Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
My Girl had a baby
Rosemel.......1/2 Lab and 1/2 Pitt Bull gave birth yesterday..........she is only two years old herself......the father is 1/2 German Shepard and 1/2 Japanese Spitz.
Both mother and father are great with our other animals..... Will post pictures as soon as they upload.
Both mother and father are great with our other animals..... Will post pictures as soon as they upload.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
New Hover Brooder-updated Nov 26
Pictures today are of one of my two new brooders......
4 feet by 4 feet
sides are 12 inches each and the legs extend 12 inches below the sides......
The advantage are that the chicks go under it if they are cold......or out from under if not, as it has a solid top, the raising heat has nowhere to go......
The full story about where it came from and how it works can be found here..........
http://www.plamondon.com/brooder.shtml
4 feet by 4 feet
sides are 12 inches each and the legs extend 12 inches below the sides......
The advantage are that the chicks go under it if they are cold......or out from under if not, as it has a solid top, the raising heat has nowhere to go......
The full story about where it came from and how it works can be found here..........
http://www.plamondon.com/brooder.shtml
Thursday, October 15, 2009
More on Grass fed eggs
http://www.grass-fed-eggs.com/
More Information About Grass-Fed Eggs
Are grass-fed eggs really more nutritious?
Yes. This has been known forever. It's mentioned in books on poultrykeeping from the Forties (see Jull's "Successful Poultry Management," 1943), and gets verified from time to time even now.
Mother Earth News did an article, Meet Real Free-Range Eggs a couple of years ago that tested a number of grass-fed eggs (including mine), and demonstrated that, compared to ordinary supermarket eggs, they had:
* 1/3 less cholesterol
* 1/4 less saturated fat
* 2/3 more vitamin A
* 2 times as much Omega-3 fatty acid
* 7 times as much beta carotene
The thing I find amusing about grass-fed eggs is that they have high levels of the fad nutrient du jour, and always did, even before the nutrient became fashionable. Confinement operators spend millions of dollars trying to chase after fad nutrients, while grass-fed eggs always seem to be there already.
Grass-fed hens eat their greens, while confinement hens eat nothing fresh at all. It makes a big difference.
The ultimate test of nutrition. The ultimate test of an egg is whether it can hatch into a healthy chick. For decades, breeder hens (whose eggs are are put into incubators for hatching) were kept on grassy range, since eggs from confinement hens didn't hatch very well. It's hard to make a clearer case for the nutritional value of grass than that.
These days, poultry nutrition is very well understood, and breeder hens lay eggs with excellent hatchability without being grass-fed. But this is true only if they are fed a special breeder ration. Hens laying table eggs are fed a cheaper ration that's comparatively deficient, meaning that the eggs in the supermarket are much less nutritious than they could be.
Could confinement eggs be as nutritious as grass-fed eggs? Certainly. Do enough people care enough to support a high-nutrition confinement egg industry? Beats me. It's not a branch of the biz that appeals to me.
Grass-Fed Eggs and Flavor
Do grass-fed eggs really taste better?
Try 'em and see. Some people, like me.
More Information About Grass-Fed Eggs
Are grass-fed eggs really more nutritious?
Yes. This has been known forever. It's mentioned in books on poultrykeeping from the Forties (see Jull's "Successful Poultry Management," 1943), and gets verified from time to time even now.
Mother Earth News did an article, Meet Real Free-Range Eggs a couple of years ago that tested a number of grass-fed eggs (including mine), and demonstrated that, compared to ordinary supermarket eggs, they had:
* 1/3 less cholesterol
* 1/4 less saturated fat
* 2/3 more vitamin A
* 2 times as much Omega-3 fatty acid
* 7 times as much beta carotene
The thing I find amusing about grass-fed eggs is that they have high levels of the fad nutrient du jour, and always did, even before the nutrient became fashionable. Confinement operators spend millions of dollars trying to chase after fad nutrients, while grass-fed eggs always seem to be there already.
Grass-fed hens eat their greens, while confinement hens eat nothing fresh at all. It makes a big difference.
The ultimate test of nutrition. The ultimate test of an egg is whether it can hatch into a healthy chick. For decades, breeder hens (whose eggs are are put into incubators for hatching) were kept on grassy range, since eggs from confinement hens didn't hatch very well. It's hard to make a clearer case for the nutritional value of grass than that.
These days, poultry nutrition is very well understood, and breeder hens lay eggs with excellent hatchability without being grass-fed. But this is true only if they are fed a special breeder ration. Hens laying table eggs are fed a cheaper ration that's comparatively deficient, meaning that the eggs in the supermarket are much less nutritious than they could be.
Could confinement eggs be as nutritious as grass-fed eggs? Certainly. Do enough people care enough to support a high-nutrition confinement egg industry? Beats me. It's not a branch of the biz that appeals to me.
Grass-Fed Eggs and Flavor
Do grass-fed eggs really taste better?
Try 'em and see. Some people, like me.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Professor Chicken is.......
David Sullenberger, Avian Ecologist; Consulting Poultry Biologist
a.k.a. ProfessorChicken www.ProfessorChicken.com
Formerly: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Formerly: Owner, TimeWarrior Farm Rare Breed Conservation Reserve
Author/Publisher: The TimeWarrior Farm Chronicles - a series of short papers dealing with free range poultry production.
Lecturer: EcoVersity de Santa Fe.
Lecturer: Numerous USDA/State Extension seminars RE: Small Scale Poultry Production, in several states.
Lecturer: NM Organic Commodity Commission Annual Conference, numerous occasions.
Chief Scientist and Technical Advisor: USDA/WSARE "Egg Improvement Project".
etc., etc., yada, yada on and on for several lines of text which are ultimately useless
because with all the above - it STILL takes $4.75 to buy a Latte in most places in Santa Fe!
a.k.a. ProfessorChicken www.ProfessorChicken.com
Formerly: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Formerly: Owner, TimeWarrior Farm Rare Breed Conservation Reserve
Author/Publisher: The TimeWarrior Farm Chronicles - a series of short papers dealing with free range poultry production.
Lecturer: EcoVersity de Santa Fe.
Lecturer: Numerous USDA/State Extension seminars RE: Small Scale Poultry Production, in several states.
Lecturer: NM Organic Commodity Commission Annual Conference, numerous occasions.
Chief Scientist and Technical Advisor: USDA/WSARE "Egg Improvement Project".
etc., etc., yada, yada on and on for several lines of text which are ultimately useless
because with all the above - it STILL takes $4.75 to buy a Latte in most places in Santa Fe!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Its the grass man
First check below post for Sept 2 update on latest Hubbard Flex news
Robert Plamondon . I'm going to spill the big secret to producing better-tasting eggs: it's the grass, man!No, not that kind of grass! Ordinary grass, clover and other pasture plants, I mean.Happy outdoor chickens that are allowed to run around on a grassy area will eat a lot of grass and other succulent plants. These plants don't have many calories, but they're loaded with vitamins, minerals, and flavor..................................................................................thats from robert's blog....goggle him........................................................................................Fely had 39 eggs in the last 13 days of August from three pullets......aged 6mos only...they arent hens yet,will be 7 mos in two weeks
Robert Plamondon . I'm going to spill the big secret to producing better-tasting eggs: it's the grass, man!No, not that kind of grass! Ordinary grass, clover and other pasture plants, I mean.Happy outdoor chickens that are allowed to run around on a grassy area will eat a lot of grass and other succulent plants. These plants don't have many calories, but they're loaded with vitamins, minerals, and flavor..................................................................................thats from robert's blog....goggle him........................................................................................Fely had 39 eggs in the last 13 days of August from three pullets......aged 6mos only...they arent hens yet,will be 7 mos in two weeks
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