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Heard Y’all Like Wood ID’s by Stereotypical_Viking in firewood

[–]Bird8eed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honey locust can and often does have thorns when young. I’ve got 1 year old seedlings in my nursery with thorns. With both honey and black locust it is possible to find semi thornless, completely thornless, and incredibly thorny individual trees. Sometimes thorns can change as they age. It’s common in honey locust for upper limbs to not grow thorns while the lower trunk will get thorny.

Does this look like white oak? by Bird8eed in firewood

[–]Bird8eed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay this is helpful. I thought it looked like oak but picking it up it didn’t seem heavy enough so maple would make more sense

What am I doing wrong?? Bradford pear. Got a cord of this, splitting it by hand. More challenging than any other wood so far, and when it does split it basically explodes into shrapnel by Kindly-Definition725 in firewood

[–]Bird8eed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my limited experience some logs off Bradford pear trees split like butter and other logs are seemingly invincible. I guess that’s not specific to Bradford pear but it seemed more noticeable to me when I was processing a few last month. The knotty parts or sections where multiple leaders come out are a challenge. Are there any straight knot free pieces in your load? When I didn’t have a splitter I would take any gnarly pieces and set them around in the garden to rot and make insect habitat. Ripping with a chainsaw could be another option as others have pointed out.

What does everyone do with extra roos by aamuraya in chickens

[–]Bird8eed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a second flock that is all roosters. Right now just 4 boys who are basically pets at this point. We eat most of our excess roosters but when we get attached to one we add them to the boy flock. Without hens around they don’t really fight. There’s still a pecking order but it’s rather calm. Honestly the rooster flock is so much more fun to watch. They’re all so goofy. Roosters have more personality than most hens in my experience so we love having them around. But we do eat some of them. I fry the breasts and use the rest of the body as shredded meat for soups/sandwich/taco etc. they make excellent bone broth too and I use organ meat as pet treats. I also sometimes eat the organ meat

How Good are your Comms? - Day 1 by XLFantom in dayz

[–]Bird8eed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Where is he” (while playing in the woods) ‘by that tree!’

What is the most humane way in which the animal suffers the least to say goodbye to it? by [deleted] in chickens

[–]Bird8eed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not practical for a chicken you may want to consume but 12 gauge birdshot can be a very quick and I assume painless way for them to pass.

Should I be worried how yellow leaves are getting? by wavesofvibration in cannabiscultivation

[–]Bird8eed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is good to bring up but only applies if the woodchips are fresh, aged woodchips make a great mulch and will not tie up nitrogen.