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Author Archives: jkmcintyre
Best Fruit Fly Remedy
Fruit flies can be a bother at other times of the year, but rarely are they as bad as during harvest season when fresh fruits wait for processing on counters and in boxes around the kitchen. For a week now, … Continue reading
Posted in animal behaviour, bugs, Food preservation, fruit, pest control
Tagged apple cider vinegar, fruit fly infestation, red wine vinegar
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The many signs of rooster
Just like humans, chickens are all the same when they are babies. Boy or girl, they squeak and chirp, and cling to their mom. But chickens grow up quickly. The definitive sign of a rooster is its ‘co-co-co-rico!’ when it … Continue reading
Posted in animal behaviour, baby chickens, broody hen, chicken behaviour, chickens, education, roosters
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Canned tomatoes or spaghetti sauce?
Every year I process a dozen or so quarts of tomatoes. Some are used in stews or soups, but most get cooked down into rich spaghetti sauces as needed throughout the year. But we were finding, to my disappointment, that … Continue reading
The Broken Chicken
We raised six baby chicks this year (April & May). It’s looking like 5 of them are roos. When the chicks are a few weeks old, they are small and independent enough to fit through the gate of the chicken … Continue reading
Posted in animal behaviour, baby chickens, chicken behaviour, predators, roosters
Tagged dog attack, wry neck
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