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Egghead_jr, thanks for info.

Hello and welcome! Best wishes for your project. P.S. Is this youngest member?

Hello and welcome!

I don't have ducks(not yet), but my neiborough. They always give whole kernals - easy, you don't need anything to grind it and with your amount you can peel by hands, when corn completely dry.

If you are not an egg-farmer, just don't bother with "casual customers". Just don't.

1. Yes. 2. You can do that with small amount, but if you need 20-30 bushels... And there is few ways, howto peel kernalss off the cob. It depends on amount. 3. You can do both

IMO food issue. Sunflower seeds are always good, but if you can get press cake, that would be even better - less fat, more protein.

Pears? Ummm... skin and slice, cook in light syrup with some cinnamon. Yum. Wait, this is "feeding flock" thread I can confirm, that chicken loves pears. Whole or sliced, usually they got offcuts only. Peeling will not reduce amount of pesticides, except what was removed with skin.

Hello and welcome. Just keep rooster separate for a while - chicken loves raw meat. Few weeks ago our low-IQ dog skinned one of our hens, well, not comepletely, but one of the legs had no skin at all. First i thought to cook wounded chick, but changed my mind. We had to keep her separate and...

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Hello and welcome. First of all - how many sq, ft per hen in the coop? Second - they might need more calcium(chalk, lime stone).

Thumbs up for DIY and recycling

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99.5 is very low temperature. You should start from 102.2 for the first 3 days, then drop to 101.3 and bring to your 99.5 for last two days. 65% humidity is right number. Turn twice a day by hand. This will drop temperature little bit, but this is natural. Candling twice. 7th day and 15th day...

Hi folks. Just registered @BYC after some reading. Living in the woops, at the edge of civilization. Not the first timer, growing chicken for a while, more or less, 30+ at moment. My chicks are some sort of breed of red orpinghton with something else. Since they are fertile, i incubate my...