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<br />Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-29839285980638442872018-03-20T12:33:00.005-06:002018-03-20T12:33:52.450-06:00Cutting Celery or Lovage For Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since stalk celery and celeriac are a no grow in my garden, I'm looking to cutting celery and lovage to fill in. To read more go to my new blog site at word press. Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-62063883485183840452018-03-15T09:55:00.001-06:002018-03-15T09:55:22.396-06:00Udderly Empty<br />
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Something that is rarely talked about in the online goat world is an
empty udder. All the chatter is about how full it is but in actuality
how empty it is before filling helps determine how much milk a doe
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To milk or not to milk when a goat is nursing babies seems to be the
question on Facebook goat sites of late. The answers I saw given were
simplistic but one can not say definitively one way or another until
several factors are first considered. Read more at my new site:<br />
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I've moved but that does not mean you have to miss out. Join me in all my experiments at <a href="https://easylivingthehardway.wordpress.com/">https://easylivingthehardway.wordpress.com/</a> I'm making vinegar now. Come see what I've learned so far. Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-88901387273778743642018-02-26T07:43:00.000-07:002018-02-28T11:44:04.366-07:00Changing to Word PressNo time like the present I guess so though the site is not fully up and running, I wrote my first post in Word Press. Livestock's Temperament Determines Economic Success and here is the link. <a href="https://easylivingthehardway.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/livestocks-temperament-determines-economic-success/">https://easylivingthehardway.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/livestocks-temperament-determines-economic-success/</a><br />
I knew temperament makes a huge difference whether or not a ranch or Hobby Farm was an economic success but it wasn't until I did the research and listed the reasons that it fully hit home. It might surprise you too. A post later in the week on my Word Press site will go into how temperament affects the quality of the meat. So check out the new site.<br />
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It is not all up and running yet but the most important part is -- the post section. <br />
I hope you like the changes to my writing. Let me know what you would like to see and learn about. I'll see what I can do.<br />
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Now the first post is about Swiss Chard. Someday I'll get this Word Press figured out. <br />
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My lovely set of Christmas knives sat on the counter for a week and a half in there boxes as I pondered about the best way to store them. I have several different gadgets to do so but none seemed right for this expensive set. I definitely did not want to do it wrong as I'll never get another set like these in my lifetime. "As my dad says, do it right or don't do it at all." He was not talking about perfection just correct. So I pondered and researched.</div>
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<li>A way to store knives that does not scratch them up.</li>
<li>How to keep them sanitary. </li>
<li>How to keep them dry.</li>
<li>Safety for me. </li>
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THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAY TO STORE KNIVES IS IN A PILE IN THE DRAWER. Not only is it not safe because you reach in and can get cut by the other knives but the klink against each other dulls their edges and nicking the handles. <br />
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I have this drawer model of knife storage that I've loved. The only problem is if I shut the drawer too hard. The knives shift out of their slots and jam the drawer shut. It's a real joy to get out of that mess. I'm being sarcastic of course. But this has been my favorite storage method except.</div>
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<li>The knives are stored with the blade edge down which dulls the edge slightly each time as you slide the knife in and out. </li>
<li>It scratches up the knives a little. </li>
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This was not going to work for the new knives.<br />
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Kirk gave me a brand new knife block but it has some of the same problems. This open design is better as there is less friction against the knives and is not enclosed so a thorough cleaning can be done which is good but I just don't like the way the knives flop a bit in place so this option is out.<br />
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My mind began to wonder if a magnetic strip might be the best option but my old one scratches knives. That is when I began wondering if they did not have one with the wood on the outside and magnets on the inside. They do!!! </div>
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What I found was a well crafted knife magnetic board by Kurouto. <br />
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The magnets are strong as you can see by how many knives the 12 inch boards holds. The only draw back is there is not a variety of sizes of boards. The boards are well crafted and the wood is beautiful so it makes up for it. <br />
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<li>They hold the knives conveniently and safely.</li>
<li>The wood boards can be easily cleaned and are fastened with the key hole method so can be remove quickly from the wall if need be. </li>
<li>They don't dull the knifes edge in storage.</li>
<li>They are pleasing to the eye.</li>
<li>They keep the knives dry. If I don't dry them well enough, they will air dry. </li>
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Now I need to order food grade oil suited for knife handles and for the knife boards. Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-8506849430853580592018-01-15T04:32:00.000-07:002018-01-15T06:12:31.888-07:00Is It Safe to Reuse Egg Cartons?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Should
you reuse egg cartons from the store? Are they safe? I'll admit, I've
accepted cartons from well-meaning friends and neighbors and stored my own farm
fresh eggs in them. But there is this nagging feeling that makes me question - "Is
it safe?" Especially as I sort
through the containers to try and find ones that are not stained from dripping
eggs whites passing across them to the fry pan. Or from broken eggs shells once
stored inside. Most times this pickiness leaves me with a bag full of fire starter
instead of storage containers. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">So
when our daughter found hard plastic egg cartons, and on sale too, I jumped at
the opportunity to leave used egg cartons behind. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Then
comfortable with my decision, I did some research on just what a risk I had
been taking. What I found scared me. </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 44.85pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Salmonella is one such bacterium and
it can remain alive for weeks lurking in a used egg carton. </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">You can be
a salmonella carrier without symptoms and pass the disease on to others. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">"The
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that 79,000 cases of
foodborne illness and 30 deaths each year are caused by eating eggs
contaminated with <i>Salmonella</i>.</span></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> For this reason Israel
Health Ministry issued a ban on used cardboard egg cartons for arts and
crafts in their schools and day cares.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Thinking twice yet?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">So what about Styrofoam egg cartons? I saw that some
on the internet felt they were safe to reuse because they were sterilizing them. But is that enough? Styrofoam is
porous and lightweight foam. This porosity helps maintain heat and cold but it also is perfect for harboring bacteria. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Apparently if Salmonella is given time to form a
biofilm in the Styrofoam then sterilization is not enough. If not, then yes, you can reuse the cartons but there is no
way for those of us without training and the equipment to know if sterilization is enough. The simple answer to those who would bless you with the offer of used egg cartons is, "No, thank you." or use them as a fire starter. They work great!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">(Did not type this post in capital letters. And it does not show up as such in my draft. Do what is up with that. I will be switching one of these days to the new site and this should not happen.) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all don't pull.The action does nothing but make the dairy animal uncomfortable and simply squeezing will more likely send the milk shooting back up into the udder than down. There is a bit of a trick to getting the milk out but hardly rocket science.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Proper milking is done by first encircling the teet with with your thumb and forefinger in the fashion shown in the above picture and lock them together. This keeps the milk in the teet from retracting up into the udder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't let your pinky come near the orifice. This is an open passageway and bacteria from your hands can find its way into this inside the udder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Release your grip but don't take your hands away. Simply grip the teet once more between the forefinger and the thumb to contain milk into the teet once more and play the scales with the fingers. I guarantee you will make music - swish, swish, swish. Do this in a rapid manner and before long the pail will be full. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">To strip, don't encircle the teet and pull downwards like in the movies. This will bring your fingers in contact with the orifice. Remember that is a big no, no. Simply milk as before but reach higher up onto the udder and lock your forefinger and thumb and play your scales. The udder will be soft and saggy so this will be quite easy. If you feel your goat has not let down her milk fully then bump her in the udder firmly but lightly. I'm never as rough as her kids. It might take a few times but be sure and wait a moment between each one and check to see if the spout fills. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then if that fails to bring her milk down then massage the udder. This has never failed for me. Milk a bit and when it is barely coming out, message once more. This is particularly effective on nervous new milkers or new to you milkers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now go inside and enjoy that wondrous milk. It is within the first hour that goat milk is super high in antibacterials. I often drink it warm at this time to take advantage of that. </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-57493213487620579802017-11-10T07:30:00.001-07:002017-12-15T20:47:09.142-07:00The Virtues of Ducks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ducks may of done me wrong but I have an idea they might be back in the future. There are some great benefits to raising ducks according to research. My timing for raising duck was poor so I'll wait a while, think things over more, and I would not be surprised if they don't return in a few years from now when the rabbit and chicken self-sustaining set up is running more smoothly. Until then, I'm going to do some more research and some serious thinking. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">These are the points so far that have me thinking duck:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(a.) Duck lay better than chickens in winter. Just learned that ducks often begin to lay in February so maybe I was a bit hasty in getting rid of them except I desperately needed their coop and realistically, I'm not ready for them. Since that is after the winter solstice and light is increasing, I'd guess that is why the timing. So I'm going to think and watch my chickens to see if I need duck eggs to fill in a gap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(b.) Ducks have a<u> larger egg yolk</u> than chickens but when I measured Sasha's egg yolk and one of my Rainbow hen's they were equal in size but they lay extra large eggs. Keep in mind that the bulk of the nutrition in an egg is in the yolk. That is why a chick or duck forms in the egg white and the yolk is they food source.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> (c.) <u>Duck eggs are alkaline</u> and chickens are acidic. That is a <u>biggy</u>. It is one of the reasons why we have goat milk because it too is alkaline so adding duck eggs would be a really good combination. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(d.) Duck eggs have <u>6 times the Vitamin D and 2
times the Vitamin A</u> than a chicken egg, more protein too. Other than that pretty much the same as a chicken's egg in nutrition. With having to take 5000 units of vitamin D a day to stay at the lower end of normal and my husband 1000 units that could mean we could go off of supplements part of the year or at least reduce the amount. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(e.) Duck eggs have twice the cholesterol that chicken eggs do but have<u> more Omega 3 fatty acids</u> so don't be turned away. The whole cholesterol and its bad side affects is on debate right now. Cholesterol is far more complex than they first thought and cholesterol does play an essential role in the body. It is the basis of all hormones. Anyway you look at it more Omega 3's is a good thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(f.) Duck eggs are <u>richer in Albumen</u> which makes cakes and pastries fluffier and richer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(g.) Duck eggs are typically <u>larger than chicken's.</u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(h.) They<u> handle the cold better and forage better</u> than chickens. I can testify to those two things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(i) Duck egg shells are much thicker and I mean <i>much</i> thicker. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It takes a pretty good wack to open them. </span>This gives them a <u>longer shelf life</u> of six weeks in the refrigerator. They
will keep up to six weeks in the refrigerator. As a side note of interest, the shell is much smoother than a chicken's. If you have ducks and chickens in the same pen, this is a way to tell the eggs apart if both lay the same size of egg like ours do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for flavor, we prefer chicken eggs slightly over duck eggs but there is not a huge difference in them. So taste is not what pulls me back to considering ducks again in the future. What keeps pulling me back to raising ducks is that their eggs leave a more alkaline atmosphere in the body. Cancer feeds on a acid environment and with it so prevalent in our society, that is a big deal. We definitely need to start changing our diet more in the alkaline direction. The other important factor is that we did not loose a single duck to predators last summer and fall. We did loose quite a few chickens. We have the last two years. I read in one site that raccoons are a duck's main problem. We definitely have those, just look at the claw marks by the latch on our chicken coop. Then there is the down. Something interesting I discovered when processing nine ducks of several breeds so stay tuned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Instead of just telling you how to do something. I'm going to begin explaining more of our motivations for what we do. I prefer to think of our journey as trying to become more enlightened. We try to be realistic and see things for what they are. The past prepare us for the future and gleaning things from what once was make us more whole. Some would call some of our thoughts - doomsday but I prefer to think we are realistic. We may prepare for disaster but we pray it never comes.Yet, we know that history repeats itself and that patterns tell us that rocky roads are ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What will
happen when WWIII arrives? Will life at home be the same as the last world war?
These two questions have been roaming around in my brain for a long time. I’ve
done some research over the years about WWII and how the home front fared in
England and in the USA. Most of you probably have heard of Food Stamps and
Ration Cards that were in effect with price controls placed on goods in WWII. But
did you know that twenty million Americans were on the verge of starvation
despite a greater number of jobs and higher wages? One has to wonder why
especially when we were having bumper crops despite a 17% reduction in numbers
of people on farms? One reason was that the food we produced was spread between
US civilians, the military, and our Allies, the military taking priority.
Another is many of the ships laden with food were lost to opposing forces
whether sank or stolen. And 5 million widows were left alone to care for their
families and that took its toll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A total of 12,209,238 Americans were in military
service by September 2, 1945 which is 9 percent of the 131,028,000 population. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, Germany had a grand total of
22,000,000 serving in some capacity out of 69,850,000 and that was 31 percent. I'd say the difference being war was abroad and not on the home front despite the battle in Hawaii. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today our population
in the USA is 324,910,953. So doing the math if things were the same, there
would be 8,610,140 million near starvation. But things aren’t the same. Today,
gardens are simply a summer treat or a money making project. People want
served. Even mechanics have their oil changed by someone else. In my childhood
days, dad’s changed their own oil and fixed things around the house. My dad did
and I can remember how that made me feel – secure. Later like everyone else, he
hired everything done. It is the fashion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No doubt WWIII won’t
be the same as WWII in a vast number of ways. </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">IN part because Wars are not fought in the same manner as before. How will this change things? I don't know. I do know that</span> the mindset of the people during WWII was different. They had
done without during The Great Depression and knew how to sacrifice. They were
humble, appreciative, and they were from the do-it-yourself era. These people
had confidence. “I have done hard things and I’ll figure out how to make it
through this too.”, was an attitude that I see now only in older farmers and
ranchers. Replaced is a sense of fear. Ask someone what they would do if they
had to be responsible for any or all of their own water, food, warmth, clothing,
road repair, transportation, sewer, protection etc. if war came to America? See the panic flash across their face
especially if you ask in detail. I pray it never reaches our shores but realistically know, it could come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In WWII Washington
Carver, in an agricultural tract promoting home food production, encouraged
citizens to grow a garden. He called it a Victory Garden in an effort to boost
morale. Twenty million gardens were planted creating 40% of the vegetables
eaten by families. Many ate healthier than before the war. Lawns were tilled
up, flower boxes converted to vegetables. Today, how many would grow a garden especially
of the magnitude to produce 40% of their vegetables? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>My observance is that people are happy to eat poor quality
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">In WWII 95 percent of
the clothing we wore was being manufactured in the United States - now, none. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even of the 2 percent some claim is made here,
parts like fabric, button, etc. are still purchased elsewhere. Even if
something is totally American made, the parts are manufactured from all over
America and shipped to one spot to be assembled. Great now but if like in WWII gas
and tires are rationed, then those goods all of a sudden become expensive and
scares. Today, “Made in the U.S.A.” is most often stamped on heavy equipment or
the circuits that go inside other products than on televisions, toys, clothes,
and other common items found on a store's shelves. Companies have moved toward
high-end manufacturing. Less costly goods have moved overseas where the labor
costs are far less. This is the items we use most. It (seems like) China makes
most of what we buy. China is even finding their way into our food market. We
know of their low standards especially in food and yet we buy. What if in WWIII
we went to war with China- a scary thought? As this thought passed through my
mind, I was curious so I looked at various country's military and how they were ranked and
why –interesting and unsettling. Some of the most unstable countries are the most prepared for war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No, things won't be much like WWII. Far fewer of our needs are manufactured in America and even fewer created in our homes. Americans do not have the same mind set. What exactly will come to pass and when, I don't honestly know. I do know that the more we prepare, the more secure we feel. Peace of mind is worth a lot. It matters not whether it is a loss of job, health, natural disasters, or war, we can "ride the river" as John Wayne says and stay afloat if we are better prepared financially, skills wise, and have stores laid up for a rainy day. So I don't think it hurts to think, 'What if?' if it motivates us to create a more personally secure future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Things aren't working out so great with the
duck project. What I read and what has happened, doesn’t jive. Only one hen
laid any eggs. She did so for two months and then quit. I did get the one egg a
day and on occasion two like promised. But two months of eggs is hardly enough
to keep me excited about their egg laying abilities especially when my pullets
are laying very well. Neither is the fact that Eva (the Swedish duck) is just
two weeks younger than Sasha (who is a black Swedish duck) and she showed no
signs of starting to lay. What's up? </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Ducks supposedly lay well in low light
conditions and during the cold of winter, much better than chickens. But, do
they lay in the winter when they don't lay in the fall? I doubt it. If they
aren't going to lay eggs then I've no use for them except the table. If I feed
them fall, winter, and most of spring, then they are simply a drain on the
budget. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">In the summer they were great bug killers and
weeded the garden some but that time has come to an end. I've been impressed
with their foraging abilities but nothing else economically. That means soon
they will become a money pit. They may be fun to watch but fun doesn't cover
the expenses and money is getting tighter and tighter.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">The young chicken's thin tin house won't do
for long with temperatures dipping regularly into the 20F at night and I
desperately need the insulated duck coop to put them in. We have housing plans
for the chickens but the work won't likely happen until after Christmas. That
leaves us really short on space. Once again I put 'the cart before the horse'.
I should have researched <u>more thoroughly</u> but what has surprised me is
that experience and research is not matching up. What has gone wrong?</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">These ducks came from the feed store and a
gal who had too many on her ranch. Don't know if it is just Swedish ducks or
ducks in general that the articles and catalogues exaggerate their virtues on.
As far as articles on the internet it is pretty much pet owners who write.
Though there is much to learn from them, economically they aren't concerned so
that part is left out. Our ancestors had them so there has to be virtues I've
yet to discover. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">I've hit the internet again and pondered,
what do I want from ducks. There a many breeds to choose from. They aren't all alike. Some fly well, others don't,
some lay well or so they say, some forage well, and I will attest some are winter hardy. My
ducklings loved the snow last spring. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">As I read once more my poultry order
catalogue, I found a statement that said that certain breeds of their ducks do
not lay as the optimists elude to. I like honesty. They did state that for pure
breeds, the Khaki Campbell is the best for egg laying. The hybrid Golden 300
does even better. I had to ponder, 'Is having pure bred important to me?' That
led me to the question, 'Are hybrid ducks like hybrid vegetables in that they
do not have offspring that are true to the likeness of their parents.?' Ducks
having ducks is important for us.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1. That led me off on a marry chase to find
out the answers. What I found out is purebred is not what I'm after. What I
want is performance. The Golden 300 supposedly lay around 300 eggs a year,
better than chickens. They are like the Black or Red Stars Sex-Linked hybrid
chickens. They lay well but aren't broody or great mothers. So having offspring
in not in their realm unless you use an incubator or have a hen or different
breed of duck set on the eggs. Then you could get offspring. What they will be
like is another question. I do know that by carefully selecting the offspring
that are most true to the parents you can change the hybrid to a more pure
line. You can in vegetables anyway. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">2. What does hybrid mean? I found that it is
breeding outside a species for instance my Swedish /Pekin duck crosses I picked
up. If you cross Aylesbury, Cayuga, and Rouen Clair then it is not a hybrid
since they are all in the same species - Mallard. That cleared up that
question. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">What all this hard thinking has done for me
is leave me with more questions than answers. I have realized I need to end the
duck project for now. I emphasize now because as I read about the health
benefits of the eggs and think more on their other virtues, I have a feeling
they will be back. For now, I will continue thinking and researching. Our
rabbit and chicken set up needs a great deal of work for it to run smoothly.
The greatest lesson I've learned these past few years is that a self-sufficient
set up is far different than simply raising chickens for a few eggs or for
meat. The same goes for meat rabbits. We have a great deal of building to do
and a need to invest money in equipment. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">When they are up and running like we'd like,
I'm coming back to ducks. My time with them has not been wasted. I truly
believe that, "In all labor there is profit." I've learned quite a
bit what to do and what will not work for us. I am realizing what I want from a duck project. I'm formulating goals. As I figure out just what we want, I'll share my ideas with
you. Meanwhile, I've have to figure out some great duck recipes. I've nine awaiting in the freezer. The processing did not go as smoothly as it could have. Learned a bit there too. Yes indeed, "In all labor there is profit."</span><br />
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">I assume besides entertainment over what is
this crazy lady is doing now, you have some yearning for self-sufficiency or
you would not be reading this blog. My question to you is can someone be truly
self-sufficient? The answer I feel relies on what you define as
self-sufficient. Television programs, like the one on Netflix about the
trappers in Alaska, define it as living with a finite amount of products
manufactured by others for a period of time in isolation. Others in magazines
and on the news define it as growing a garden, and raising some livestock.
Still others think emergency preparedness makes them self-sufficient. </span>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">But what does self-sufficient truly mean – “a</span><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">ble to provide for or
support oneself without the help of others”. That is what the dictionary’s
defines. Note the part where it says supports oneself without the help of
others. So is it really possible to support oneself completely? </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Does anyone really provide their own food, clothing,
transportation, housing, warmth, and tools all on their own? Some say no…
others yes. I say yes, and no. Yes, if one is in the perfect location, with the
perfect amount of skills and talents, and exceptional cooperation from Mother
Nature to provide your needs when you need them. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Does that
ever really happen? For short periods of time but definitely not going to
happen for long periods of time or where we live. Mother Nature is rarely predictable.
The weatherman sometimes changes his mind three times in one day. It is going
to snow. It’s not. No, I think it is. </span><span style="font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">10 out of 10 of the most destructive
hurricanes on record occurred in the last 10 years and weather is predicted to
become more and more unstable. I've heard everything under the sun from we are
getting hotter to we are on the edge of a mini ice age. They all look at
limited data. Climate Change many experts say is blown out of the water by
present data. I believe it is political and financially based. The mini ice age
is a debate over what will become the most influential on our weather, sun
flares or pollution? Me, I say Mother Nature has always changed and cycled and
the Lord has said that she will become more unpredictable in these last
days. Let's see... scientist or the guy who created the universe? For me the
answer is easy. And on every website I looked at for threats to our power grid,
weather came up number one.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">This places emergency preparedness way up on
the list of self-sufficient needs. A disaster could leave an area in need for a
short period of time or for months with financial devastation lasting for
years after. Hurricane Sandy left some without power for months
afterwards. Numerous disasters all during a short period of time, like this
fall with the fires out West and the hurricanes down south, have left resources
and money spread thin. The government who was in part responsible for the fires
out west, because of poor management, has decided to ignore the devastation all
together in favor of the hurricanes which they had no part in creating. It is
political as other than California, those hit hardest have little political
clout. We learn from this that help is fickle and unreliable. FEMA came
to the small town we used to live in when a tornado hit only because nothing
else was going on. From them I learned that help is available beyond shelters
to those who are best prepared financially through insurance and being out of
debt etc. I interviewed the director at the sight and he told me they
were not there to bale out those who had not prepared. They were there to
provide immediate shelter and low interest loans to qualifying applicants much
like those applying for any bank loan. For a short period of time, usually a year,
they would provide some with low cost trailers as temporary housing.
Shocker, yeah, many thought they would help them replace their home and
belongings out of the goodness of their hearts. Government has no heart, it is
a bureaucracy. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Lesson learned - take care of yourself and
prepare. When I look at our own situation, I see much need for improvement. We
are precarious in a number of areas. We are no longer out of debt since we
moved to a place that over time would provide us with far greater opportunity
for independence. We have far more individuals that rely on us financially and
physically. We have no backup as a power source beyond electricity. If we had
propane and a propane kitchen cooking stove with a battery lighter for the oven
then cooking and the wood stoves would take care of us pretty nicely for we
have a source of light with candles and lamps. The water well is a big
issue as it is run electrically. It needs a backup power source. If we don't
travel and have supplies on hand, we could sit pretty good. Paying the bills on
the other hand is a problem. I'm working on that. We need far more of a
financial reserve. Ours has been exhausted. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Big risks for us is a wild fire, we sit
at the foot of a mountain range; and a heavy snow that lasts for weeks on
end. Tornadoes don't plague us like the area we were in but their is a
slight chance of an earthquake. Riots are hardly a problem since we have
so few living near us and they tend to be the older generation, along with
ranchers. Our threats are not necessarily the same as yours and so you
need to evaluate where you sit. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">We live where Red Cloud once roamed and so
I’ve questioned how did the Native American tribes in America before the Nina,
the Pinta, and the Sana Maria exist? We think of them as being very nomadic and
simply living off the land. They became those two things but originally most
were farmers. They stayed in one place year round. Most lived near the coasts.
A few in the more interior areas were more nomadic due to Mother Nature. You
know, summer pastures and winter sheltered area. When the Native American
societies were in their decline due to outside pressure from pioneers, they
became more nomadic, war-like, and raiding parties were more common thing where
they stole what they desired. Trading of course was common. In the truest sense
of the definition, they were not self-reliant. </span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Is this the course of civilizations? Our
daughter and I looked into groups of people during WWII who were displaced and
groups earlier in history which lived in small societies. What we found is that
groups with fewer skills, like those during WWII who by this time relied more
and more on others, created part of their needs, traded for some, and then
stole the rest. See a pattern? Those who had a <u>broader work ethic and a
greater number of skills</u>, create as much as they could themselves and then
traded for the rest. Preparedness gave them the ability to live a higher moral
standard. The key being they were capable of fulfilling a large portion of
their own needs. The reason for each group remaining in close proximity to one
another was safety in numbers - a larger defense group. The day to day survival
was up to the individual families. If you think it will go back to a butcher, a
baker, and a candle stick maker, look again. We basically already have that. Of
course others will help those in need. First they have to have something to
give. Personal survival will more often than not trump serving others. Look at
what has happened recently in Puerto Rico. Many of the skilled such as rescue
workers, physicians, etc. stayed with their families. Part I'm sure was due to
safety issues. When their own survival needs and those of their families is
met, then many will reach out. In dire circumstances it has always been
the nuclear family group that determined the level of their existence or their
extinction. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Look at yourself and think what you have and
need to survive in a wide spread disaster or war. Evaluate your skills, supplies,
financial situation? How vulnerable are you? Look around you. What shape are
your neighbors in? I think most of you know how they will react. Will they be
looting and committing crimes or banning together to solve problems? In an EMP
outage they figure 9 out of 10 will die. No electricity was what our great
grandparents knew and yet, most of us will not survive. It seems kind of crazy.
They don't expect an EMP anytime soon but it is a good example of how different
we are from our ancestors. To me we look pretty helpless as a nation. Sad isn't
it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Research taught me that in a commercial operation they
loose about 40 percent of the offspring, mainly due to intestinal
issues. That seems really high. There has to be a way around that and I began
researching the causes of death in kittens. I'm still researching the
subject but my efforts so far have resulted in an awesome success rate on the last two batches. Tweaking a day or two here and there on the plan is needed but I feel the formula is sound.</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But let me back track to my story from the last post. I
wrote down the day I bred Betty Boo but then couldn't find out where that was. The result was she gave birth to ten kittens on the bare wires.
Oops!, caught her shortly after though and saved nine. Those went into
the nesting box. (Keep in mind this is during the time we are dealing
with four grandkids and trying to help a daughter struggling to work
full time and fly to Tulsa to do chemotherapy which resulted in severe neuropothy challenges. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson
number five - Keep a record book just for rabbits with lessons learned and things tried along with dates.
Also order those nifty metal cardholders that attach to the cages where
you can keep how much to feed each rabbit in each cage and information
like breeding dates and expected kindling dates. </i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson number six -- Make sure and gentle your mother rabbit to the point that you can cuddle her long before she kindles. That way she won't be upset if you handle her kittens. </i></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson number seven -- Mother rabbits may not feed their young for the first day and even two until their milk comes in. </i></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson
number eight -- Put water in a bowl instead of the hanging waterers as
the doe will drink far more aiding to bring in her milk. They seem to prefer nice soft grass hay instead of pellets. The doe's tummy is tender and how can it not having given birth to so many?</i></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson
number nine -- Rabbits nurse their young early morning and evening or
night time. Betty Boo's favorite hour is seven a.m. and seven p.m.</i></span></i></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson
number ten -- Handle the babies and check tummies morning and night.
Especially on a first time mom. Move kittens with slimmer tummies to the
middle of the pile. They get cold easier and this helps to ensure they
receive adequate amount of milk the next feeding. In this fashion even
the runt did well though he was not always the one who was the
skinniest after he was in the middle position. He was just the least aggressive and therefore smaller. I
even got to where I knew when Betty Boo was going to feed and I'd get in
there just before so I could shift the little ones about.</i></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></i></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The second
time Betty Boo kindled nine. She is an awesome mamma. On the other hand
she majorly questions my mothering skills. In early September, I'd
cover the babies, afraid they might get cold, and she'd give me a
disgusted look and run over and uncover them declaring them too hot. She
of course knew best but I had to do it on occasion because it was just
too funny!! No need the second time to shift babies around. She did the job of making sure each was fed just fine. I still check tummies. One can not be too careful and I want them use to being handled from the very beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson
number eleven -- Comb fur on the other bunnies so you will have enough
to give to the kittens if mom does not pull much of her own fur. This tidbit off the internet makes sense since Betty Boo barely pulled any hair with her first kindling since the weather was warm but in September that can change in a hurry. I set to work on the
shedding bucks to cushion the nest and add warmth.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson number twelve -- Soft grass hay or wood shavings makes great bedding. Just be aware that the doe may eat up part of the grass hay. I've bedded with both and done well. I just have to remember to add more hay if she gets the munchies. </i></span><br />
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the nine bundles of fur from the second batch are twenty-seven days old and the first thing
the kiddos run to after school. Yes, they have all made it so far. My kitten feeding plan is working and both batches of Betty Boo's have done extremely well but I see it needs tweaking by a day or two here and
there. The record book has proven critical to my success. My kitten feeding program deserves a blog of its own but I need just a little more time to perfect it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They recommend for New Zealand or California Whites to be
bred at five months for good fertility performance and Betty Boo's, Anna gave birth on October 3. She has five and I'm pleased since I only left her in with the buck for half a day. The babies are very active but I'm still waiting for Anna's milk to fully come in. I can tell when it does because the amount of water she drinks goes way up. As long as the little ones are popping up like popcorn when touched I know they are getting some milk. As I thought about the five months of age breeding age it made sense to me since
kidding a dairy goat for the first time is best when done as a yearling since it increases the
estrogen levels developing her physically and helps milk capacity in the
future. Of course both the rabbit doe and the dairy goat doe need to be fed properly to reach their full size. I've never had a problem. Anna is no different as she is quite large like her mama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Rabbits have been a very difficult area for me to master. Three years later and I'm still in the beginning level of the rabbit self-sufficiency class. The teacher has been the Internet and the academy, the school of hard knocks.The longer I am in this project, the more I realize I don't have a clue what I'm doing. It doesn't help that the teacher has differing opinions and sometimes refuses to tell me the intimate details I need. But just as our ancestors saw great benefit in this area of husbandry, we see it also. Why not when a male and three females can produce the meat equivalent of a beef in one year if you have the right set up, which we don't. But I do know that a rabbit in just a few months is ready for the dinner table and that means a steady supply. A beef needs eighteen months to two years before it is ready to process. That is a long wait and then a glutton amount of meat all at once. Not that we plan on not having a beef now and then but I'm wanting to lower the number of freezers we have and change what's in them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are finally realizing some success with our rabbits and we have learned a number of lessons. I'd like to pass them along. Maybe you won't have to spend so much time in the school of hard knocks like we have. Since our first rabbits, Oreo and Whitey had been inherited and they had produced kittens before we figured it would be smooth sailing. She had not been bred for quite some time but I was not in the market for pets so I figured they might as well earn their keep. The first mating wasn't bad, she had eight and six survived. I wasn't pleased with the mortality rate but read that wasn't bad. Then the next kindling she had a single and it died. Then she refused to drink water for days on the next batch and refused to feed them so we tried bottle feeding. They slowly died as they do if not at least two weeks old when orphaned. The following batch died with no interest in them from mom.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lesson number one - Obey the professionals when they say don't give a doe more than two chances to get it right. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We should have quit two batches ago. The question became just how old should a rabbit be to kindle and how old before a doe is retired or becomes table fare? That is a debatable answer I found. Part of the answer I found lies in rabbits longevity. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Rabbits in
the wild live from a year to three years depending on the number of
predators so it stands to reason that a commercial operation would not
keep their rabbits very long. In fact many don't keep them past eighteen months old as after two the production rate drops. They of course are kindled frequently. Not what I have in mind but I'm thinking three batches of bunnies a year would probably be the limit to our possibilities because of housing and cage availability. That is when we get everything all built. What we will need when everything gets up and rolling full time is an answer not yet solidified. Then you include our weather and that we don't want a heated or air conditioned building just too much money. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The longevity story changes when the rabbit is for pet use. Then with proper feeding - mostly high quality grass hay - then they can live seven to twelves years of age. The larger rabbits living a shorter lifespan. </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lesson number two -- </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Age is a factor in fertility, live births, and birth to adult size
success rates. With age it goes down just like in chickens. We plan on removing does from the operation when they turn three. </span></i></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Oreo gone, we were looking for does. Our neighbor, who had just gotten back into rabbits, offered us two rabbits he claimed were does. That was handy. I bred them to Whitey,--- and I bred them to Whitey--- and I bred them again to him --- no babies. First I thought something must be wrong with Whitey but low and behold, they were bucks too. Wasted 3/4's of a year on that one. But I learned a great lesson, you need to sex your own animals. Cockily I thought this was a no-brainer task. I used the kitten formula of one hole, one slit is a girl and one hole a boy. Found out the hard way that that doesn't work. Off to the internet I went. The best source of information I found is on this site - <a href="http://www.raising-rabbits.com/sexing-rabbits.html">http://www.raising-rabbits.com/sexing-rabbits.html </a>. I learned that they both have a hole and a slit but the males slit is smaller and it has a tube that will protrude if pinched correctly. This tube has a hole also. You could say the female has two holes and the male three. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Lesson number three - learn to sex your own rabbits. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The neighbor gave me more babies as he lacked enough cages for all of his and I sexed them keeping two girls and processed the boys which included the boys he gave me the last time that were suppose to be girls. One of the two young does, Sheila, I kindled last spring about a week before our daughter and I left to go to the cancer center in Tulsa for her first time. We were gone a week when I received a phone call from my distraught daughter who was home taking care of the grandlittles and animals to tell me she had done her best but the kittens were all dead. She could not figure out why. In part I realized we needed nesting boxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lesson number four - Build a nesting box.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I built two and things have gone far better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sheila was bred again and they were all stillborn. Immediately after the nest batch was born she began eating the legs off them. Yup, she joined Oreo in the freezer. Too bad I did not listen to lesson number one sooner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Betty Boo, Sheila's sister, seems to like the box and stays to nurse longer. It keeps the babies warm as you can pile up a deep layer of bedding for them to snuggle under. I've only had one baby be dragged out of the box into the open area because it was still hanging on nursing. That was with Betty Boo's first batch. I caught it in time and put it back. I fluff the bedding twice a day at least and this helps it to keep from getting packed down as my two does love to check on babies hopping into the nesting box and compacting it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before Betty Boo kindled, my husband begged me to give up and quit spending money and time on raising rabbits. You can't blame him as no success in two years is a bit much. I hadn't put a lot of effort into it and I knew it. That changed and I began researching in earnest. I spent a lot of time in thought. Then when Betty Boo had ten kittens and only one died at birth being left on the wire section of the cage and died from cold, I was armed with information and a plan. What a good mama she is. With this second batch she is even more of an amazing mom. She is sticking around and Ive kept two of her offspring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They look like Easter or some women's tea party bean don't they? Pretty in pink I'd say and yes, not every one of these beauty's in the photo is a Dragon Tongue for you bean connoisseurs can see one imposter in there but hey, I'm in a rush to get things done. Looks like the weatherman has changed his mind again and we are forecast today to get not .06 inches of rain but .93 and those temperatures he was warming up must have been wishful thinking because we are back down to freezing for tomorrow night and the next with just 40's in the daytime. Plus that snow forecast they took away is back in a greater measure. He hasn't a clue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was watching our youngest granddaughter all day yesterday, '</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">she is a cutey paooty',</span> and then of course church activities in the evening for the kiddos who stay here. That means putting the pedal to the medal today on getting the garden stripped, in the rain if necessary. I figured when I picked these Dragon's Tongue that I had better make shell beans of them. There is no way they will make dried bean stage and they were past the fresh eating phase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dragon's Tongue is our children's favorite bean for fresh eating especially just picked from the garden to munch on. When canned it looks kind washed out, blah and not as appetizing as the traditional bean of that is my opinion anyway. I've grown these beans many times but never have I been able to get them to reach the dried bean stage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as a last hurrah, I used up the last of my seed and our kids can grow them if they wish since they are all grown up now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ate some fresh and then I let the rest of the Dragon's tongue beans go develop to the shell stage. I had three other fresh beans going with two kinds on a trial basis so I wasn't in great need of fresh beans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a shell bean when blanched, they are gorgeous in looks but how will they taste? We shall see as I chose to blanch for 3 minutes and then freeze this time instead of can because there were so few. I've never frozen shell beans. I've never done much of anything with the shell stage. In fact, I'd never even heard of shelled beans until a few years ago. There apparently is a whole different taste to them. Since the dried bean varieties I have chosen can be eaten fresh, shelled, or dried; I may just have to try each variety at all of those stages. You never know what the weather will bring. The Weather Channel said we are going to experience temperatures to 25 degrees lower than normal this week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many believe the weather will become more unpredictable in the years to come. The scriptures foretell of it and it is a no brainer that the earth has weather cycles. We had far more snow in my grandmothers childhood than in mine or my children's. A mini ice age may be around the corner. It has happened before why would it not happen again? Or on the flip side, the earth may experience a global drought. Change is inevitable. I just figure we had better change with it and not get stuck thinking beans can only be eaten dry and green. </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-15282069760402523812017-09-01T09:52:00.000-06:002017-09-01T09:52:08.708-06:00 Handling The New Milker<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You got her on the milk stand, HURRAY! She's eating her grain, great! You reach for her teats to milk and she squats down. Her udder tucked inside the milk bucket. Surely she can't hold this position for long? She can't so she uses the bucket as a prop and there she remains eating her grain. You stare, wondering how in the world you are going to fit your hands inside and milk her. Actually you won't but then you might have figured that out by now. Been there? Me too, more times than I can count. In my experience of 32 years of milking goats, a few horses, pigs, sheep, and yes - cows, I've learned a few lessons and have some tricks up my sleeve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll share some of those with you in regards to milking goats. The other species have tricks unique to them but that won't be discussed today. The first tip is to breed your doeling at around 60 or 70 pounds. You want them to kid when after they turn 1. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">You might
think dairy goat yearlings milking for the first time is way too young.
Actually for you and for them it is better. It will require a good feed
program yes. But having kids at one does not stunt their growth when fed properly. Speak
to any National Dairy Show herd owner and they all breed to kid after
they turn one - not two. A linear appraisal judge, I believe it was
Whiteside (He was awesome and very matter of fact.) ended a debate I had
with a couple friends of mine on the subject. The increase in hormones
helps physically and mammary wise in their development. The guy should
know, he was raised on a goat dairy and has had goats for probably his
whole life. Keep in mind I am speaking of dairy goats. I can not speak for the smaller breeds or meat breeds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I prefer the smaller size as they are easier to handle. If need be, you can physically lift them on the milking stand. Don't think because they have been on the stand since they were a month old that they will automatically jump up. Their udder fills and all of a sudden it is, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Oh my, can
I really jump up on that stand. It looks so high?' You think I'm being dramatic - oh just wait, you haven't
seen drama until you've met a yearling Nubian who's milking for the
first time.</span> Be sympathetic, they are like a hormonal teenager, their body has changed and that makes everything so much more emotional and difficult. You WILL have to be patient and yes, you may have to at least lift that now so..... heavy back end up for them. Usually you can get them to put their front feet up and then of course they will want to work there front legs over to where they can eat the grain but not resort to putting the back end up too. Simply stand where they can't reach the grain unless they jump up. It usually works best if you position yourself so they have to mount from the back end of the milking stand. Don't pressure any more than absolutely necessary. It just impedes progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You've physically lifted them on the stand, yes!! They are eating their favorite grain, good. Now how do you get around the newby squat. Simple - you don't use a bucket. Instead get a baby bottle or anything similar that you can grip nicely. You grab hold of the baby bottle in one hand and the teat in the other. Then squirt the milk into the bottle. Yes, that means a larger mouth on the bottle is needed.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> It takes longer but then you can milk almost the whole herd before you get that first time milker done so plan on it. Think ahead of something the girl can eat that isn't all grain like pelleted hay. It could take a while and you don't want to cause tummy scours from an over load of COB. Word of caution milk makes the bottle slippery and you will get some milk on the outside so frequently empty the milk into your milk bucket which is preferably not on the milk stand that she is tap dancing on. With the baby bottle you can still milk to a degree while the tap dance is going on, very important because you have to teach her that the show must go on. Now if it a high stepping Riverdance leap kind of stepping then a bit of preparatory work is in order first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Put the milking supplies to the side and simply put your hand on her udder -- firmly. No tickling! Sometimes I run my hand down the hip because they are use to that and then stop on the udder. When she begins to become more comfortable with that, then move your hand a short distance (remember firmly) and then stop with your hand still on her udder. Do NOT take your hand off. If she holds relatively still for a millisecond then remove your hand. Begin again and when that area is good, move your hand further and further until you are feeling the whole udder. If she can remove your hand by kicking and thrashing then she will do it because it works. Teach her that what works is to hold relatively still and your hand will leave. Slowly keep your hand on her udder longer and longer as she tolerates the touch better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For safety sake, so the newby does not fall off the other side while their neck is locked into the stanchion, we have a side on our stand. I lean on the doe gently and she leans into the side. This often calms them down. Goats cluster in the corner pressed up against each other and the wall or fence when frightened. I just take a page out of their own play book and use it. When they are relatively calm with this, then move to the next step. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't milk, just hold your hand (just one) in the position of milking with your fingers around one teat. Less stimulus for the newby. Then I release my hand when the behavior is positive or in other words they hold still even a short, short time. See a pattern? When the goat begins to tap dance less and hold still more, then I hold my hand a little longer and a little longer as the behavior grows more positive. Speak sweetly to her. Not, "You little piece of ......!" Unless you can say it in the kindest of ways. This is all suppose to be positive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You want the milk stand to represent good things like grain, a more comfortable udder, and gentle hands. This reward system does take skill to develop but it works incredibly well. When one hand is excepted reasonably well then move on to using two hands. Be aware that it might be a one hand at a time milking method for a few weeks. My well prepared yearlings are almost all milked one hand at a time for the first week and sometimes two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now let's say you can milk her but she still has the occasional kick. Most newbies do for a while. Just put the bucket in back of her legs and squirt to the south end because 99 percent of goats will kick forward with the leg or legs. Occasionally I've had one try and kick with both legs. Yeah, it ends up with an upset heap on the milking stand. Normally they don't do that twice. The whole getting comfortable having you handle intimate parts of their anatomy takes time, weeks of time if preparatory work was not done. If the newby was worked with far in advance of kidding then all this newby behavior is usually over in a week or a little longer with intermittent forgetfulness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I start training my doelings at this age. Handle the doeling everywhere. Pick up her feet and especially rub in the area of her udder. You aren't milking at this stage just preparing to so don't tug on the teats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sold a yearling this spring with her two male offspring and the buyer is thrilled. He says his grandson is milking her while she stands un-tethered in the middle of the pen. He just thinks she is the most laid back goat he has ever seen. My husband failed to tell him that I trained her to do that. I train ALL my yearlings to do so. If the preparatory work is done, it is quite simple to do. I get the newly kidded doeling up against the fence and press against her. Keep her from moving forward by putting a knee in her way if need be, then shift backwards a bit toward the udder. On rare does I have to tie them to the fence to stop the forward motion. Then I press and milk one baby bottle at a time, milking one side and then the other going back and forth to encourage the let down. A nice udder massage works wonders to help her let down. I use it on the milk stand also when needed for the young and older does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"> I searched and searched for pictures of newbies being milked and realized I didn't have any pictures </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">and now even this last little doe who kidded this year is gone. I have only a buck and one doe left, both Saanens and the beginning of a new herd. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I fill bottles with colostrum and make sure the newborn kids get plenty within the first hour of birth. I don't worry about their nursing until they get on their feet strong. Just takes a few hours. Then either work I teach the kids to suckle or simply leave the kids with the mother and milk her in this un-tethered position multiple times a day. For me it is much easier than keeping milk in the refrigerator and heating it up four times a day. When newborn I also milk and feed in the middle of the night for 2 to 3 nights initially. Frequent demand stimulates the mother's milk production increasing her supply. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the time the kids are small, I have them getting on the milking stand with a reward of a small treat. It does not have to be every day but at least a couple times a week. The last few weeks of a yearling does pregnancy, I do not ask her to get on the milking stand. It is hard with the weight of twins or triplets. Yes, most of mine have twins and even the occasional set of triplets. I do not ask the doe to get on the milking stand for the first three or four days after kidding. They are sore. I milk squatting or kneeling on the ground. Even though they have been on the stand for a year and their udder handled frequently in the pen and on the stand, they will do some dancing. It is uncomfortable. You nursing and past nursing moms know what I'm talking about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even with all this preparing of the doeling, they will might do the newby squat and dance. This will last for a short while and in comparison very mild to what you would have dealt with had you not prepared her.The last yearling I worked with this year held one leg up the whole time when milked. At least she couldn't dance in that position. It worked for her. It worked for me.By next year I'm sure both feet will be on the ground. I think anyway since I sold her. </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-18225882748239133552017-08-01T08:38:00.000-06:002017-08-01T08:38:01.143-06:00Which Way Do You Milk?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've milked a number of goats over 32 years. Some my own but also a number of goats that were not. In our previous location I was called fairly often to do chores for neighbors. I've also milked not animals not familiar to me until I latched on to their udders. If it is a horse or cow it can become exciting and needs to be done with skill and caution because of the potentially powerful kick that may follow. With goats, not so big a deal. There is a basic formula and the details the goat will let you know about in a hurry. One friend's goats let me know that were milked from the back while straddling the milk stand. For me pulling the udder backwards in this manner is awkward but who am I to argue. It just makes things more difficult and after all I'm only a brief visitor in their milking cycle. Besides who wants goats that jump about and spill the milk? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for me, I preferred the traditional front facing backwards position. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can see I've been doing this for years and years as this was a long time ago in another location. Most of my goats have a preference for this method. </span>In part because the person I occasionally buy goats from using the same traditional milking style. A word of warning, this works great for does fully trained to the milk stand BUT...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But not so good with many new milkers which have a tendency not to keep their feet still. Flies, impatience, and being uncomfortable, all play into the their feet striking forward. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yup, right <u>into</u> the milk pail</span> often ending up spilling the milk or standing in it. I can see you goat owners nodding your heads. We have all experienced this. I've learned a few training tricks and milking positions that help prevent mishaps, enough for a whole other blog so you'll just have to wait in suspense. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can see why the traditional method of milking is the number one of choice among most milkers. The teats are or should be positioned to drain straight down into the pail. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iv6z0XRSFxrydoUi8_q_EHbs161hw9gaqCrbtuutuc_6LbStreMyYpIWY6S0aD_-oyj3afjltwP6ScaQqtrNjt6lNzNWzvjmsOAX543qk0-wdQygpJnVXSPUfcwkSisIomTvaYCK3h55/s1600/IMG_5855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iv6z0XRSFxrydoUi8_q_EHbs161hw9gaqCrbtuutuc_6LbStreMyYpIWY6S0aD_-oyj3afjltwP6ScaQqtrNjt6lNzNWzvjmsOAX543qk0-wdQygpJnVXSPUfcwkSisIomTvaYCK3h55/s320/IMG_5855.JPG" width="213" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Yet, I do milk my does in varying positions at different times of the year and at different ages of the doe. During a heavy fly time of the year I put the pail behind the doe and milk into it so that when she kicks it is not liable to spill the milk. No matter what you do in a small operation it seems when fall peeks its head inside the door, the flies come biting with a vengeance. I train my does at a year old when they first freshen to stand in the middle of an open area - untethered - with just a little grain in a pan while I squat on the ground and milk. Most will even stand without the grain. Especially handy when you just want to fill a few baby bottles to feed kid. Warm from the tap is so much easier. And since I feed four times a day when the kids are newborn or especially small it saves time. It also helps bring in the does milk much faster and at a greater rate of production. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is if I don't leave the kids on their mother. Why I leave some kids on their mother and why I bottle feed others is another blog worthy post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The third method is a modified version of the backwards facing position. I wrap my left arm around the goats right back leg and my right arm in between the legs. The bucket in the rear. This one is especially for Belle. Though I've modified many of her poor behavioral habits that she had when she arrived, this one is just not going away. She is the most bullheaded goat I've ever worked with. Not a high winding kick, just a low spasmodic kick, just enough to spill the milk. When she is especially bad, I tie the leg upward off the ground so she has to hold still or fall over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other times she gets a "Bell..e!" in a perfect rendition of the Disney step-sisters on Cinderella when they call her to come hither to prepare them for the ball. Hear it? To counteract this angering habit, the pail is in the rear but I'm facing backwards with my arms twined unusually through her legs. The only set back is you have to make sure and not bump her legs and cause a kick. I usually rest my left arm against her right leg, the one that kicks, which helps remind her not to kick and lowers the number of times that she does it. This girl will not stay for much longer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So.... which way do you milk? And why would be even more enlightening. </span> Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-43368617809165140562017-07-20T17:42:00.003-06:002017-07-22T22:19:56.901-06:00Range Free Eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aye, me has plenty of blogs to write about and even the pictures too but life is throwing curve balls a mile a minute and I've not the time. So please bear with me. I'm doing me best. Today, a light hearted Irish spirited post. Me husband thought one thing and I another when I put up the sign at the end of our sun room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted me chicken and wrote Range Free Eggs and he quite disagreed. I don't always do things right and maybe he would say quite often but this time I would disagree. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know that most folks write 'Free Range' but me doesn't quite understand. To me Free Range means the land does not cost. So that interpreted means land does not cost - eggs. Is one making a statement that one has free land and eggs too? As you can see I'ze a bit confundered about the whole issue. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When a Colorado friend said that I needed Egyptian Onions. I didn't have a clue what she was talking about. But since her goals are essentially the same as mine, she had my interest. Especially since I've failed miserably a number of times trying to start onions from seeds. Oh I can grow the seeds really well and collect them just fine but all the plants that come up are super spindly. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I've done it four times now. I figure if you are going to make a mistake at least you could make a different one each time so you can learn but yet make progress. I'm still stuck at ground zero. That is what made this onion that keeps going on its own sound almost too good to be true. When a friend of my husband, who adores my peanut butter cookies, said he had some and offered a few plants. I figured a trade was in order. His parting words of, "Be careful or they will take over the garden." left me a bit nervous but not detoured. Was this like Spearmint?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rest assured they are not and I've decided I want more, and more, and more of these. They really are yummy! A bit strange since they clone themselves forming multiple onion sets on the top instead of seeds but strange can be good. When the sets are too heavy to hold up, the stalk bends over allowing the new plants to touch the soil and form roots. Thus one plant becomes many more and from this propagation method comes the name walking onion. The top set of tiny onion plants gives this plant the name Top Onion and for others they may know it as Winter Onion because it is good from zone 3, which is us, to those in zone 6 where you can pick this hardy onion all year. I've read that there are differing types of these onions but then not all relatives look alike so I'm not surprised. They do all have the strange propagation method. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> With so few plants, I did not cook with any of the onions until this year mainly due to confusion on the subject. I saw lots of recipes for pickling of the little onion sets on top and learned that you pick them when they are at least a half inch in size. But seriously people, I'm not growing these things for a few tiny little onions on top so I kept researching. Meanwhile, I removed the sets off of the tops of a couple plants like you would the flower bulbs that begin to form on traditional onions. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I suspected, the energy in the plant went to the bulbs instead of onion top sets. In fact, they gave up growing top sets of onions all together and the bulb increased in size. Now were talking something I can really use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How big they will get I'm not sure. Like a kid with a pocket full of candy, I had to sample. Everyone on the Internet I listened to said the onion is a bit zesty. I did not taste that. Maybe it is because we live in zone 3 and heat has a tendency to make things hotter in flavor but these onions just tasted like... onion. Maybe a hair, and only a baby hair stronger but to this onion aholic, it was yum dilly ishush. I cut up a couple bulbs and cooked part of them with potatoes. There is nothing like fried potatoes and onions. They are soul mates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I'm thinking why oh why did I not clip the tops of more of the onions while the sets were just beginning to form? I think I'll pretend it is so I'll have lots and lots of Egyptians Onions to do it to next year and you can bet I will. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for the rest of you, you can pick the top sets if you like to pickle but it takes a whole heaping lot to amount to anything, so for me, I'm going for the bottoms. If you are harvesting enough bottoms, you can be sure these onions are not going to take over the garden and how could you not. They are too yummy to let walk away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I was eating the bottoms, I tasted the top sets too. One has to compare and after all it is what everyone is talking about. Very mild in flavor like I suspicioned - similar to traditional onion stalks. For me that is what <u>this </u>onion is missing. Good tender stalks. The mature stalks are rather tough and woody. They say you can use these onions in the early spring like bunching onions and the stalks at that stage are tender but alas, I did not. Seems to be alot of that this year. Maybe next year I'll feel I have enough to use these as spring onions. They should be ready just about the time my stored onions run out or the last few are getting soft. How perfect is that? Thank you dear friend. These are indeed a must have for my garden. </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-81773183979196995862017-07-10T19:54:00.002-06:002017-07-10T19:54:38.649-06:00Goat Teats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "tahoma" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Udderly gorgeous - that's Comedy. She earned her Permanent Championship certificate in great part because of her udder. But there is more to a pretty udder when you are the one milking morning and night for 9 to 10 months. In this discussion I want to talk about teats. I've milked long ones, fat ones, skinny ones, and even ones that I had to milk with three fingers which makes it more challenging. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "tahoma" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hannah, our yearling, had tiny teats when she first freshened. It was a three finger milk job so I left her doelings on her and they stretched them out. Of course my three fingers kept milking her out once a day to make sure she was emptied until the kids did their job. Then I have kept milking as the two doelings have a favorite side emptying one more than the other. Recently I've noticed that Now one teat has become longer than the other. Not quite what I had in mind. I'd say it was the kid's fault but I know better as it has never happened before and I've had dairy goats 33 years. It must be on the bucks side and something genetic. I'm not as familiar with his relatives. I'll blame on him anyway as that sounds as good a reason as any. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "tahoma" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always say, "Pretty is as pretty does." for I've had some goats with pretty udders that were not fun to milk and I'm not talking about their personalities. Leah was just such a goat. That girl had looks but it took all my strength to squeeze milk out of her. Not fun! It seemed like a competition between her keeping it in and my trying to get it out. Milking her took time and all my strength leaving my hands cramping and the end. The problem was orifices that were too small. An orifice is the hole in which milk comes out. You can not imagine how many times I wanted to take a hot needle and poke a bigger hole. Would it have worked? I wondered. But I'm sure Leah would never had let me come near her again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't want a doe with teats too large because it is hard to get a good grip. Too long and they are likely to get caught on fences and rip. So like Goldilocks, "not too big and not too small" is best. It is also a bit of preference. I know people who like larger teats and as for myself I don't. My hands are small. And of course you do not want does with more than two teats. The extra or extras may not function but they might and anyway they are not a genetic trait you want to pass on. These are things one often does not pay attention to when buying a doe but since you have to deal with it so often, it pays to check it out before you hand over the money. For a little more visual reference on correct teat placement, I've added the ADGA sites page on udders. But I'm curious, what do you have in your barnyard? </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first chart helped me evaluate goat performance on kidding and milking behavior. This next goat chart I designed is all about feed input and milk output. Grain in particular since we feed hay
from large round bales and though I'd like to know how much hay we feed on average, we have no way to weigh wheel barrows of hay so we are concentrating on grain consumption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the past, I just fed grain equal to consumption while I was milking - hardly money saving. Goats who ate quickly received more grain than goats that savored their food. Not good for those who easily kept weight on and ate fast consuming lots of grain. Not good for the slow eaters that needed more grain to keep weight on but ate little. Belle does not keep weight on as easily and Comedy, though far larger in size, needs the same amount but is far fatter. So what is the solution? How much grain should I feed? First, I simply measured grain and watched to see how much the two does on average cleaned up in the amount of time it took for me to get them milked. It was one pound. So I fed one pound. BU...T when Belle was just enough slower that that last little bit of milking was done with restless leg syndrome in full force leaving me nervously guarding the milk pail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I tried using a mixture of whole oats and whole wheat mixed in with the COB (rolled corn, oats, and barley). The volume is less because it is heavier but it solved the faster eating problem. I refuse to feed more grain since Belle is already producing two pounds of milk less than Comedy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Comedy was doing well with the COB but not increasing in milk production. She was milking eleven pounds before she arrived and the stress dropped her down to five and a half. Now she has dropped even further and quit eating hardly any grain at all. Her milk is dropping fast.That means I need fast action so I hit the internet as I'm wondering if she is getting enough grain. How much grain should a doe get on average for each pound of milk production? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This website gave me an idea.<a href="http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/dairy/feed-and-nutrition/feeding-dairy-goats/"> http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/dairy/feed-and-nutrition/feeding-dairy-goats</a>/ </span><span style="font-size: large;">If I get there formula correctly then Comedy when milking eleven pounds of milk per milking would need the maximum amount of grain recommended which is four pounds. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Wow!! that is a lot of grain and money. Do I really want milk from that much grain? Of course milk from grass is far more healthier for you. I also wondered how much grain has to do with production? Of course you are what you eat whether you are an animal or human. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I looked for another site and this is what I found. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.milkproduction.com/Library/Scientific-articles/Other-milking-animals/Feeds-and-nutrition/">http://www.milkproduction.com/Library/Scientific-articles/Other-milking-animals/Feeds-and-nutrition/</a>/</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The site did not answer my question except to tell me that I should be feeding a very uncomfortable amount of grain.The first site even said up to half the feed input. No way am I doing that. Can't afford it and can't believe it is healthy for them. BUT this site was super helpful in explaining the relationship of feed and production at different times during the does lactation cycle. I'm definitely copying it and studying it further. It is clear that feed changes need to be made in advance of periods throughout lactation because body reserves are being consumed to keep up with milk production. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But back to solving my problem. This chart will help, maybe not right away but in time for it will show patterns I can learn from and make changes. It has the Current date, does name, how far the doe is in her lactation, type of feed or feeds being fed, how much, and amount of milk produced. Notations can be made for weather and other disturbances since heat and cold do change production amounts as well as changing milking times. I kept records for several weeks and it has helped me make changes to it so it better suites my needs. Things were the same as far as amount of grain and amount of milk production. I realized that doing it every day was not necessary. Several times a week works fine. But when I stopped for a week, or was it two, because of craziness in life, things had greatly changed .... Comedy is only picking at her grain and the milk pail shows it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So when we hauled the kitchen garbage to the land fill today, we went shopping for feed. I bought some beet pulp to help with digestion...love the stuff. I bought some pellets that combine grain and alfalfa hay because our present bale of hay is not the best quality. I bought goat pellets. I've never used goat pellets but I thought I'd see what they do. I will mix in the remaining COB also. May be a pain to weigh each of them but what I am presently doing is definitely not working well. Since my greatest successes have been when I mix my own grain combinations then I'm going back to that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So do you think a chart like this would help you? Any suggestions? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been having this same conversation for the last
month, “Could you plea…..se, perty please slow down our lives an itsy bit? No,
but I’ve got cold sores from stress and I’ve had to double my cortisol
medication to stay functional -- well, semi-functional. Still no? Could you at
least tell me what to do? I’m in a hard place. Our income is not in the same
category as our expenditures and we have some really big expenses coming up.
Our present roof is coming off, our siding is bowing and bubbling, and we have
three windows that leak like a sieve when it rains and many more that they
suspect were put in wrong. We are in deep do, do Lord. Oh what oh what would
you have us do?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The answers, well, they are still coming, but I feel impressed
to make some changes. What I was told was to keep careful records and
solutions would be revealed. I checked out the Internet to see if others had
charts that I could use but gained only a little help there but other information on feed ratios was helpful as a starting point. I found some wonderful
things like tips on feeding ducks in the winter but no record charts. I learned a little about how much to feed the average size chicken, not our over sized girls but it gave me a starting place.</span><br />
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gal had a pretty good chart for chickens in which she keeps track of the egg
numbers produced and how many hens are laying and molting, with a spot for feed
costs. But an even more business -like approach would determine how much feed
it takes to produce what size of eggs. Is it more economical to produce large
eggs versus extra-large or jumbo? Can I
really get a dual purpose chicken that produces eggs and meat economically?
I’ve seen the industrial charts for such things but I’m raising free range
chickens in the far north not in enclosed pens and so only part of the
information applies. But it is food for thought that can be tweaked outside the box of industrial thinking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What prayer, meditation, and research have made clear is
that I need a more business-like approach to projects. What I’m after is fewer hours expended
with an increase in the family’s health and of course less money spent. With
records, goals, and a vision for what we want to accomplish in hand, I’ve begun
to shape our course. I’m building detailed record sheets applicable to us. What
I’ve learned already has been eye opening. We’re culling to the bare bones.
There is just too much waste of time, money, and product. We are starting with
the goats. We need to learn to use our milk far more cost effectively for too
much is going on the garden for fertilizer. It is not the best fertilizer we
could be using. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now is a good time to start as we have found a heifer bull to
borrow for Ellie, the Brown Swiss / Normade and so a large amount of milk will likely be
coming in just a year from now. I need to get some basic cheeses down whose
preparation is second nature. My butter making is just not what it should be
and many other areas could be perfected.That means two does and one buck so I
have less milk to master and less time spent caring for goats leaving more time
to learn to handle the milk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those that did not make the cut are Commitment who
went back to her previous owner as her leg was not recovering. Since we already sold 3 whethers and a
yearling doe this spring, there are four doelings needing new homes; our Nubian
buck, Jubul; and Belle, a 4 year old doe which means ten goats gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I'm going to share with you one record sheet that was instrumental
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the basic
information on the particular goat, there are scored categories. Number one
receives top scores but if they excel they can gain pluses or on the flip side
minuses. Number 2 above average. Number three is average. Sounds like grade school doesn't it, well where did you think I got the idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hannah – born 2016 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">( She is a twin – two does) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Score for 2017 - Age 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(2) Personality – Good and calm but at times a bit noisy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1+) First kidding -2017
– twin doelings , Abbey is black with brown markings and the second doeling
born is Amy, who is brown with an attractive splash of white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(3) Birthing Process – Abbey was born without a problem but
Amy had to be pulled. She was tangled up inside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> (2) Size of Kids - Quite
small but not too much so since they were born to a yearling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Mothering Ability- Attentive with her own kids and good
with other goat’s kids. Hannah is raising her own young. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Milking Behavior – Hannah can be milked in the middle of
the pen standing free. Good on the milk stand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Udder –Good teats and nice escutcheon, and linear attachment. Good fore udder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(3-) Body – Shoulders a bit rough and posty back legs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Milk Production – Feeds her doelings to fat and happy
and gives a pound or more extra a day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(1) Good sized orifices and milks out quickly. High
production for a yearly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There you have Hannah’s report card. 6 number 1’s, 2 number 2’s, and 2 number 3,
to make a total of 16. The lowest total score of is the best doe. Of course even with the score total you have to keep in mind the age of the doe and you future goals. Hannah is only 1 and
kidding is more difficult the first year traditionally so her score in that category carries only so much weight. Since she had twin
doelings her first year that makes us look toward a steady pattern of does. For the 34 years we've had goats, our does have fairly consistently had a pattern of what sex they give birth to. For instance Belle had twin doelings for two years and then a single buck but this year two does and one buck. See, three of the four years she had two girls. Doelings score higher than bucks for us. Have you found the same pattern? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More goat record keeping charts will be coming. Sorry so slow with the blogs but things are speeding up not slowing down.Why oh why does the Lord keep taking us to the breaking point. </span></div>
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</span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-90098201913788073802017-06-13T23:51:00.000-06:002017-06-13T23:51:13.394-06:00A Hen's Eggs Change Color <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In pondering about how to set up a chicken record chart that will tell me whether or not I'm reaching my goals on how to save time, and money; I've learned an interesting fact. A hen's eggs become lighter in color as her laying cycle advances. I have an Australorp hen and a Rhode Island hen who are both two and just started up laying again. Good thing because I was going to put them in the stew pot if they didn't get a move on. Indeed their eggs are much darker than the majority. I have a couple, I'm guessing, that are at the end of their laying cycle because the eggs are very pale. This works great because I have hens that though they are not all the same breed, they do lay about the same shade of brown egg when they are at the same time of their cycle. If your eggs are all white then it is pretty hard to tell a white egg from a whiter egg. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But if you know what hen lays what egg which is easiest if you only have a few hens, then you can keep track. Of course that only works if you camp out and collect eggs as they are laid and the egg shape is distinct. I don't have all day to do that and I'm sure you don't either. But there is that chance that comes once in a while where you peg a hen for the unique egg shape she lays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is why I want to build nesting boxes again. The last ones were for normal hens and only a few would bother to squeeze in. Hens use the same nests each time so that would narrow down the number of hens I'm watching in a particular nest. Also an interesting fact. Hens lay in a twenty-five to twenty-six hour cycle. Which means they lay later and later in the day until the circle comes back to morning again. That I have definitely noticed. Easiest to do when you hens do not all look alike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look at the difference in the color of eggs. No, I do not have a hen that lays white eggs. I'd guess she is just about ready to molt. The one on the left won't be too far behind and the one on the right is just getting started, either it is the Rhode Island Red or the Australorp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've also noticed that the same hens are on the nest almost every day. My two Australorps crossed with the mystery breed rooster are two of my prolific layers. There is one more of this cross but I need to check her out. I don't think she has every laid an egg. She is always just too pretty. 10 and a half pound Pearl looked this pretty and I had no idea until she died on me that she probably never laid an egg in her life. She is the one who started my research on being able to tell when in her egg laying cycle a hen is. It is those pale, pale legs and pretty feathers that has me suspicious about this one hen. I'm in the culling mood since the present work load is far too steep. Watch out girl you might just be on the chopping block next week. This girl was always going to become chicken noodle soup because she is quite light weight compared to her other relatives but I never got it done.Then this spring it was because I did not want to pass on her genetics. Does that happen to you. The not getting things done part? Now I'm desperate to lower my work load and financial drain on the budget. Great motivation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So that is what I plan on learning to do - keep track of who is laying, molting, and setting. The last one of course is easy. She sits there and hardly ever gets up. The tricky part is to figure out who is laying and not laying. I researched to have a more scientific idea on who that is. We'll talk more about what I've learned later. I want to try out the information on the girls first. That means nighty night so I can get up and check the girls while they are still on their perches. Easier to catch that way. I've got twelve to catch so if it takes me a couple or more days its okay. Just as long as the task gets done. </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333453357436791411.post-56838556969198005002017-05-19T10:58:00.000-06:002017-05-19T21:45:24.221-06:00Empty Udders<span style="font-size: large;">Udders are fifty percent of the linear appraisal score card or conformation points on a dairy goat. Makes sense since milk equals udder and it is a DAIRY goat. So since I have not blogged in a while and I am going crazy with end of the year school events and babies, babies, babies as our eight year old says. I thought I'd give you a brief lesson while I wait for the five year old granddaughter in the bathtub. Then it is clean stalls, feed the Nubian twins born last night once again, check on the baby bunnies and chicks being born, cook, and clean house. Oh yeah, and plant the baby pine trees that will hopefully grow and become a wonderful wind break to protect the north side of the house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is Comedy and she won her Permanent Championship in the ADGA association. Her strongest area is her udder. It is a gem! Wish I could show you it full BUT it does not presently get full -adjustment problems. She was set in her ways and then she arrived here where everything changed. We had to modify the milking stanchion to her liking, work out disagreements in social status among the herd, and figure out a feed she will eat. So far it is this one this night and that one another night or morning depending on the day. Her score card for us today must have been good since on the way to pasture she dodged and dived; bucked and leaped and maa...d with joy. With a great improvement in her emotions we hope the milk production follows. This girl when first freshened this year gave 2 gallons of milk and before she arrived she was milking 11 pounds morning and night. Now we are lucky to get 3/4's of a gallon a milking. It happens. The production will return next year if not in full this one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So empty udder is the lesson today. The Nubian on the left is about the same age as Comedy. Note how much fuller Belle's udder is than Comedy on the right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Belle has dense tissue in her udder. In a woman this puts her at a six times greater risk of developing breast cancer. Keep in mind there are all over dense breast and denser in a few areas type. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Density makes it harder to detect cancer since it blends in. </span>Belle has the dense in the top region but it is a good sized area. You don't hear of many goats getting udder cancer but you do hear a lot about mastitis which is harder to detect when there is a lot of tissue involved. Dense tissue takes up room and that is area milk will not be in. Hence same size udders can store quite a variance in the amount of milk. The same holds true for women. Breasts not udders in their case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Belle had mastitis at one time before I bought her. I assumed the infection was treated immediately since I had pointed it out at an early stage. Obviously it was not since when I brought her home and milked her, I discovered a substantial rock hard knot. The entire one side of the udder can be lost to mastitis. The greater the amount of scar tissue, the less milk produced and stored. So the best udder is one which when empty is a wrinkled empty skin sack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you have your goats linear appraised, the judge scores them full and empty. When you milk tonight. Check your girls. Also feel to see if the udder is soft and supple, another thing scored. You don't want thick, tough skin. It doesn't stretch well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So tell me. What have you got? No, I'm not referring to ;your personal breast tissue. But at your next mammogram be sure and ask. There are four different tests that can be run and which is best for you is in part determined by your breast density tissue. Keep your doctor on his toes. It is your life on the line. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So keep an eye on yourself but what I'm asking is that you to take a good look at your dairy cow or goat when you milk tonight. What kind of udder do they have?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.com0