Posted on 09/01/2010 10:00:20 AM PDT by Kartographer
National Preparedness Month (NPM) is an annual event to focus attention on the need to minimize risks by preparing for emergencies. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) encourages everyone to take responsibility for the preparations that save lives when disaster strikes.
Kris Eide, HSEM director, points out a great source of ideas to help people plan for safety in their homes, workplaces, schools and communities during this FEMA sponsored, month-long event.
“Businesses and civic organizations can use ideas and materials available through the national Ready campaign just by registering at their website,” she said. “There are simple ways to teach people the relatively easy things they need to do in order to avoid being caught without recourse when emergencies occur.”
On the campaign website at www.ready.gov individuals can select the “Make a Kit, Make a Plan, Get Involved” icons for guidance on basic ways to prepare. The “National Preparedness Month” link at the bottom of the page will take visitors to an information/registration page that leads to materials, media, graphics and other tools for participation in NPM.
Following is an example list of preparation measures for workers, pet owners, youth and those with special needs. For more, visit the Ready website or contact your city or county emergency manager.
(Excerpt) Read more at hometownsource.com ...
from 1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV): "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20
My Preparedness Manual can be down loaded at:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ars5bsi2p6foery
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Egg count update...
June: 1 egg
July: 66 eggs (5 1/2 Dozen)
August: 153 eggs (3 eggs shy of 13 Dozen!)
That’s a great yield for our little coop with six hens, and September’s total will be very close to 180 eggs.
Chickens are easy to raise and the rewards are enormous!
bttt
Preparedness/Survival ping!
The equivalent of 90 eggs for $17....and they last for 10 years!
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/powderedwholeeggscan.aspx
Although it raises the cholesterol of the eggs, I know some people that feed only table scraps to there chickens. Makes the eggs very tastey. Handy information if you can’t get store bought feed:)
We have 12 cans of that very product in the dry pantry too...we figured on 1 can a month for our 1 year dry stock. Great product to bake with; pancakes, muffins, cornbread, cakes...you name it, it works!
But powdered eggs are nowhere near “equivalent” to a fresh henfruit in the taste dept....(And at the rate mine are laying, we will hit that 90 egg production mark every 2 weeks or so...)
I “free range” my six in our back yard, and keep them sectioned off in their area with some inexpensive rabbit fencing. I also keep one wing’s primary flight feathers clipped so they cannot lift off no matter how hard they flap.
I keep them supplied with a good commercial chicken feed, to ensure they have enough protein in their diet while they are on the lay. I supplement that with a few handfuls of scratch mix, and in the mornings when I let them out of the run they get a small bowl of fat free cottage cheese, or plain yogurt, and in the winter they get some hot polenta (coarse cornmeal mush) or oatmeal with yogurt on it. I also add crushed oyster shell to their feed, and I don’t choose to feed them their own eggshells, at least not yet.
I also have 100 pounds each of feed, scratch and cracked corn sealed in plastic buckets with oxygen absorbers. With that and the free range feeding I can sustain this flock indefinitely...
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bfl
http://www.meetup.com/TampaReadiness/files/
The name of the file is 'CommunityCharter_7.doc' - I hope to finalize it tomorrow with a few minor edits and the addition of an org chart.
Hopefully you don’t have racoons.
Racoons can clean out a flock in one night which they haven’t bothered for years.
We lost virtually all our crops to deer, bear, moles, birds and the grand kids this year.
Deer & bear are going to be the default crop:)
I designed and built the coop to be predator proof, because we have a pretty high pred load here, including urbanized coyotes, possoms, raccoons, and a number of neighborhood cats. I installed a 2’ wide apron of 14 gauge, welded and galvanized 1/2” hardware cloth that is screwed to the base frame of the run, and extends out from the walls all the way around the run. It is covered in gravel and landscaping rock, or buried under 6” of soil.
Wyle E. Coyote couldn’t dig under or through that apron without power tools, and of course we inspect the coop several times a day when we gather eggs, feed the flock, or do yard work. It’s very secure.
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