VIDEO Boots on the ground thread - Southern Prepper 1

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TBAR

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I just drove from Denver to Haverhill, MA both during the day and all night. This is a route I took twice last year both in May and October. I also drove from Denver to Lafayette, LA. last month.

For what it is worth I was amazed how many trucks were on the road. Every rest stop at night seemed to be overflowing with trucks parked on the on ramps and the ramps leading out of the rest stops. This was a theme throughout the whole trip.

Did not see any fuel shortages, although diesel prices varied from $5.25 to $6.35 in the Northeast.

Saw multiple trains in Texas loaded with containers. Can't estimate train length other than to say they were LONG.

None of the rest stops were packed with cars at night, actually seemed very light compared to the trips taken last year.

Hope this helps.
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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Yea
Hfcomms said:
Lot's of things in this one but one that stood out was a small form chicken farmer with 90 hens who sells excess eggs to his neighbors, etc. Went out and bought new chicken feed and his egg production plummeted 90%!! Something in the feed to inhibit laying? I would really like to know if that was a name brand feed or one produced at a local grain mill. Wouldn't put it past the bastards trying to starve us out to put an additive into the chicken feed that makes hens quit laying. Being that I have a backyard flock myself this one gets my attention a bit.
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Yeah, I heard that too…
 
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Marseydoats

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Hfcomms said:
Lot's of things in this one but one that stood out was a small form chicken farmer with 90 hens who sells excess eggs to his neighbors, etc. Went out and bought new chicken feed and his egg production plummeted 90%!! Something in the feed to inhibit laying? I would really like to know if that was a name brand feed or one produced at a local grain mill. Wouldn't put it past the bastards trying to starve us out to put an additive into the chicken feed that makes hens quit laying. Being that I have a backyard flock myself this one gets my attention a bit.
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Egg production always plummets this time of year in the mid-South. Too hot.
Any time my neighbor changes his feed, his chickens protest. He gave up trying to buy the cheap stuff and just gets them the super expensive stuff they like.
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
Marseydoats said:
Egg production always plummets this time of year in the mid-South. Too hot.
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Yeah, it would need to be confirmed by multiple reports. Hot or not a 90% reduction in production just by introducing new feed is more than it's just too hot I would think. Be interesting to see if he reports back if things return to normal for the flock or not. Have to eliminate other possibilities to determine whether or not some monkeying is going on with the feed.
 
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winston

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Jake Grey said:
I met southernprepper1 (Dave) at a preparedness expo in Hickory, NC about 10 years ago. His partner then (they had a falling out iirc) now has a separate YouTube channel under the name Engineer775. His focus seems to be more on solar power.
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Engineer775 is the deal for big time solar installations - i wish
 
Tristan

Tristan

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The ball seems to be rolling, down hill...

Is the End Game for the USD on us?

To the PTB, would that be a bug, or a feature?
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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Marseydoats said:
Egg production always plummets this time of year in the mid-South. Too hot.
Any time my neighbor changes his feed, his chickens protest. He gave up trying to buy the cheap stuff and just gets them the super expensive stuff they like.
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My egg production has been UP this week, not down. And I am in the middle of this heat wave, in suburban Memphis.

The reason for that is threefold:

1, I have been cleaning and refilling all of their water buckets with cool, fresh water every morning, and bringing each group of chickens a fresh, cool extra bucket of water in the mid afternoon,

2, I have supplemented their feed with a cool treat every afternoon - something like watermelon or strawberries from my garden, or chopped, boiled eggs, or even just weeds from my garden. Whatever I give them, I refrigerate for a few hours first. Even the weeds.

3, Every group has at least one fan and plenty of shady places to help them keep as cool as possible in the heat of the day.

ETA - oh, there is one more reason for my increased egg production. My six black copper maran pullets - hatched late in January - have just begun to lay this week. Their eggs are very little right now, but I know they will get bigger in a few weeks.
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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Marseydoats said:
Egg production always plummets this time of year in the mid-South. Too hot.
Any time my neighbor changes his feed, his chickens protest. He gave up trying to buy the cheap stuff and just gets them the super expensive stuff they like.
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His chickens must belong to the same Poultry Union that mine belong to.

My birds only want Purina Nutrina.

Nothing else.

And I better not forget to give them a late afternoon treat, or they will snub me, and let me know I have sinned.

They have me as well trained as any cat would.

I am not their owner. I am their staff.
 
Seeker22

Seeker22

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Barry Natchitoches said:
My egg production has been UP this week, not down. And I am in the middle of this heat wave, in suburban Memphis.

The reason for that is threefold:

1, I have been cleaning and refilling all of their water buckets with cool, fresh water every morning, and bringing each group of chickens a fresh, cool extra bucket of water in the mid afternoon,

2, I have supplemented their feed with a cool treat every afternoon - something like watermelon or strawberries from my garden, or chopped, boiled eggs, or even just weeds from my garden. Whatever I give them, I refrigerate for a few hours first. Even the weeds.

3, Every group has at least one fan and plenty of shady places to help them keep as cool as possible in the heat of the day.

ETA - oh, there is one more reason for my increased egg production. My six black copper maran pullets - hatched late in January - have just begun to lay this week. Their eggs are very little right now, but I know they will get bigger in a few weeks.
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Chopped veggies (corn is a favorite) in a muffin pan, add water and freeze. You could lay a piece of yarn or string in each muffin cup before freezing to hang them up with. Freeze, hang or just drop on the dirt, and watch the games begin!
 
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Barry Natchitoches

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Seeker22 said:
Chopped veggies (corn is a favorite) in a muffin pan, add water and freeze. You could lay a piece of yarn or string in each muffin cup before freezing to hang them up with. Freeze, hang or just drop on the dirt, and watch the games begin!
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Hummm... interesting idea!

I bet the girls would love it.
 
Donna_in_OK

Donna_in_OK

Veteran Member
Seeker22 said:
Chopped veggies (corn is a favorite) in a muffin pan, add water and freeze. You could lay a piece of yarn or string in each muffin cup before freezing to hang them up with. Freeze, hang or just drop on the dirt, and watch the games begin!
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Works great, and corn is the #1 favorite.
 
homecanner1

homecanner1

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Rumor that Christian Ice Age Farmer mentioned it on his last video and got spanked by youtube with a temp suspend. He might have info via a private email.

His home page was not updated last I checked.
 
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WalknTrot

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TxGal said:
Another one from Southern Prepper, not a boots on the ground:
You do not need the expensive survival food get rice, beans and canned goods. Let go of your pride.
Short synopsis: As the title said, he focuses on avoiding the pricey survival foods, prep from the grocery stores. Anyone who needs food assistance, don't be ashamed to use programs available.
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This. Because of price and availability, buying # 10 cans of "convenience food" is pretty much out of the question now. Get it at the grocery store, Amazon, Walmart.com, etc. Just a few things off the top of my head - this stuff (as packaged) will keep on the shelf a long time:

Canned:
vegetables (tomatoes, beans, corn, peas, carrots, potatoes)
fruit
refried beans
baked beans
meat (chicken, ham, SPAM, tuna, salmon, corned beef, hash)
soup and stew
cheese sauce
milk and cream
B&M Brown Bread

Jar:
pasta sauce
cheese sauce,
salsa
jam and jelly,
peanut butter
kraut
applesauce
dry soup stock powder

Packets/boxes - shelf stable:
mashed potato flakes
boxed cheesy potatoes
hash browns
Pasta salad
Knorr sides (rice and pasta - add canned vegetables and meat for a meal)
Mac and cheese
gravy/sauce mix
flour tortillas
pancake mix
biscuit mix
cornbread mix
cookie/cake/muffin/quickbread mix
 
Countrymouse

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
EMICT said:
I’ve done so as well, but keep in the back of my mind the opening scene in the movie ‘The Book of Eli’.
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had never heard of that movie and just read the synopsis. Interesting.

Only problem is, whoever wrote the script knows NOTHING about Braille.

A Braille Bible, bound in 3-inch-wide volumes, comprises about 12 volumes and takes up about 6-7 FEET of shelf-space.

ONE Bible.

(ask me how I know.... :) )
 
Countrymouse

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
Lone_Hawk said:
All of these staffing shortages, the fed $ has stopped some time ago. How in the hell are these people surviving if they refuse to work? I don't get it....
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In a phone call with an insurance office lady in another state, I was told:

Some (maybe all? don't know) states have Unemployment office rules that work like this:

You get a job.

You work the minimum time to be able to claim you were actually working.

You quit.

You go to the Unemployement office (online; all their lazy a$$es are still working from home here in GA and their offices have been closed ever since Covid BEGAN--2 years ago now) and FILE for unemployment -- probably on the basis that you HAD to quit because it was an "unsafe working environment" that exposed you to possible Covid infection--working with the public, etc.

You get bennies until they run out.

When they run out--rinse, repeat.
 
Melodi

Melodi

Disaster Cat
Today's report and yeah the Irish Person is me, the backstory that they didn't have time to mention on the missing chicken run is that like the steel pipes at my housemate's workplace (water treatment plants) the missing run is made of stainless steel. Today after a warehouse search, we received a third chicken shed we didn't order but still no run. I called, paid them for the extra shed (the indoor-only kitty can use it as a run when we don't have chicks), and ordered a second stainless steel run (both are covered) to prevent predation from foxes, minks, and cats. Also, the covers should keep the houses longer in our climate otherwise they last two seasons at most. I think our supply is legit - we have used them before, but I suspect that someone at the delivery company "misplaced" the stainless steel run, but we have no proof, we just hope we get both runs sometime this week.

Anyway Boots on the Ground, June 20th
Run time 18:38


 
Countrymouse

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
Donna_in_OK said:
Works great, and corn is the #1 favorite.
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Isn't ALL corn available for purchase in the US now---the Genetically Modified "Roundup-Ready" corn?

At least, that's what my health-food store (and the local Breadbecker's) told me, when I called about a YEAR ago, looking for plain old non-GMO corn meal or corn meal mix.

All of them said--ain't there. No such thing.

So "IF" I get some hens again (which I was considering) and "IF" I don't feed them the processed food (since obviously they're messing with it--reducing the protein content or something) -- is even feeding them cracked corn "safe"?
 
EMICT

EMICT

Veteran Member
Countrymouse said:
had never heard of that movie and just read the synopsis. Interesting.

Only problem is, whoever wrote the script knows NOTHING about Braille.

A Braille Bible, bound in 3-inch-wide volumes, comprises about 12 volumes and takes up about 6-7 FEET of shelf-space.

ONE Bible.

(ask me how I know.... :) )
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Really??? You never heard of the movie, never saw the opening scene I referred to, but you have an informed opinion about what I wasn't really referring to?
 
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mecoastie

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Countrymouse said:
Isn't ALL corn available for purchase in the US now---the Genetically Modified "Roundup-Ready" corn?

At least, that's what my health-food store (and the local Breadbecker's) told me, when I called about a YEAR ago, looking for plain old non-GMO corn meal or corn meal mix.

All of them said--ain't there. No such thing.

So "IF" I get some hens again (which I was considering) and "IF" I don't feed them the processed food (since obviously they're messing with it--reducing the protein content or something) -- is even feeding them cracked corn "safe"?
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organic is non GMO. It is most likely a hybrid but not GMO.
 
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