Posts by Neil Grassbaugh

Quote:Originally Posted by sugar209 http://www.zmyanji.com/ymj/UploadFiles_2630/201107/20110726173530265.jpg these are spayed hens Did they implant testicles or are they pumping testosterone into them?

Is anyone experienced in using Field Peas (or any of its cultivars) as a  winter forage crop for chickens, turkeys or ducks? I know that geese readily eat it and it is recognized as a good green feed for dairy cattle, especially in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gallo del Cielo I agree with MakNugget; block the sunlight.  I wrapped my 5 gal. waterer in Reflectix bubble insulation (left over from building my coop).  I drop a frozen gallon jug of water...

How are they oxygen deprived in the incubators or delivery trucks? Simply not enough air exchange. Lack of oxygen, to much CO2. Damages the cilla in the lungs which down the road causes less efficent oxygen exchane in the lungs. Now...

My thoughts-GMOs are just another form of evolution. It may work (cockroaches, they can stand anything and have since forever), it may not (dinosaurs, they couldn't stand a little rock being thrown at them from space). GMOs are not...

Quote:Originally Posted by homesteadapps Neil,We raise the majority of ours for our own use, not to sell so that is why I figure the feed ratio the way I do. I already knew this wasn't the normal way of calculating this.  WE...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tracydr Thanks, Neil. Highly interesting and informative. What are the hatchery conditions that contribute to ascites?OXYGEN DEPRIVATION IN INCUBATORS OR DELIVERY TRUCKS. I'm planning to do another batch...

Quote:Originally Posted by homesteadapps NeilIn your referenced post"Over five years’ time these are the average results; the livability was 94.4% (2.360 birds lost [ALL causes] per 25 placed), the average weight at slaughter...

Piling with 25 birds should not be a problem no matter what their breeding.Now when you have 25,000 or so in a building piling can be a problem no matter what their breeding.

Quote:Originally Posted by diggergal Many exhibition poultry breeders like the Kent products very much.The 16% is a well balanced and useful feed for birds that are producing table eggs.Birds that scavenge on range or are fed a lot...