Susan Boyce

Nick Mick wrote:They have those automatic sprinklers that are meant for deer. I don’t know what it would take to attract a Cooper’s hawk (chicken hawk) to the area but if there is one around those chickens will be plucked off quite frequently, like every 4 days or so. They are quite vicious.

Can't run a sprinkler in the winter and hardly ever see hawks here, but thanks for the ideas

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:My old neighbors were great. When some of their chickens broke out, they were quick to respond, fixing the problem in the dark after getting home from work. But, over the years it happened a number of times.

When I planted new blueberries I placed bricks half buried around each plant to protect the new root systems. Yup. They got out again. But the brick DID protect my new plants. Maybe you can do something similar?

I cannot put bricks over the bed, this particular bed is flower bulbs and those chicken tore out all the fallen leaves I cover them with for the winter and scratched the crap out around the emerging green growth from the flower bulbs.  I'm going to try to put pieces of old wire fencing on the ground along the border between us to hopefully prevent them from coming here.

Judith Browning wrote:so the chickens are flying over your fence into your yard? or there's no fence at all on that boundary?

There is no fence 10 years ago they said they tore down the hedge to put up a fence, that never happened and my part of the boudary goes down hill not enough soil to put in sa fence on my side, I would have to spend $ and the labor to haul in soil, not going to do that.

My neighbors chickens are tearing up my flower beds in front of my house. I have called them 3 times, now they won't answer my calls. My understanding is there is NOT open range in Western Oregon and my Private property is not free range. What can I do short of shooting their birds? I'm going to try to set mouse and rat traps under the leaves I always leave under a tree that is surrounded by flower bulbs that don't come up till late winter/early spring but are now trying to grow because of these birds and they make a huge ugly mess. My neighbors are disrespectful to all my neighbors not just me but take advantage of me since I live alone and am not a young woman anymore.

I use tahini on steamed veggies like kale and tree collards
I also use it when I make bean hummus

Judith Browning wrote:

Susan Boyce wrote:I don't eat rice that often because every brand out there has arsenic in it as well as heavy metals. If I do buy any its from the tested list that has the least amount and I definitely  soak it and rinse it 4 times to lessen the load of toxins

So, soak and rinse well and then cook in a lot of water?
This is one of those things that has not come to my notice...natural arsenic take up in any rice, organic or not.

I suppose just rinsing would not wash away arsenic since it wouldn't be sitting on the surface anyway?

worth reading more.....

It only lessons it. You can go to mamavation.com to see the results they test all sorts of foods and kitchen appliances

I use grass fed grass finished lard or store bought organic avocado oil.

I don't eat rice that often because every brand out there has arsenic in it as well as heavy metals. If I do buy any its from the tested list that has the least amount and I definitely  soak it and rinse it 4 times to lessen the load of toxins

I purchased 2 of the Ecoflow  Delta 2 Max but haven't used them yet. I also got a hold of a much older model of a Humless generator that was never even opened and must be at least 10 years old. I hope it charges and runs too.