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I get this in a very personal way. While adjudge facecrook foully should never be construed as me thinking ill of you. Indeed, there are martyrs that remain in certain venues simply to be a good influence. In religious circles we call them missionaries and afford them great respect. Just be...

When I got Dosiedoe she was already drinking from the rod type. When I got Harvey all he had ever used was a crock. Naturally I had gotten him the same kind of heated water bottle. On his second day I noticed he had not drunk any water. He was quite thirsty. All I had to do was nudge the rod to...

@Kellybee I can understand your reticence for canning vegetables. Many nutrients are degenerated by the heat of the canning process. Let's just look at one food, Apples, and two nutrients Vitamin A and Vitamin C. In all cases 100 grams (do notice as we progress nutrients are being concentrated...

I use https://tinyurl.com/usxs54mf to overcome winter freezing. I am also working on a system for continuous flow watering. With CFW since the water is always moving it never freezes. The reservoir in my heated house automatically refills. An RV circulating pump moves the water from reservoir...

Here is a great starting point for BSFL, Living Web Farms Black Soldier Fly Production Part 1 Introduction

No danger of fly strike. Black soldier flies are not related to black/house/bot flies. In fact, BSF will out compete those flies, hence reducing risk of fly strike. When the larvae reach the seventh instar they migrate out of their normally wet environment to a dry one. The typical farm has...

For those who have chickens, other fowl, reptiles, or fish or for those who want to increase throughput on compost. The black soldier fly larvae are pretty awesome. Good fat, protein, and mineral sources they eat ALL your kitchen scrap including that which you would normally not put in the...

It is a long process. How you pickle the hide determines if the hair will stay on or slip. Alkalai solutions will slip the hair. You can simply salt or air dry them. If you have the space, you can cover the flesh side with wax paper, roll it up, put it in a zip lock, and freeze it till you are...

You could grind them up and mix them in just about anything! While we are talking about alternative protein, how about black soldier fly larvae?

OK, I think this idea about parasites comes from a convoluted path regarding Angiostrongyliasis, also known as rat lungworm. Snails are known to be an intermediate host. Snails crawl on the grass leaving their slime trail. So of course their slime trail must be able to pass the lungworm eggs? I...

There are a few poop threads active right now. But, @ThunderHill you might consider the system I use with a modification. The mod would some sort of box for litter so that it soaks up the urine. I would suggest shredded cardboard boxes. There are a number of paper shredders capable of...

Looks like an American Blue to me. IIRR that is a variant on the American Chinchilla.

Corrugated roofing. Can be had in clear and green plastic, and galvanized metal

I don't do face crook either. @KelleyBee , that is a terrific arrangement. I simply use inclined 1/4" mesh under the hutch. Urine goes directly through and the berries roll into a bucket. I admire the elegance of your system though. I don't know if this is what you had in mind, @Rabbits by...

Rabbits do like to hide. So I put a hide in the hutch. it has two openings. I insulated it with a few layers of cardboard, but they tore it out most of the way. It gives them a place to get out of the wind. Even so they hang out in the open most of the time. For reference we only get freezing...

I understand the desire to eat raw. When the raw food can be had fresh, that is certainly reasonable. Yet with the possibility of parasites, that could be dangerous. Trichinella worms are the main reason we cook pig. I don't recall parasites for beef. Most wild game is at risk for for the many...

Moose! I am suitably impressed. I like your rabbitry, too. A harvest of 75 is very nice. I am also curious as to your environment. Our temps don't go very low very often. Winter will tend to be 30 to 40 F with a few dips below 30 in February. Other than a hide in the hutch I don't do anything...

From feedipedia... Fresh flax forage: flax crops delayed by weather and damaged by frost can result in incomplete seed development, and in some cases, regrowth, including flowering, may have occurred on the green plant. However, while fresh flax forage is nutritious, it may contain toxic...

Perhaps, I don't offer fruit very often. More likely it is the mustang grapes themselves. They taste different from other grapes, think 3x the flavor of concord with 1/2 the sugar.

My only issue with galvanized wire is the urine based corrosion. I managed to find PVC coated wire. That being said, you should get a few years before corrosion becomes an issue. Just remember, galvanization is not weather proofing. Unlike guardrails on the highway, the galvanized layer is quite...