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 Topic: Turkeys |
Jam Lady
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 Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Mar 26, 25 8:55 pm Subject: Turkeys |
| Originally there were wolves, which were extirpated. Coyotes eventually drifted in from the west to occupy the empty niche. |
| Topic: Turkeys |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Mar 26, 25 2:49 pm Subject: Turkeys |
| Coyotes are a relatively recent inhabitant of this area. The first known record of coyote occurrence in New Jersey was recorded near Lambertville, Hunterdon County in 1939. |
| Topic: Turkeys |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Mar 24, 25 12:51 am Subject: Turkeys |
| Females nest individually, not as a group. Coyotes are among the most formidable predators of wild turkeys, targeting everything from eggs in nests to adult birds they can capture. |
| Topic: Turkeys |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Mar 23, 25 2:39 pm Subject: Turkeys |
We have turkeys too, but they are native wild ones who make infrequent visits. Recently it was 16 birds.
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31388/Outside+Windows_2025-03_turkey.jpg
I was please ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Mar 20, 25 1:25 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Turkeys are indeed impressive, Mistress Rose.
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31387/Bird_Turkey+on+Creek+Road.JPG
I saw this tom making a grand display as I was driving down the road, some y ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Mar 19, 25 7:56 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Numerous deer every afternoon grazing on I know not what on the lawn and hillside behind house and deck. Six, seven or more. Blase enough that a couple will relax, lay down, chew their cud.
Most im ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Feb 08, 25 4:53 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| And while my Nikon 35mm film camera was in some ways a friendlier camera, here's an image from yesterday afternoon taken with my Canon. Digital is very good for tweaking images at home with programs t ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Feb 08, 25 4:45 pm Subject: Wildlife |
My father had a Sept camera, boxy looking thing that could take both full frame, half frame, and (brief) motion pictures on 35 mm film.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Debrie_Sept
and
https://www ... |
| Topic: What's for Dinner |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Feb 08, 25 2:32 pm Subject: What's for Dinner |
| The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) which is a subset of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the Federal Meat Inspection Act which involves the commercial raising, processi ... |
| Topic: What's for Dinner |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Feb 07, 25 3:26 pm Subject: What's for Dinner |
| Wild game may not be sold. If there is any venison in the stores it came from New Zealand. Which is where most lamb comes from. The venison we eat is from hunter on our property who shares when he is ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Feb 06, 25 5:03 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Seen outside my kitchen at about 10:30 p.m. last night
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31369/Raccoon_2025-02_raccoon.jpg
Kudos to my camera! |
| Topic: What's for Dinner |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Feb 06, 25 4:59 pm Subject: What's for Dinner |
| Is it fillet, dpack, or contra-fillet? Regardless of name it is a tender piece of chicken. Here it is sold in packages with several pieces to make about a pound (half kilo) at a semi-reasonable price. ... |
| Topic: What's for Dinner |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Feb 05, 25 4:55 am Subject: What's for Dinner |
Mistress Rose, fancy term for chicken tenders is pectoralis minor, the piece on the underside of a chicken breast (which is pectoralis major.)
It is rather long in proportion to its width, sort of ... |
| Topic: What's for Dinner |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Feb 03, 25 2:57 pm Subject: What's for Dinner |
| Last night I made chicken bites and sausage in the air fryer. Chicken bites - cut chicken tenders into 3 pieces, toss with avocado oil, then salt, pepper, paprika. Finally toss with corn starch, then ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Jan 30, 25 6:49 pm Subject: Wildlife |
They are pawing through the snow, Mistress Rose, eating certain groundcover plants in my garden. Also some evergreen shrubs.
I scatter what's labeled as squirrel & critter food - it is black o ... |
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