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I made a homemade incubator for my eggs. Found a cooler and added a heat lamp. I took a fan from my computer spare parts and attached it to a battery charger to circulate the air.

Here is a good flow of the beef industry. This is covers the operations that are involved to bring beef to your table.

This is my Rooster You know there is a rooster ordinance in almost every city. Recently here in Sacramento they are allowing up to three hens within the city limits. Isn't this a gender discrimination against male chickens? I think they should file a lawsuit against the city. Well it is good to learn that San Diego has allowed 1-3 rooster per household in the city limits. People

"Most recently, Tsakopoulos has been in the news for acquiring a major Yolo County ranch – a deal that gave him valuable Sacramento River water rights. He cut a deal to sell water to Davis and Woodland for $3 million a year."

I went to Starbucks to wait for my girls to get out from school at Freeport and Sutterville, so I purchased a Naked mango smoothie for $3.45 after taxes. The kid behind the counter said $3.50 when the registered clearly rang up $3.45. I don't think he knew I caught that. I didn't want to make a big deal about it but it is the principal behind it. I just let it go because I

After 3 long weeks of waiting for an online purchase of the IBM Thinkpad from Lenovo's website, the unit arrived today via UPS. I must had missed the note that mention that it would take 2 weeks for the notebook to be assemble in China, shipped to Japan, and then USA. A friend asked me why am I so hung up on IBM. I would have to say from experience, my IBM products have always

Someday I would like to build something like this out on the countryside. Simple 1200sqft living spa

Newly release planting zone map for United States released by USDA.

Here's a great article in Forbes about investing in farms: http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/01/19/the-most-luxurious-ranches-and-gentlemans-farms-for-sale/ Yeah, what the heck?  Is anyone else as shocked as we are to find out that the late Kelly-Moore founders were going around collecting farms?  Not just some small hobby farms.  But a whopping

Where is the rain? A lot of farmers and ranchers are edgy because "no rain" means the winter crops are going to have low yields. Farmers and Ranchers depend on the winter rains to get quality forage. If the production of winter forage is low this year, that means the hay prices are going to go through the roof in Spring. There will be no sign of relief in the rising hay market.

I switch my display from landscape to portrait. It works really well as web pages expands vertically rather than horizontally. It works really well and I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Less scrolling and now I can see more of a web page. My monitor is 23 inches x 12 inches. The only problem I see is watching widescreen vide

A group of people which included my mom bought 1 ton of rice from a local rice mill today. The cost was $550 per ton. That means there was going to be forty 50lbs bags of rice at about $13.75 per bag ($.28 per lbs). A regular bag of 50lbs rice bag at the local grocery store is about $32, that is 1/3 of what they would pay at the grocery store. Well I made some rice this afternoon

Okay so can I just feed my horse any grass hay? There are many types of hay you can use to feed your horses. They come in different mixes and qualities. You want to feed the best quality hay you can afford. Some main things to avoid is dusty and moldy hay. Mold and dust can cause respiratory problems for your horse. If you have to feed dusty hay, you can try soaking/spraying

Webster's Burger in Clements, a few miles down from Lockeford Meats, makes some of tastiest burgers. Everything is well price and the menu has a large variety of burgers.Don't forget the floats and shakes. Across the street is Ricotti's Saddle Co., beautiful crafted leather goods for your horse. Next time the we will get into the different type of saddles.

What I look for in a horse. The first is conformation. The next thing I look for is pedigree. Third, does the horse have a good mind. Other things I look for is personality and good feet. Although stallions are dollar valued higher than mares, the mares have more influence than the sires. Here is the Sire of "Princess Sails" (my mare quarter horse) SIRE: Topsail Cody

My daughter did a report on the Gyrfalcon and came across some real nice pictures I would like to share. I don't own these photos. Gyrfalcons are being smuggle out Russia and shipped to the Middle East for falconry. They go for $30,000 to $50,000 on the black market. It reflects the money that is available in the region and the demand for such prize birds. Back in medieval

Great around the kids Well you if you have livestock you need a dog. This here is Ringo (Zues) a 15 month old Blue Heeler. I have owned German Shepherd Imports, a German Pointer,  and a Border Collie, he has to be the smartest of them all. It is as if he speaks english, especially for such a young dog. Most dogs don't mature until they are at least 2 years old. Don't

Yes that would be a 4 lbs free ranged chicken, at $6.00 per lbs, from a local farm here in Vacaville, CA. (I will post more about this later

Well I am sure most of you have seen an increase in beef prices this past year. If you are not paying attention than you should. I won't get into to much details on this post but please read this article in the Washington Post about how the drought is effecting cattle ranchers in Texas. The losses will transfer to more demand for butcher cattle and less cows producing calves

Why do we still use horses? Well have you ever tried doing a 3 point turn in a coral while a bull is charging straight for you? The horse can get  in to areas where an ATV can't, this holds true in tough terrain. How about roping cattle off an ATV? Those are some of the obvious reasons. Cattle is more gentle around horses than ATVs. You can ride right up to the herd

No not that kid. Alfalfa is the number three value crop behind corn and soybean. Why is alfalfa so important you might ask. Alfalfa is a high nutritional forage. Alfalfa is a main source of feed for milk cows. Other importance feed source for horses, cattle, goats, and sheep. Swather cutting alfalfa field Holstein Cow (Dairy Cow) Well we have seen over 40% increase