Heilsa! This is a little reminder that there are a few useful tools located on the main Heathen Homesteading group site at...
HeathenHomestead@yaho...
Jan 1, 2005 2:13 pm
2001
Here's another, short and sweet for Othala Acres and Folk: At Yule-tide burned, those bones of the boar My Yule tree brightly blazed. Good was the gift,...
It is so good to be able to see something like this in print. On another group someone submitted a poem meant to be read to the rhythm of "Rudolph' and she got...
Thanks for popping in......and so far no flames here......lol..there is alot of mis-information around about the pagan way which is simply earth-based which...
Welcome to the list. I can't believe some groups still believe those ancient misconceptions that "pagans" go around torturing and killing cats and dogs on ...
"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens." - Grandma Moses " I didn't start painting, so I have raised chickens." - Picidae Yaekwata LOL...but...
Do you have any problems with snakes getting after your eggs or chickens? I've heard some folks have problems with snakes eating eggs and chicks. The only...
You may want to contact your county extension office on attracting owls. After all a nesting pair of Barn owl's will eat upwards of 300-600 mice a day...
We love our Black Snakes up here as they help with the mice situation around the coops. The venomous ones do not like activity so the chickens just keep them...
Ok my wife corrected my numbers Reputed to be excellent mousers, barn owls consume twice as much prey for their weight as other owls. Small mammals, including...
Owls are beautiful birds... especially the barn owls & barred owls. The only owl I'd really like to NOT be anywhere near our farm is the great horned owl. They...
Wassail! ... chickens? ... Grandma Moses ... I can't say we ever had a problem with snakes getting into our eggs on the farm, or eating chicks either. In fact,...
Wow! What a great value the ECT was. ust think of all the things I learned...like using a drop spindle.I was looking around in my area for spinning classes....
Barn owls are neat. Unfortunately, about the only kind I've seen around here are great horned. We had them in Nebraska too. And rattlers and king snakes,...
Anyone have any good ideas to encourage hens to become broody? While one doesn't want all their hens broody, it would be nice to have a couple to keep the...
I would have to check with our friends who raise pigs to find the variety, but some large variety of owl carried off a whole litter of piglets once when they...
Scary Santa Lurks In Finland's Christmas Past Sify.com 12-20-4 ARCTIC CIRCLE, Finland (Reuters) -- The song goes that Santa "knows if you
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I was recently reading that leaving eggs in the nest can encourage them to become broody, I have no experience with that yet, hopefully someone else here does....
Although for some reason we did not have any trouble this year, we [normally] have awful problems with huge king snakes going into the chicken house on warm...
Although for some reason we did not have any trouble this year, we [normally] have awful problems with huge king snakes going into the chicken house on warm...
It was most likely a Great Horned Owl.Those guys can get pretty big! Beautiful, magnificent birds, but a terror to smaller farm animals. I'm sure a big GHO...
The best way is to really need eggs at the time... then most of your hens will suddenly become broody. LOL! Seriously, the best way is to have nice, clean,...
What kind of chickens do you have?? My buff orphingtons are very broody... lol... though this is the wrong time of the year for them to be thinking about...
Kerry, You should see these "Psycho santas" we all got as a gift for Yule this year.. Maybe Lily can scan a pic and upload it ? :) Carla Úlfar aff Jera...
TheBodiceGoddess@...
Jan 4, 2005 3:37 pm
2024
Is it just ours or are Buff Orpingtons just super cuddly by nature? Our two girls are constantly underfoot waiting to be picked up. They haven't gone broody...
I will as soon as I get my digital camera back... I left it at my cousin's house in Springfield & didn't remember that I forgot it til we were halfway home!...
I just found pix of the Psycho Santas on the net.... here they are: http://www.leestoyreview.com/news-detail.asp?ID=1614 Lily -- "If I didn't start painting, I...
My buff's aren't so cuddly, but they are sweet, and don't freak out when I do pick them up. My australorps are the ones laying right now I think... one of my...
Hej, my girls were a well ordered non-broody bunch until Kevin's damn rooster moved in. now I've got a disorganized, half-plucked flock that in-fights...
Anyone have any good ideas to encourage hens to become broody? While one doesn't want all their hens broody, it would be nice to have a couple to keep the...