garden excitment.

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wow. Itls probably the weather tho I must admit that the fever beegain to trickle in before it started getting warm and now I can barely contain myself. all I seem to think about are bee's and chickens and veggies.

i was somewhat sad to learn the economicly it doesn't maje since to keep a laying hen past two years. I had thought they were productive for much longer. I am not sure I can kill a hen I have raised for two years but I also know that affording to feed a non-laying hen isn't likely either and it makes me rething the chickens thing.

I am very much hoping I can get a friend to construct some top bar kenyen hives for me pretty soon so I can go ahead and start them this year. I simply can't wait to have my little honey producing girls living with me.

I was perusing the seends of change website today and I have been trying to make some tentitive plans for my garden. I got out and worked somew ammendments in this weekend, and while I am sore as can be from it I love it.

Hurry up spring! or maybe not I still have soooo much to do.

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[aummaster.livejournal.com]

I rented space from a friend who lived in Cartersville for a while. He had hens still laying actively for much longer than two years. He had to start feeding them more calcium supplements. I am not sure where the break even of cost is. He let them roam around free all day and only put them up at night. They ate all kinds of bugs and stuff.
Of course they would eat any new sprouts in the garden too if they found their way to it.

Glad to hear you were able to work in your garden this past weekend! It was beautiful weather for it!

[paosparti.livejournal.com]

Yes I think the book I was reading was focused on the economics of it that feeding them and maintaining the health of a hen past her prime laying years (Age 2 apparently) was not a good idea. I'm not sure if she free ranged her hens or not. I am thinking if I only supplemented a free range diet than maybe that would help.