tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131727702012-01-14T07:38:30.646-08:00Interesting and humourous farm and farming tidbits for those interested in chickens and chicken ranching, guineas, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons and other fowl. Includes our tips for farm gardening and caring for animals such as sheep, donkeys and pigs. We also share our Emergency Survival Food Storage and Preparedness Plans & Strategies.Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-35680923845428633632012-01-14T07:38:00.000-08:002012-01-14T07:38:30.806-08:00

A study published in the journal Stroke concluded eating lots of red meat raises the risk of having a stroke while eating poultry lowers it.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-12867132444038543782011-10-03T12:15:00.000-07:002011-10-03T12:15:41.911-07:00

A restaurant called “Obama Fried Chicken” has been spotted in Beijing.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-13600092562928369072011-09-26T13:50:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:50:45.881-07:00

Nr 1: The domestic dog: a wolf descendant whose bite is responsible for about 1000 hospitalizations per day (mostly facial injuries of kids), and 34 deaths in 2010 in the USA alone. Known for producing loud noise at all hours of the day, often roaming freely and leaving unsightly and smelly poop everywhere. Perfectly legal in Nelson. Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-82402781444900967412011-09-02T15:40:00.000-07:002011-09-02T15:40:06.243-07:00

Just a little story about a farmer and his chickens. Farmer's chickens lay green eggs

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-87541157590965473042011-07-31T05:28:00.000-07:002011-07-31T05:28:07.715-07:00

Yukon Gold Potatoes Our Yukon Gold Potatoes from the vegetable garden. This is our first attempt at growing potatoes and we're pleased with the result! I made mashed potatoes from this batch and they were yummy!

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-23639498500522524022011-07-29T08:29:00.000-07:002011-07-29T08:32:33.612-07:00

A man who initiated a four-car pileup by tossing a chicken bone across a busy thoroughfare in England was conditionally discharged. While standing on the sidewalk, Andre Varciana tossed the remnant of a KFC snack pack at his pals who waited on the road divider, prompting an unmarked Criminal Investigation Department police car to slam on the brakes. Other cars followed suit, causing a chain

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-47968387723965096802011-07-27T11:56:00.000-07:002011-07-27T11:56:53.393-07:00

Yellow Pepper Yellow pepper growing nicely in the garden! Not sure how much longer until it can be harvested but hubs is keeping a close eye on the vegetables.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-54095046851286638352011-07-25T09:36:00.000-07:002011-07-25T09:38:36.643-07:00

Leroy Griego couldn't make the story any better even if he wanted to. "A bear destroyed my car looking for Chicken McNuggets," he said. "I'm shocked." When he parked his car in front of The Palace Hotel on Broadway -- after returning from a four-day excursion in the wilderness -- he didn't expect the reaction from passers-by. "What happened?" asked one onlooker. Griego told the person he thought

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-65320376543499883762011-07-11T07:45:00.000-07:002011-07-27T11:57:56.942-07:00

The Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers are joining forces to ask Congress for new federal standards for all commercial egg producers. The proposed legislation would require that the tiny hen cages now used be phased out and replaced with cages that give each hen almost double the space they generally have now.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-84270562290773423602011-07-03T15:53:00.000-07:002011-07-03T16:02:30.271-07:00

A black bear that had been making unwanted visits to chicken coops in a California neighborhood had to be killed as it was attempting to break into another coop. You cant really blame the bear as we all like chicken.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-44439709418384654012011-06-30T08:36:00.000-07:002011-06-30T08:43:24.719-07:00

A four-legged chicken is waiting to find out its fate. A slaughterhouse in Isreal is waiting to hear from a Rabbi to see if it is kosher to eat it. I dont know about you but I would not want to eat it.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-78634293194403635592011-06-16T06:31:00.000-07:002011-06-16T06:31:01.466-07:00

Rosemary & Oregano Today I harvested some of our herbs from the garden. Sage, Oregano, Rosemary and Thyme were growing well. In fact my Thyme is flowering! I cut the herbs early in the morning. Not so early that they were damp from dew but a bit later after they were quite dry. I love the smell as I cut them and placed them on paper towels inside my wicker basket. Herbs on Paper

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-38796069216485936912011-06-15T06:48:00.000-07:002011-06-15T06:48:00.184-07:00

Vinegar the magical food item. That's what I call it. It's something you should have on hand for long-term food storage. What can you do with vinegar? Vinegar can be used as a disinfectant. Put it on wounds, or with your laundry, or dilute it and wash floors and bedding with it. Vinegar has medicinal properties and is useful for treating bedding in a sick room. In the 19th century vinegar was

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-60796066356431114022011-06-12T05:31:00.000-07:002011-06-12T05:31:00.340-07:00

The Onions we planted are coming up! Considering we've never done a vegetable garden before this is pretty cool. Did I mention that I can't weed due to physical challenges, and hubs refuses to weed? So our garden is being left to nature and our crossed fingers! Now if only we had a root cellar.... 

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-71362214954277406142011-06-11T05:47:00.000-07:002011-06-11T05:47:00.614-07:00

The chives that hubs replanted for me are doing well in the new vegetable garden. They'll come up every year and should spread nicely too. I don't use a lot of chives in my cooking but they do go nicely with eggs or baked potatoes with sour cream. Mmmmm... Besides they look pretty and they smell good! If you haven't planted chives, you might want to try. They're hardy, easy to grow and they

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-47111958784469889122011-06-10T11:49:00.000-07:002011-06-10T11:49:00.086-07:00

Storage of your food items for a crisis is very important. You want to keep them all together if possible and in a convenient spot. You also want to be sure your food doesn't spoil so you need a dry spot and it has to be rodent and insect free. I keep most of my food stores in a basement room which has the heat and the overhead lights turned off. I protect the food items from insects and

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-71019131934532807032011-06-09T05:40:00.000-07:002011-06-09T05:40:00.633-07:00

This is the one and only zucchini plant that is growing in our vegetable garden. I don't know why the rest aren't growing. Maybe the seeds were too old. Yesterday hubs and I went and bought more zucchini seeds plus one plant and now they're in the garden. Fingers crossed. We'll see how the new zucchini does. I'm looking forward to freezing it for winter zucchini bread!

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-53126018594770167932011-06-08T10:39:00.000-07:002011-06-08T10:39:00.435-07:00

Okay you have a good start to your emergency food buying but where and how do you store it? GRAINS Store your grains in a cool dry place. I put mine in plastic tubs with lids or pails with lids, clearly labelled with the name of the food item and the date purchased. Then I store them on shelves in a dark cool basement and to be extra sure I'm keeping light out, I put up curtains across my

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-55141264779846072932011-06-07T05:35:00.000-07:002011-06-07T05:35:01.047-07:00

Hubs is planting the one tomato plant we were able to buy. You heard me. We went out to purchase several tomato plants for our vegetable garden and to our dismay (and disbelief!) were told the store was sold out. Except for this patio plant which was not exactly what we wanted. I mean c'mon... I know we were later than the traditional May 24th planting weekend but only by a week. Sheesh

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-82161018211263020432011-06-06T09:46:00.001-07:002011-06-06T09:46:00.665-07:00

Water Water everywhere and not a drop to drink? Hopefully you've planned your water storage for emergency situations. An adult requires 1 to 3 litres of water daily so for one month you need 30 to 90 litres! That's for ONE ADULT. Phew. That's a lot of water. This past weekend hubby and I purchased several rain barrels. They hold 200 litres of water so a full one is good for the two of us for at

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-16966364454557807872011-06-04T10:28:00.000-07:002011-06-04T10:28:00.713-07:00

We've talked about the 7 basic survival food groups my family uses to plan and store emergency food for a crisis. I've also mentioned spices and dried soup mixes as an extra to provide more variety. But do you know what food choices there are within each group? Grains Rice, oats, wheat, pasta, cornmeal, flour Legumes Dried beans, split peas, lentils, dry soup mix (my fav!) Fats/Oils Vegetable

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-11064595697194825392011-06-02T08:23:00.000-07:002011-06-02T08:23:00.117-07:00

I've mentioned my love for dried soup mixes in a previous blog post. I'm totally sold on these as a valuable addition to basic food supplies for emergencies. In our emergency planning we keep a 3 month supply of 7 basic suvival foods on hand.  To supplement these 7 basic foods, I also keep dried soup mixes, pasta, and other food items (more on those in future blog posts) Why pasta? It goes on

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-11341617044805511682011-05-31T13:27:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:27:00.186-07:00

I've been working on our plan to buy and store enough basic foods for my family for 3 months. Our goal this year is to concentrate on the 7 basic foods I talked about in a couple of other blog posts. But we also need other supplies to supplement our basic stockpile. Extra supplies include long-term foods that help give variety to meals and add nutritional value. If I just had my 7 basic foods

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-21468525577744412372011-05-29T04:54:00.000-07:002011-05-29T04:54:00.179-07:00

Hubs and I have a lot of food stored for an emergency. We watch the grocery store flyers carefully so that we can stock up on needed food items when they are on sale. Every family should have at least 3 months of food on hand in case of a disaster or emergency situation. Sometimes families want to start stockpiling food but they are overwhelmed by the challenge and don't know what to get and how

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-40513641514959739382011-05-27T19:18:00.000-07:002011-05-27T19:18:00.660-07:00

Hubs just used my double wheel antique coffee grinder to grind corn into flour. Very cool! But I'm not using the flour until he totally disinfects the grinder... the coffee grinder was patented in 1898... This is  one of the ways we store food for Emergency Survival Planning. Ground corn or other flours have a shelf life of 2 or 3 years. Hard corn, not ground, has a shelf life of 20 to 30

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-60175470913935340312011-05-25T14:53:00.000-07:002011-05-25T14:53:00.525-07:00

Let's start our Disaster Plan with learning what basic foods are needed to keep a person alive. The basic survival foods you should be storing are: Grains (Rice, Pasta, Wheat, Oats, Cornmeal)      One adult needs 3.5 kg or 7.5 lb of grains for one week Legumes (Beans, Peas, Lentils)      One adult needs 1/2 kg or 1 lb of legumes for one week Fats and Oils (Vegetable Oil, Mayonnaise, Peanut

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-15334105257883245622011-05-23T14:11:00.000-07:002011-05-23T14:11:00.217-07:00

Do you have a plan in place for your family in case of emergency or disaster? Hubs and I decided long ago that we should always have a 3 month supply of food and water on hand. Like many other families we began with saving  a 2-week food supply. Eventually that became one month of food, and now we are prepared for 3 months.  One month of food for your family is a realistic goal and I'm going to

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-64209497537020593342011-05-21T13:55:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.549-07:00

Believe it or not, this will eventually be our new chicken coop. Right now the chickens are in a very nice barn with an attached run. It has one half for chicken and animal feed, the other half has perches for the chickens and my guinea fowl to sleep. Why are we going to use an old trailer instead? Because the chicken barn is really nice! So I want hubs to clean it out and use it for storage of

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-3327861186564239302011-05-18T06:38:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:38:25.647-07:00

Planting Onions Today we planted part of our vegetable garden. Hubby finished putting up chicken wire around the newly tilled land so that the pigs and chickens and guinea fowl could not get inside. The new garden is about 25x30 feet and is close to the house. One area, defined by railroad ties, is our rhubarb patch. It's about 12x12. A second area about 12x18 is for zucchini. Then we have a

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-53873472562861770982011-05-11T06:13:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.555-07:00

Researchers have developed ways to substitute chicken feathers for petroleum in some plastic products, and at least two companies are working to bring items ranging from biodegradable flower pots to office furniture to market.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-63694113713200796772011-05-08T06:41:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:45:00.923-07:00

Planted potatoes today. We've never done that before so should be interesting to see if they grow. If they do, we'll have 350 lb (yes POUNDS!) of potatoes in the fall. Sure hope our friends and family can use some because we still don't have a root cellar. We planted Yukon Gold and some other kind, hubs doesn't recall the name.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-54171297316443565412011-05-04T06:40:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:46:34.299-07:00

Started to dig a vegetable garden today. Got it dug. Now need a fence around it to keep the piggies out. 'Reen can see it from the back deck and the mudroom. She wants me to plant tomatoes, zucchini, garlic, two kinds of onion, bell peppers, and horseradish. She can freeze the grated zucchini and make zucchini bread all winter. Yum yum!  I tilled the soil to make the garden around the

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-20917835574401678732011-05-01T06:39:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:46:05.970-07:00

One week old baby pig does not like to be picked up

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-75438460721322186132011-04-27T06:40:00.000-07:002011-05-18T06:45:37.709-07:00

Tilling a vegetable garden with the pigs

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-20241959694516340172011-04-10T15:38:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.561-07:00

Peterborough Ontario Police say an employee of a No Frills grocery store watched as a man stuffed four packages of chicken down his pants. When the security guard at the store tried to stop him from leaving, the man turned violent and punched him. 31 year old Jessie Adam Johnson is charged with assault with intent to resist arrest, theft and breach of probation.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-62726303569032730302011-03-11T09:53:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.567-07:00

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after 11 cockerels were abandoned in Dunnet Forest near Thurso.The dumped birds were reported to the charity by a member of the public on Monday.Senior Inspector Audrey Gunn said: "When we arrived the cockerels weren't keen on getting close to us so we had to coax them with some bird food.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-54850852345930559492011-02-28T06:41:00.000-08:002011-05-18T06:43:46.823-07:00

we found out I'm allergic to pig urine so we had to move the baby piglets out to the garden shed near our house. Hubs rigged up a heat lamp for them to keep them warm. So far they're doing fine but poor hubs has to set the alarm to go out and feed them every 4 hours during the night.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-77294601378039427322011-02-23T06:41:00.000-08:002011-05-18T06:44:14.104-07:00

We took the baby piglets out of the ensuite jacuzzi and put them in a huge wading pool in our basement family room. The smell in the ensuite was bothering me and they were noisy all night long, fighting and pushing and snorting. After a few days in the basement we discovered they had figured out how to climb out of the wading pool!

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-28376876229147745452011-02-19T06:42:00.000-08:002011-05-18T06:44:38.293-07:00

We had to bring our baby pigs inside as one died overnight in the cold. So we are taking care of them inside and bottle feeding them

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-27517015369759382522011-02-18T06:42:00.000-08:002011-05-18T06:43:12.309-07:00

Six pot belly pigs were born today on our hobby farm. There are 2 black ones and 4 spotted. The mother and father are black so we aren't sure where the spotted genetic material came from. Our last litter of 3 baby pigs were crushed by the mom because she buried them deep in the straw and then lay on them. She couldn't see them but we can't remove the straw or the pigs will be cold and the

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-4662919162600705942011-01-30T13:08:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.573-07:00

A poultry farm in Japan has started culling about 150,000 chickens after confirming that chickens there had contracted the highly infectious H5 strain of bird flu.The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry conducted tests on chickens that had already died at the firm. The dead birds tested positive for H5 bird flu in preliminary testing. This is the fifth outbreak of avian flu at a poultry

Briannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-3694577477092707832011-01-15T07:26:00.001-08:002011-01-15T07:28:23.411-08:00

Scientists have developed the first genetically modified (GM) chicken, engineered to prevent the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, and in the process have sparked a renewed debate about the development of biotechnology. The researchers at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edingburgh and at the University of Cambridge bred the transgenic chicken to be unable to transmit avian

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-43260184735987511862011-01-02T13:20:00.000-08:002011-01-02T13:21:35.087-08:00

“A chicken in every pot” has been used as a political promise and a slogan of hope for a brighter economic future since at least the reign of Henry IV and as late as the successful 1928 Republican presidential campaign.The lowly chicken symbolizes prosperity for everyman in such political pronouncements. Well, the chicken has returned to the political arena. However, this time the egg definitely

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-69994436220758515372010-12-22T06:19:00.000-08:002010-12-22T06:21:30.750-08:00

Members of the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team visited a local chicken farm owner in Khinj district, Panjshayr province Afghanistan recently.Shanawaz Khan is a Go Joeal villager who started his chicken farm about 16 months ago with 30 chickens. Khan now has more than 800 laying hens and he looks to continue the growth of his business in the future.“I’d like to have 8,000 chickens to

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-38822944323036908292010-12-20T10:15:00.000-08:002010-12-20T10:17:38.867-08:00

Most of us have no idea what we are eating.Washing, treating with chlorine, injecting (with brine) and rebranding chicken

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-25277475073906204042010-12-17T15:31:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.580-07:00

China issued an announcement Thursday saying it had banned poultry and poultry imports from Manitoba after an outbreak of bird flu on a turkey farm here was reported last month. But chickens raised for meat are sold to supply the domestic market almost exclusively, the Manitoba Chicken Producers said Thursday. So I guess its a non issue.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-62205955570246056672010-12-06T12:15:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.586-07:00

Caterers are being warned to cook chicken liver thoroughly after an increased number of campylobacter food poisoning outbreaks in the last year.Data provided by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that 11 of the 15 outbreaks recorded this year at catering premises were linked to consuming poultry liver parfait or pâté.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-91085145069804234562010-11-18T07:02:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.592-07:00

Humane Society of the United States on Wednesday took aim at the largest producer of fresh eggs in the country, releasing images and a report it said documents federal safety violations and inhumane treatment of chickens.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40236758/ns/us_news-environment/

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-41776298427921689862010-11-11T13:10:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.599-07:00

Dozens of chickens were scattered across a Highway in Quebec overnight when a large truck went off the road. The crash happened near St. Mathieu de Beloeil when the truck driver veered off the highway and into a ditch, turning the truck on its side. The truck was carrying crates of live chickens which were thrown across the highway and the side of the road.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-85850523585190806282010-11-09T08:00:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.605-07:00

Tyson Foods Inc. and fuel developer Syntroleum Corp. will announce Monday that they have successfully opened a plant that makes diesel from chicken fat and leftover food grease in Geismar, La., south of Baton Rouge.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-54659707990246976642010-10-29T15:29:00.000-07:002010-10-29T15:34:14.821-07:00

KFC Canada sold 350,000 Double Downs in just 14 days. That's roughly one Double Down for every hundred Canadians. KFC Canada was reluctant to sell the sandwich at first, but after KFC sold 10 million Double Downs in the United States in its first month this spring KFC Canada was convinced to bring the Double Downs north of the border. I wonder how many chickens it takes to make 350,000 Double

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-34521316819965941662010-10-22T07:00:00.000-07:002010-10-22T07:02:29.442-07:00

Two premium chicken producers, Bell & Evans in Pennsylvania and Mary’s Chickens in California, are preparing to switch to a system of killing their birds that they consider more humane. The new system uses carbon dioxide gas to gently render the birds unconscious before they are hung by their feet to have their throats slit, sparing them the potential suffering associated with conventional

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-88732507701668210142010-10-16T12:56:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.612-07:00

Chickens help in battling Alzheimer’s This is the final in a two-part series on Russell and LouNell Boyd, and how a large collection of animals – especially their chickens – are used for healing. LouNell Boyd has chickens – a variety of chickens. To LouNell, it’s more than just a love of feathered friends. It’s a recommended method of healing, staying active and maintaining a healthy emotional

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-57147106848581358972010-10-15T12:59:00.000-07:002010-10-15T12:59:00.477-07:00

Boyd menagerie source of joy, wonder This is the first in a two-part series on a local couple with a large collection of animals and an unusual array of yard ornaments, and how they use them for health and healing. "Russell and LouNell Boyd have an interesting life just outside of Tahlequah, and it’s a good thing: Both of them are storytellers." Continue reading...

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-64458735092123449152010-10-14T01:46:00.000-07:002010-10-14T01:46:00.956-07:00

The Michigan State Department of Natural Resources and Environment said a 21-year-old deer hunter was attacked by a bear and three cubs over the weekend because he smelled like fried chicken and baked pork. Continue reading ...

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-77113893007262694622010-10-12T06:14:00.000-07:002010-10-12T06:20:25.247-07:00

A teenager in, Long Island New York was attacked by three men (or women) who were wearing full-body costumes. Two were gorillas, and one was a giant chicken. Rather than perform some kind of entertaining mascot-type stunt, the three people in the costumes punched the kid in the head and then stole his bicycle. Only In New York.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-9119731612227684382010-09-28T08:08:00.000-07:002010-09-28T08:13:04.429-07:00

The group that represents the nation's chicken exporters says U.S. producers did not sell their products at unfairly low prices in China and plans to appeal new tariffs imposed by China.The Chinese government says that its investigation found that U.S. chicken products are being sold at low prices which undermine the local market. New import duties ranging from 50.3 percent to as much as 105.4

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-83762729863891307662010-09-15T09:50:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.618-07:00

A woman in Toronto found a chicken head in take-out wings order. The woman allegedly found a deep-fried chicken head in her order of take-out wings from the Wild Goose Bar & Grill in Etobicoke, according to a report in the Toronto Sun. Toronto Public Health officials say as long as the head was properly cooked, there's nothing illegal about selling chicken heads in Ontario.

Briannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-79416622839985189582010-09-04T08:12:00.000-07:002010-09-04T08:14:13.472-07:00

China has imposed anti-subsidy duties for five years on imports of chicken from the US. Importers must pay tariff rates ranging from 4 percent to 30.3 percent on U.S. broiler or chicken products, starting Aug. 30, the ministry announced. The ministry said producers benefited from government subsidies that lowered feed prices and hurt Chinese competitors.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-18877415776581575792010-08-20T04:50:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.624-07:00

Write County Eggs has recalled millions of eggs. Salmonella on the shells has sickened many individuals. Egg brands affected by the recall include: Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, Boomsma’s, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms, and Kemp Infected eggs are in cartons with dates ranging from 136 to 225 and plant numbers 1026, 1413, and 1946.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-55975329449201925882010-08-17T07:18:00.001-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.630-07:00

Got too many meat chickens? Looking for another way to cook one or two? Try Gloria's Island Chicken, mmmmm good!

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-72048589441683545822010-08-09T08:15:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.636-07:00

A chicken belonging to a Gloucestershire man has laid an egg double the normal size.Jeremy Power, from Cheltenham, said his hen Rainbow produced the egg on Saturday."Sadly it's not a world record, ours comes in at about 130g (4.6oz) whereas there are eggs on record of 160g (5.6oz), " he said.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-50726247698928915362010-08-01T13:24:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.643-07:00

Perdue Farms is recalling 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets because some of the products may contain pieces of plastic, the company said Tuesday. The recalled products - 50,688 packages in total - have a "best if used by date" of June 9, 2011. On the back of the packages appears the numbers 89008A, 0160 and P-33944.

Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-73612708634081574832010-06-18T11:49:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.649-07:00

Eggs from free range chickens contain nearly six times more of the toxic chemical dioxin than eggs hatched by caged hens, a Taiwanese study has found.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-50374606269645776112010-06-15T16:17:00.000-07:002010-06-15T16:18:01.966-07:00

PETA isn't chickening out on its push to put "McCruelty," a 250-pound, bloody and bandaged chicken sculpture, on the 16th Street Mall -- and today could be decision day for the City of Denver.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-2774906533260401082010-06-05T07:22:00.000-07:002010-06-05T07:24:25.003-07:00

Even a plucky chicken which has for months avoided becoming road kill on a Johannesburg intersection, can't escape the crime-ridden city's crooks.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-88124610150830996732010-05-26T13:41:00.000-07:002010-05-26T13:42:09.758-07:00

Voters wearing chicken costumes will be barred from polling stations in Nevada, election officers have decided.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-6577671395121517852010-05-20T12:49:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.655-07:00

Chicken myth #4 - It is expensive to start raising your own chickens.Well expensive is a relative term. Whats may seem expensive for some people may not seem expensive for others. And it depends on where you live and how many chickens you want. But in general it is not expensive and if you use a little ingenuity you can start with out spending much at all. Just remember that all chickens need is

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-35947826295126963652010-05-19T06:39:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.661-07:00

What is the name for an old chicken?

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-20687036852586989302010-05-17T17:33:00.000-07:002010-05-17T17:35:51.480-07:00

In almost all developed countries the incidence of human campylobacter infections has been steadily increasing for several years. Undercooked meat, in particular poultry, is often associated with illness, as is unpasteurised milk and untreated water. So make shure you keep your chickens clean and healthy. And cook them well when you eat them.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-21265754684112805522010-05-09T08:46:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.667-07:00

Chicken Myth #3 ~ It is cheaper to buy eggs in the store than raise your own.Wrong. Having a few hens for eggs can save you a little bit of money. However it is true that for the average family it will not save you a great deal of money. If the only reason you are thinking about getting a few chickens is to save money on eggs then it is probably not worth it. However their are lots of other great

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-65176505514725505882010-05-06T19:12:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.674-07:00

Chicken Myth #2 ~ Chickens Smell.Wrong. Chickens don't smell, chicken poop smells. So if you keep your chicken pen clean....NO SMELL.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-86384497303559741522010-05-03T17:56:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.680-07:00

Chicken Myth #1 ~ Chickens are hard to look after.Wrong. Chickens are quite easy to look after. However like all things in life some work is required. For a small back yard flock of 10 or 20 birds you should expect to spend about 15min a day looking after them.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-5720721559033266612010-04-30T10:46:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.686-07:00

San Diego's Chicken ranks first in Forbes magazine's survey of 10 most-liked sports mascots.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-20596513016559222062010-04-24T07:20:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.692-07:00

If you don't want to end up bald or gay, don't eat chicken, says Bolivian President Evo Morales. Speaking at an environmental conference this week in Cochabamba, Bolivia, (officially titled the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth) Morales told attendees in an inaugural address that chicken producers inject female hormones into the fowl, "and because of that,

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-63015772752557500812010-04-16T13:49:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.699-07:00

A new instrument can quickly and precisely sniff minute amounts of poultry spoilage.The new technique, developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology research chemists Tom Bruno and Tara Lovestead, can sniff out trace amounts of low-volatility compounds present early in the decay process.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-49455734968791051022010-04-13T08:33:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.705-07:00

Just a little story I fond interestingChicken Day

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-85339794781887970092010-04-06T15:33:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.711-07:00

A chicken has met with a death most foul in the Philadelphia suburbs.Lauren Steltzer said her pet chicken, Connie, was killed with a bow and arrow shortly after escaping on March 29.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-521276220437032182010-03-22T07:45:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.717-07:00

Well it is that Time of year again. Time to think about ordering some chicks from the hatchery. I don't know about you but it is my favorite time of year.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-24552253930095065772010-03-17T12:22:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.724-07:00

The European Union's food safety agency says most chicken sold in Europe is infected with bacteria that can cause food poisoning if the meat is not cooked thoroughly.In a report Wednesday, scientists said 76 per cent of chicken they tested at slaughterhouses in 2008 was infected with campylobacter and another 16 per cent had salmonella.The agency says infection rates vary widely across Europe.

Briannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-81401583935769078532010-03-08T15:26:00.000-08:002010-03-08T15:28:28.864-08:00

Police in Kansas are investigating a drive-by shooting with a bit of a twist.They say a man sporting a chicken suit to advertise for a burger joint became the target of a drive-by shooting, shot in the thigh Friday afternoon with a pellet gun.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-58235318864061355952010-02-22T11:20:00.000-08:002010-02-22T11:21:12.754-08:00

An Australian moggy that seems to think himself a chicken, took over the job of incubating eggs after they were abandoned by hens.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-89441361016829851682010-02-20T15:37:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.730-07:00

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have peered deep into the eye of the chicken and found a masterpiece of biological design.Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the chicken's ability to see many colors in any given part of the retina, the

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-73168410395399772232010-02-09T06:47:00.000-08:002010-02-09T06:54:28.024-08:00

Fire crews think a squirrel started a fire that gutted a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in England. A family of squirrels had been living in the roof space of the building and one of the rodents may have sparked the blaze by snacking on an electric cable.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-66021547025633584272010-02-07T16:03:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.737-07:00

China is getting increasingly bold in its response to an ongoing trade dispute with the U.S., Chinese authorities Friday slapped preliminary import duties of as much as 105.4% on U.S. chicken products. The Ministry of Commerce which announced the decision said U.S dumping is hurting China's domestic poultry industry. Once the new directive takes effect Feb. 13, U.S. exporters, including Pilgrim's

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-72394480383774953612010-02-05T07:40:00.000-08:002010-02-05T07:43:12.504-08:00

Scientists have mapped out the full colour pattern for a feathered dinosaur for the first time. They found that the species in question looked something like a Spangled Hamburg chicken. By analysing fossilised pigments, called melanosomes, the team were able to assign colours to individual feathers of Anchiornis huxleyi, a four-winged carnivore dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-55667999089017438902010-02-03T13:33:00.000-08:002010-02-03T13:39:57.336-08:00

Lucky the chicken has been caught at last. Lucky, a black chicken who spent two months dodging cars, coyotes and captors at a busy Glendale CA intersection is all cooped up. Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-49127492611489768212010-01-29T07:18:00.000-08:002010-01-29T07:25:37.883-08:00

A video posted online that shows a man on a New York City subway snuggling and kissing a chicken has viewers giggling and the city transit agency launching an investigation.However I dont see anything wrong with it. Chickens need love too :)See Chicken Love

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-16564621725146337162010-01-26T14:37:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.744-07:00

Research from McGill University suggests there may be a link between a strain of E. coli in undercooked chicken and a risk of urinary tract infections in younger women who consume it.McGill researcher Amee Manges, studying samples taken in the Montreal area between 2005 and 2007, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the University of Guelph, said her results show "strong

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-4344796395673357042010-01-22T06:22:00.000-08:002010-01-22T06:24:12.589-08:00

Russia, which spent $800 million on U.S. poultry in 2008, has banned imports from its largest supplier on concerns related to the use of chlorine in treating the meat -- a practice routinely used in the United States to kill bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-62594341800057084572010-01-18T14:01:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.751-07:00

"If some foreign producers do not or cannot comply with our safety requests, we will work with other suppliers. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting on poultry production and development of Russia's poultry market. Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-1701589550196310102010-01-15T15:52:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.757-07:00

A 45-year-old trucker from Los Angeles says he choked while eating chicken and passed out, allowing his southbound tractor-trailer rig to crash.

Briannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-4121443495787849822010-01-12T11:10:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.763-07:00

The county of Sacramento will be cracking down on urban chicken owners starting next week. The county is telling owners to eat or get rid of their chickens by Monday, Jan. 18 or county code enforcement will start investigating and fining them. Crack Down

Briannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-73938621437788841292010-01-06T09:23:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.770-07:00

I am told an Ohio woman who flew into a rage and broke a window after she was told a McDonald's was out of chicken McNuggets has been charged with felony vandalism. I can totally understand this. When you gotta have chicken. YOU GOTTA HAVE CHICKEN.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-79912224437784151532009-12-31T08:37:00.000-08:002009-12-31T08:40:48.881-08:00

According to a report on Radio Mozambique a policeman shot three children, including two of his own sons, because they ate a chicken he had been keeping for his dinner.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-39127617747213090882009-12-29T10:51:00.000-08:002011-06-10T05:04:52.776-07:00

Why farmed ducks endure worse conditions than battery hens. To stay healthy, they require access to ponds and space to roam. But many thousands of birds farmed in Britain for their meat endure appalling conditions. Sanjida O'Connell investigates.An interesting article, perhaps a little one sided but worth a read.Read More

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-5900945365843959652009-10-25T15:27:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.785-07:00

The U.S. Congress tore down a barrier to imports of chicken from China last week. President Obama signed an appropriations bill on Wednesday that clears the way for the imports by allowing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct in China the safety inspections U.S. law requires for any country exporting food to America. The congressional move in 2007 to block funding for those regulatory

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-72685524903724282222009-10-12T16:01:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.792-07:00

A man in England has been jailed for a total of 10 months after torturing and killing 24 chickens before their coop was burnt down.Kevin Hughes, 20, was sentenced after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, and a further count of arson. A number of people were arrested after the attack, but only Hughes was charged.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-69560205731164361672009-09-18T17:34:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.798-07:00

China buys and eats an estimated $350 million in U.S. chicken feet each year. Now upset over new American tariffs on Chinese tire imports, Beijing has retaliated with an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices by American chicken importers that could threaten this traffic to the China.

Briannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13172770.post-22306936475218508782009-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:04:52.804-07:00

I do not happen to agree with the author of this next story but thought it was worth passing on.....Chickens are dirty, vicious and require a lot of upkeep. From time to time, they fly the coop and you have to round them up. They leave gooey little messes all over the yard. Too cold and they die; too warm and they die. And they smell. Read More

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