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Bedding Material choices for Chickens

Bedding Material choices for Chickens
Raising chickens is just like raising the little babies – they require extra attention, affection and care, indeed. When you see your baby chickens and the adult ones roaming here and there in the backyard, a strike of happiness comes out of the heart. My father was right; raising chickens is an interesting yet addictive hobby. I don’t have a larger flock of hens and chicks but that does not mean my efforts towards the maintenance are low. It absorbs the urineIt absorbs the other chicken droppings (waste)Acts as a nesting material – hens comfortably lay eggs there Pine shavings: All those who are into small farming or backyard chicken keeping, adore pine shavings, this makes it a popular type of chicken coop bedding. The only problem with this bedding is its dusty nature – it can cause issues to other flocks if you have any, but chickens remain safe. Hay or straw: The second choice of many homesteaders is hay or straw when it’s about choosing the chicken coop nest or floor bedding.

10 inspiring urban chicken coop designs for Happy Hens Many people are growing tired of the mad rush of city life, and are moving to smaller towns, and by employing different methods and devices, they are figuring out different ways to raise their own food like fruit and vegetables as well as chickens and eggs. With raising backyard chickens , they are hoping to fare better from not having to depend entirely on other people for all the necessities of life and to this end they are able to download free chicken coop plans from the Internet to suit their specific needs. Of course there are many people who just love the idea of keeping chickens as pets. Building your own coop needn’t be difficult, because apart from books and pamphlets, the Internet can offer 10 inspiring urban chicken coop ideas on raising backyard chickens in attractive coops and how it can be really economical to build. 1-Clucking Cool coop 2-The Mitchell Snyder's coop 3-Reclaimed cedar coop 4-Kippen House 5-little barn 6-Mozambique design 7-Lyanda Haupt's urban hen coop

HelloLife® - Homeopathic Medicines and Dietary Supplements DIY iPad Case + Stand - Practically Functional I got an iPad finally! And of course the first thing I did was make a cover for it! I knew exactly what sort of cover I wanted for my iPad: I wanted a cover like a hardcover book. I’ve seen tons of tutorials for cute little pouches for your tech, but I wanted to be able to protect the iPad and use it without having to remove it from the case. I know you can find cases like that for purchase, but I figured it couldn’t be that hard to make a DIY iPad case, right? And I was totally correct! I made myself this awesome cover for my iPad in about two hours and it wasn’t too difficult. The original idea came from Brandon who wrote a post on The Modern Day Pirates about making a Moleskine iPad case, but I made a few modifications because I didn’t want to have to buy professional binding board and I wanted to cover my case in fabric instead of vinyl. DIY iPad Cover & Stand In order to make this iPad case yourself you need: Materials: Tools: 1. 2. But a sturdy pair of scissors will work too. 3. 4. 5. 6.

17 Plants You Grow from Kitchen Scraps | Black Thumb Gardener growing indoor kitchen scraps I love composting all the kitchen scraps I can but when I fill up my compost bin or run low on some vegetables in the garden using kitchen scraps to grow plants is a great activity. I love using kitchen scraps to start new plants as a fun gardening activity with my son, everyday we check and see how the plants are progressing. It’s a great way to come full circle on produce we bout at the market together and cooked together. Starting your own plants from kitchen scraps is really easy and for a gardening nerd like me! If You are going to attempt this I suggest making sure the scraps you start with are good quality, I like to use organic produce grown locally when I start plants from kitchen scraps. Growing Leeks, Spring Onions, Scallions ,and Fennel You could go out and buy some vegetable specifically for growing but I like to wait till I actually have a call for them in my cooking. green onions from kitchen scraps Growing Lemongrass Growing Ginger

The Nourished Life: How to Eat to Increase Your Metabolism Learning to eat to increase your metabolism can be a long and complicated journey. At least, that’s what I used to think. It turns out the solution might be a lot more simple than I previously thought. I’ll admit, I’ve tried a lot of the typical “tricks” to increase my metabolism. Some of these are founded in logic. What was missing from my approach was a simple method of monitoring biofeedback and tweaking my diet accordingly. In my last post about how I got rid of my cold hands and feet, I brought up a few basic ideas about increasing your metabolic rate (which conveniently solves cold hands and feet, as well as quite a few other annoying issues associated with a low metabolism). How to Eat to Increase Your Metabolism The basic idea in Eat for Heat can be summed up in this excellent quote from the book: “When you are cold, especially in the hands and feet, your urine is clear, the urge to urinate is strong, or you are peeing frequently… YOU NEED TO EAT MORE AND DRINK LESS. Photo Credit

Hard Water Stains? Dishwasher detergent that works! **Updated** Since moving to an area that has particularly hard water, and with the mandated formula change to all dishwasher detergents, my dishes are an absolute mess. They are clean, I promise. But they don't look very clean, they look cloudy. My glass, my Tupperware even some of my metal items are all cloudy. It has been driving me nuts. After seeing someone else make homemade laundry detergent (more on that tomorrow), I started thinking...perhaps I could come up with a homemade dishwasher detergent that would help with my problem of cloudy dishes. Wanna see how well it works? Amazing huh? After making it, found a cute jar to put it in and then cut some brown vinyl letters so everyone would know what was in the jar. And then, because I am super lazy and didn't want to have remember my recipe, I cut brown vinyl for the back of the jar with my recipe! And just like magic, my dishes are now clean!! Home Made Dishwasher Detergent I love my sparkly clean dishes!!

Homemade Christmas: Pendant Necklaces & Glass Magnets (Updated 11/8/2012) Welcome new visitors from Pinterest! I am so happy to have you here and love all the great feedback! If you have any questions about this project, please see the updates at the end of this post or read through the comments section. This post may seem a little tardy in its timing, however many of the recipients of these homemade gifts are also readers of my lil’ ol’ blog. Neither of the projects were novel techniques. First up… Glass Marble Magnet Sets These little beauties can be made a variety of ways and the variations are endless. pretty patterned paper – thicker is a better flat-bottomed glass marbles – the ones in the floral department at Michael’s E-6000 glue circular paper punch strong round magnets Use paper punch to cut out circles of chosen paper. For packaging, I used an idea that I found at Madigan Made. For the packaging you’ll need: treat bags, heavy card stock, small washers, staples, glue and labels. I glued the washers to the card stock: Next up…

Miss Mary: Free Vintage Clip Art I have a passion for unusual old imagery, and I’m pleased to share my amazing finds in this archive of free vintage images and royalty free clip art. Example of the Free Vintage Images and Clip Art You’ll Find Here The free vintage clip art available for download on this site is derived from my personal collection of public domain source material. I collect antique illustrated books, Victorian scrapbooks and ephemera, antique postcards and photographs, and it is from these vintage sources that I digitize and gently restore the rare vintage imagery found here. Browse Vintage Images by Category To help keep the free stuff coming, please do not hard-link directly to image files. Miss Mary, May I? Images on missmary.com that are offered to the public as “free clip art” were sourced from public domain materials that I have personally digitized and edited from the physical antique (pre-1925) source material. Summary: Usage Guidelines for missmary.com

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