What have you done this week to prep? PART II

[dudley0]

My daughter thinks she wants to raise goats for the milk. She has no clue what is involved with raising animals outside.

Congrats on the new kids. Too bad they can't be tax deductions like humans can.

 

[cg21]

Well, it's nothing I did to prep but this is the second set of kids this season....3 more pregnant does to go.
Sorry about the quality, it's dark and rainy out this AM.

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New to sheep / goats any special reason you have them kid in the winter????

 

[Magyars]

New to sheep / goats any special reason you have them kid in the winter????

Depending on the breed of goat, they come into heat once, twice, or constantly per year. Most breeds are ready to breed in the spring or fall....not all but most of mine are impregnated in the fall....150 day gestation...winter kids!

 

[Magyars]

These two were born in October

 

[Super Bee]

Went to Meijer with the wife last night bought another round of sugar, flour and ground beef.

Walking up and down the isles, all I heard from other shoppers was how expensive everything was. A case of Diet Pepsi was $13.99 a case.

 

[cg21]

These two were born in October

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Gotcha we have katahdin seems they are in heat year round lol

 

[teddy12b]

I got on a list for some pullets in the spring. I'll be adding 8 more birds to my small backyard flock. I heard chickens are the gateway drug to more and more livestock and I'm starting to see that. I wouldn't mind getting some rabbits now too, but I have zero experience with them.

 

[Magyars]

I got on a list for some pullets in the spring. I'll be adding 8 more birds to my small backyard flock. I heard chickens are the gateway drug to more and more livestock and I'm starting to see that. I wouldn't mind getting some rabbits now too, but I have zero experience with them.

Rabbits are about the easiest livestock to raise....pressure cook em with BBQ sauce

 

[teddy12b]

Rabbits are about the easiest livestock to raise....pressure cook em with BBQ sauce

I've never raised them and honestly can't remember the last time I field dressed one. I imagine the chickens would love some rabbit guts. I like the idea of the fresh manure to go straight on a garden and I like the idea of a small steady stream of meat coming in.

 

[WETSU]

I haven't posted in a while, but I've still been doing my thing.

Spent some time in the woods a couple times this week, tracking.

Four workouts, weights, running, heavy bag.

2 dry fire sessions

1 Live fire range session-G19, J frame, Mk 2. (rifle range was closed when I was there. )

 

[snapping turtle]

Just worked 6 days and have 7 more to go. Debt reduction a major player for 2023.

 

[Super Bee]

Went to Home Depot yesterday and bought a half dozen food grade buckets, just $7.00 each. They had a screw on lid kit for $8.00 each.

A lot cheaper than buying on Amazon or Ebay.

Will spend my weekend bagging and vacuum sealing potato flakes.

 

[buckwacker]

Finally got my backup heat in. I bought this stove a while back in need of rebuilding and ended up with about $1000 in it. A new Vermont Castings Defiant would run in the mid $4k range now. I did ok, hope she holds up for a while.

 

[Super Bee]

The wife has a friend in South Carolina who was in Walmart today. She actually took video. No eggs, no salad mix, no lettuce, most cheese gone, all beef gone and all but two cut up chickens gone.

 

[Super Bee]

Were in Meijer today, limit signs up on several food items again.

Eggs. . . $3.99 a dozen.

 

[dieselrealtor]

Went to Home Depot yesterday and bought a half dozen food grade buckets, just $7.00 each. They had a screw on lid kit for $8.00 each.

A lot cheaper than buying on Amazon or Ebay.

Will spend my weekend bagging and vacuum sealing potato flakes.

You may check Menards, I believe their green buckets are food grade (not marked as such but the same plastic code).

They also have Gama lids & had a 15% off bag sale, not sure if it is still going on or not.

Bakeries are also a good option for buckets, depending on what you are going to use them for & what was in them.

Side note, I had a couple of plastic buckets that had old frosting in them & had a slight rancid oil smell. I put bird feed in both of them for a while, no more smell now.

 

[teddy12b]

Driving into work today I heard on the radio people talking about $8 per dozen eggs. I've been hearing of $6 per dozen in my area, and honestly thinking of running over to rural king and buying a bunch of chicks just to stay ahead of it.

I don't think we've saved a nickel on buying eggs, but we eat more eggs now to the point where we eat less of everything else and that has saved us money. I have to admit, it's so nice to walk out into the backyard and know there's going to be eggs there.

If I didn't have a freezer full of venison, I'd be a lot more serious about getting rabbits going now too.

 

[Super Bee]

Driving into work today I heard on the radio people talking about $8 per dozen eggs. I've been hearing of $6 per dozen in my area, and honestly thinking of running over to rural king and buying a bunch of chicks just to stay ahead of it.

I have seen people in Manhatten reporting about eggs at $8.00 a dozen. Yes, NYC is always more expensive but that is crazy. Imagine what a Egg McMuffin in NYC will run you now.

 

[teddy12b]

I have seen people in Manhatten reporting about eggs at $8.00 a dozen. Yes, NYC is always more expensive but that is crazy. Imagine what a Egg McMuffin in NYC will run you now.

NYC has absolutely zero appeal to me for so many reasons, but I'm happy for people that want to be there. Personally, I'm happy to walk out into my backyard and pickup a hand full of eggs that I know exactly where they came from and how they were brought into this world. I'm not worried about trains or trucks shutting down or any of that, I just worry about having enough bags of feed for my birdies.

 

[purdue98]

Prepper supplies are pretty rock solid at our house. I have been doing this since 2010.
I did purchase a Winchester SX4 Turkey 24" 12 Gauge last week. The Russian VEPR12 is great but has limitations.
We did replenish our FISHMOX antibiotics before the FDA bans them (actually, not a ban just need to go to a vet to get them is the plan).
BowFlex is being used more frequently in 2023.