.
I’ve got Rhode island reds, been laying for three months now, white ducks (they lay year round and are good for meat), ghuinnes, pea fowl, bob white quail, golden pheasant, turkeys, a milk cow and three yearlings, half a dozen hogs, and catfish in my private little pond. 20 acres all grassland, with a windmill/waterwell and solar, propane generators for power back up in case electricity goes out.
Big garden last two years and already prepping for this year. I’ve got cherry, apple, peach, pear, plum and fig trees planted (bared fruit last year); Orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, banana, coconut trees in greenhouse (they come out after the last freeze and had their first fruits last year).
I have a grinder for wheat or corn flour. I churn my own butter and cheese. I’m a baker and have plenty put back.
If that all fails, there are herds of mule dear and antelope that cross the back of the property every couple of days for water and corn!
No, I would not. The days of the past are what made me the person I am today. I do not want to relive yesterday, my future is in tomorrow.
Lol……you are just figuring this out now?
We’ve known about it since 2004. But then my other half and other family members have worked in the oil industry for decades. We knew about it before the reports came out. No one believed us though and some still say it isn’t true.
I watch the local news for weather only.
$3.96 a gallon (med grade) in my part of the state of Texas (rural West Texas). Filled up today, cost me $100.00 for 3 quarters of a tank and two 5 gallon gas cans.
Propane is $265.00 for 100 gallons. Good thing I don’t need any right now, but then again, might just go ahead and fill the big tanks up before it goes any higher.
My parents had the same problem. Luckily mine is 4g.
My opinion only, no.
He is known to be corrupt and evil. Maybe not by a lot of people, but there are nations that have banned him.
Think outside the box. It will be someone that no one suspects, if it happens at all.
Uh, according to my clock, that’s still 5 hours away. It’s just 6pm here.
It will be someone that everyone thinks they know, but have no idea just how corrupt and evil that person truly is.
I don’t think it will be the pope, obama, or even hillary. They wouldn’t be shocking enough, too many know how evil and corrupt they are.
It’s going to be someone that no one suspects of corruption or evil, or very few suspect them of it. I have no idea who that might be.
I have “Apple” products and can’t get in either. I’m at the point of never mind. I didn’t use twit anyway.
That worries me too. It would have been better to block the entrance on both ends.
Lol…….not with the big ones, all you need are two or three!
Lol…….living in a farming community as I do, they can be used to tow anything that needs to be moved. I’ve seen them move trailer houses, big rigs loaded with livestock, and all kinds of things a tow truck wouldn’t even attempt to move.
Lol……those aren’t tow trucks in the picture shown. Those are tractors used on farms!
Mine are free range, but get supplemented with dry cat food. All my birds love the dry cat food. I have an old push mower (no motor) that I use to cut grass & weeds that I also treat my birds to.
Fresh eggs are the best and vary from dark yellow to dark orange yolks. The eggs you by at the store can be as old as 8 weeks.
Duck eggs are the best for cooking and baking.