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Although this unit looks really clean, the living room feels cold, sterile and echos without rugs. They would help add some character. And homeyness. . I agree, Ozone machines are awesome. I was surprised they did such a nice job. I clean our vacation rental and wash linens while I’m there. We added laundry because I don’t want more laundry in our own house. I do have extras of everything locked in the garage in case they aren’t dry before I finish cleaning. The towels are problematic to dry so I’m going to put up a clothesline in the yard. I am waiting too long for towels to finish. Sheets dry super fast with our intense sun. This way I can leave the towels in the dryer longer. Anything to avoid lugging laundry home. I did that for 16 years in our other rental which we sold. We have a beautiful sunny yard in a rural area. I am a meticulous cleaner too. Housekeepers just cut too many corners for my taste. I fold a point on the TP end then use the faucet to put a round “wax” stamp to look like a fancy sealed envelope. Keeps the rolls tidy too. Thanks for sharing.
Don't lock up stuff like the mop or vacuum if there's carpet. As a guest accidents happen and it makes it easier to mop up the mess rather than getting on my knees and using a bunch of paper towels to clean up the mess.
This is very interesting. If I may, what is the name and brand of the feed that caused the chicken to be sick? and what brand or name of the feed that solved the problem? That would really help a lot of people. I have 2 Rhode Islands left. One is a normal hen who lays eggs consistently, The other, her name is Rocky, this girl stopped laying eggs for months now, and she is sick again. Thank you.
Hey great and helpful video! Im planning to start mine and was doing research! Glad I found your video as I was overthinking it and will definitely use your tips. Thank you! :)
Thabsk for the info you have good knowledge and info will help me as new .. I am so pleased I am getting 7 eggs a day from 7 isa red ..also have a cockreal one day tho I got 8 eggs from 7 isa one layed 2 eggs in 24hours ..
I watched one of your videos about cleaning your Airbnb and it lead me to this video. Thank you for sharing about the Bible Recap. I had not heard of this so I looked it up. I have started the plan and am learning so much. Two other family members also started the Bible recap! I am hopeful I can share this with many other people in the future and they can find a successful way to ready God's word. Thank you for mentioning it during your video!!
I just lost a chicken. I don't know why. Also, out of 9 laying hens on a good day I get 5 - 6 eggs some days only 2. So after watching several videos am going to bump up fresh produce, feed beans and pasta and see what happens. We have lots of predators so they have to stay inside an enclosed area. I clean it very well and am going to add diatam. earth too. I suspect Tractor supply has something but not all to do with the loss of my chicken and lack of eggs.
There are so many factors that could cause hens to stop or pause laying.. but lack of nutrition would be the first place I started investigating! Best of luck!
Omg amazing video i just spent an hour looking at all the laying feed and ALMOST GOT DUMOR BUT ACTUALLY ended up getting natures best organic pellets and im so happy you’re showing that they’re good!
I'm so glad you were able to find something good for your chickens! I can't speak for Dumor or other Tractor Supply brands, since it's been a while since this video.. but I still choose not to feed it to my animals & everyone is doing great here!
They're doing great!! Here's our latest garden tour video where you can see them still going strong! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-daniJGP90ys.html
@@sonofapollo5892 yes where the pin slides in to the whole, it just sheared off. Oil came spewing out. There was a real bad vibration. I watched 2 videos on putting it together. I know I had it together right. Something inside of it was loose and didn't last doing the yard the first time. I convinced my roommate to get it with me, and I haven't heard the end of it from him since. We went to send it back and they said they didn't want it back. I think they realize they're having an assembly problem in their plant or wherever they build them.
We are so pleased with our drip works system.. still going strong! We used some type of fir for the frame of our beds.. you can check out the video here if you want ☺️ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JcMBZL_DMno.html Thanks so much for watching!
you should have kept the boar and guilt together asap. We got our guilts bred at 6.5 months each had litters of 7. A younger leaner athletic boar is much easier to breed a guilt or even sometime a sow. If the boar is too big and not agile enough its going to put too much pressure on the guilt or sow. I say start over with berkshires, just make sure you keep them together when theyre young so they develope a relationship. It ok to keep them in there as young as 5 or 6 month in my opinion. Dont seperate them between heat cycles. Should be more consistent let me eat together play together while theyre young and keep them in good shape and youl be successful in the future. Im a 5 yr pig farmer and I started the first 2 years with just a boar and a guilt - our first litter was late it took 2 years but our sow lilly weaned 15 piglets. Now we have a nice bloodline going and running with a pure berk boar our 2 breeding stk sows are a york duroc berkshire cross....so our piglets are really nice healthy and colorful this year. I wish you the best of luck with the pigs and making piglets. it my favorite thing to do. I love watching pig videos lol
I would suggest actually raising crosses if you can find nicea berkshire guilt to raise and then find a cross boar at the same exact age and then youll have mostly berkshire cross piglets - they are the best type of homestead pig to raise especially if you are breeding cause you want to be able to have litter born toward the end of winter early spring and then be able to butcher in the middle of winter before the next breeding season/ or litter being due depending on your setup
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Our boar was so much smaller than our gilt for such a long time, that by the time he caught up in size, I think it was just too late! We still have them both, actually 😅 we gave them another go for the last few months, and have had them on a diet as well as minerals.. but our gilt still wants nothing to do with him. So we are in the process of trying to rehome them or will have to process them. We're still debating what our future pig plans look like at the moment!
@@TheHomemadeHaven we started in 2020 the same way with a guilt and barrow piglets in April then we needed a boar so I got a boarlet later that year in September2020. We then processed the boar to it was just the 2 of them. Lost our first litter the following sept in 2021 the whole litter in a bad rainstorm and almost quit but then the next spring in 2022 we weaned 15 piglets - sold 10 and then kept a few for meat and a couple to breed. check us out high view farm new jersey on youtube. we have a channel. I say dont give up on pigs its so worth it. Finding the right pig farmers is important too, you want pigs that are as docile as possible and get along with eachother. best of luck to you and your team
Absolutely beautiful home! My husband and I are in the building phase right now with white siding and black gutters. We are torn on roof color. If you don't mind, what color roof did you'll go with because we want that exact look.. We have narrowed it down to Certainteed Moire or Charcoal. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the video!! I've watched so many different videos and your's was so easy to understand! But I have a few questions. I've been feeding my grains for a few days now, and they seem to still have an applesauce-y texture, is this normal? Also, when I went to make my second ferment, I used grape juice and the end product tasted very alcoholic as if it had been over fermented; but my drink wasn't fizzy yet. Any suggestions? Thanks! ❤
Thanks so much for watching!! I'm glad you found my video helpful ☺️ The applesauce texture sounds about right! Is the grape juice 100% juice? Also, how long is your second ferment, and how warm is the room it's in?
@@TheHomemadeHaven Ok, thank you! I had to get new kefir grains, thinking my other ones went bad. 🤦🏻♀️ Yes, 100% grape juice. My second ferment was only about 15 hours, and my home is about 72°. And it had tasted as if it was over fermented, but still didn't have any bubbles 🤔 Appreciate your response!
Interesting! My only thought is to ferment less and test it along the way.. it definitely sounds like it's over fermenting on the second one. Try that.. and if that doesn't help, maybe try to add more juice to water ratio.. that will give it more sugar to consume over time, and hopefully it won't over ferment or starve so quickly! Keep me posted!
@@TheHomemadeHaven After waiting 3 days, the grape flavored kefir water finally fermented! I tried burping it every 12 hours, and I could see very little progress. But now on day three, when I opened it, it had a lot of build-up and made a big noise and it doesn't taste alcohol-y! 🥳 Thank you again! ❤️
