This batch of Australorp #chickens is putting themselves to bed reliably. Now I just have to move them into the coop with the old flock. This should not be too hard. I may just leave them in the pen around the coop for the first day.

With them moved, I will finally be able to raise a flock of breese chickens. I just had too many poultry projects up to this point.

If you want to produce nutritious food on your land, chickens are about the easiest way to make that happen. A good dog is the best way to keep them from being killed by predators. So how dou you feed the dog? ( #dogstr )

Ultimately, my plan is to have enough poultry and rabbits to take care of the bulk of what the dogs need. They also do very well on the guts of larger animals like pigs, sheep, and deer. I am still feeding kibble right now, but the price is getting to the point that the additional infrestucture to do all of this is starting to look more reasonable.

I will not have rabbits until my willows are producing enough fodder to provide the bulk of their diet. Chickens can be free ranged to a point, but it is possible to have more than is healthy for the land. If I raise them in pens for hatching eggs/chicks/poults, I will still have roosters. Since we really would only eat about one chicken per week, every rooster past number 52 is potential dog food.

#permies don't like to raise birds in pens, but some comprises are worth considering for a time while developing better systems. Normies can break the bank selling eggs for less than the cost of feed. #permaculture requires that one attains a yield. In this case the yield is money, replacement birds, #realfood, dog food, fertilizer, and the useful traits of chicken behavior.

So does it make sense for me to raise more birds? Yes.

Am I going to order 200 birds tomorow? Maybe, but the shipping date would be closer to September or October.

Always remember to stack things in appropriate ways across time. Too much too soon leads to too many problems. That is no excuse to do nothing. It is the time to lay the necessary groundwork.

Grow chickens! #grownostr !

Does anyone know the conversion rate of steps to sats on the sMiles app?

#asknostr #grownostr #helpme #stacksats

Penetrometer? I dont even know what that is!

You doin' dat science!

Awesome. I applied compost my first and maybe second year, since then its been mulch and chickens rotating victory garden style.

Last year I seeded with daikon and let it rot.

Still no roots like that yet though.

Have you done anything special to amend your soil?

We received about an inch of rain overnight, my garden looks so happy! I'm so happy! It's been a slow start to monsoon season here and yesterday was the first significant rain that we've had since May on our property. Apparently some of the land formations around us create a vortex and most of the storms go around us. My neighbor also said the canyon below us is home to some skinwalkers and they keep the storms from coming near the canyon and thus our properties above the canyon. He also told me that the wolf my husband saw on our property is actually the main skinwalker in our immediate area, but that if we're not afraid of him he can't hurt us and leaves like he did with my husband. But he did say that the skinwalkers are evil and he would tell me which caves in the canyon are safe to explore and which are the skinwalker's homes. I don't claim to understand any of the this folklore, I just accept that there are definitely things I don't understand in our world, but it was really interesting learning about some lore of the Navajo people in our direct area.

#grownostr #monsoons #gardening #permies #permaculture #indigenouslore #folklore #skinwalkers

Good morning nostr! Today is the day to do something to improve your life! Start learning a new skill, build your side hustle, or even find a way to stack some extra sats!

#coffeechain

#breakfastchain

#grownostr

Incredible...I have the overwhelming urge to zap you some sats but no wallet!

Which parts are 3d printed?

Incredible...I have the overwhelming urge to zap you some sats but no wallet!

Which parts are 3d printed?

Easily pulled this dandelion out of my garden bed. I think my soil is improving.

#soilfoodweb #permies #permaculture #gardenstr

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