Awesome! I was just reading about this two days ago! I will be holding off on the tapping until next year as I've got too much going on and it's late in the season here. Having made maple syrup as a young teenager, I was planning to do it again, and I read that you could also do this with Birch! Thank you for the resources and the suggested uses! I may try the probiotic drink... Resteemed!
Thanks @erinn! I know all about having too much going on. I've got a bad habit of starting too many projects all at once. We just hit a cold snap again so no sap is flowing yet but ...any day now!
Ah, the season of new life on the homestead. You'll have a nice productive flock in no time! It's easier to start with many at once than dealing with integrate new chickens later. They can be real jerks with newcomers. I'll certainly try to share what we do with it. We've got some decisions to make!