Whenever we get new chicks, we have to go through a two week “coop introduction” period when they are about eight weeks old and ready to leave the brooder for the Big House. We keep them in a wired dog kennel so they can meet the bigger chickens safely without getting pecked to death. But because we have a mobile coop, we have to take the kennel out every morning to move the coop and then put it back in. This is much more challenging than it may seem. Not just physically, but mentally, as the chicks often escape. So far though, this method has worked very well for us, and after a couple weeks, the flock appears to be relatively integrated. I just try not to go on any vacations during this time so the farm sitter does not hate me. It’s all worth it for the healthy eggs! And speaking of healthy, make this weekend a time you ditch your run-of-the-mill fish oil and invest in a cod liver oil mixed with high vitamin D butter oil that’s actually worth the money. I used to get cavities all the time before taking it, and it helps me with so much more - from gut to immune health. Green Pasture also has lots of other great products. Use promo code “ALISON” at check out for 10% off! https://www.greenpasture.org/
We celebrated Lily’s 6th birthday recently. (Yes SIX!! If you’ve been part of this community since I was pregnant with her, it’s surreal how fast it has flown by!) So, what do you get your daughter when her best friend is a chicken named Carla? A chicken purse carrier of course. Now they can go on all kinds of adventures together. I hope the downtown sidewalks are ready. Honestly, I kind of think Carla likes it?!
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The answer is 385.6 gallons of milk. That's how much milk we'd have to drink (at $13 a gallon) to make up for the $5,000 we have spent on our dairy cow - who has yet to produce a single drop. This is a PSA video for anyone who goes on social media and sees the idyllic apron-clad milkmaid harvesting her "free" milk for cream, butter, yogurt and more - then thinks, I want a dairy cow! It's hard work, there are no days off, and in the end, it's a financial wash (or drain). That said, if you want to do it because you enjoy a challenge, you want to raise your kids on a farm, you value knowing where your food comes from - these are great reasons. Leave the dreams of "free milk" at the barn door.
We love raw milk because it's a superfood with all the digestive enzymes left in tact. It's full of Vitamin K which is required for your bones to absorb Vitamin D. This is one reason we all take the fermented cod liver/butter oil from https://www.greenpasture.org/. It's packed with vitamins A, D & K...
I was truly amazed to witness Soleil, one of our mama goats, standing beside her kid when she got her head stuck in the fence. I first noticed something was wrong when I saw Soleil standing there, bellowing across the pasture to the other goats. Then I noticed her kid. Soleil stood there the entire time, in the hot sun, until her baby was free. Share this with a mama who doesn’t run when life gets tough.
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Once a Data Center moves in. It takes over. And let's see how much "new business" the local shops get once the build is finished and the vast majority of the people building it LEAVE. Then, only the tax revenue will be what comes in. And not a PENNY will pay for everyone's higher rent. The rent won't drop as fast as the crews leave. But politicians love that tax money to spend as they want. That's why the opinion of the people does not matter.
Meta’s $27 billion AI data center is transforming rural Louisiana - YouTube
