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  1. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Made my own from apples not my goal this time do you think all it would take is put a 1/4 cup of unpasturized in with the pasturized or would it also take sugar to get the yeast active again.
  2. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I know we covered this a long tine ago but I had a gallon of pasturized ACV given to me. How do I turn this into the good stuff?
  3. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Yea sometimes you have to do what you have to do. That is one of the reasons I'm not around much.
  4. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Forgot to say I can not post pics at this time I have no way of doing so.
  5. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Yes it is the wine cooler. I never thought about to much humidity because the chick that did not come out is dry. It makes sence though because there are drops of water on the glass after a hatch. I am going to install the humidity controler that I originaly bought and never instaled thought I...
  6. pigeonguy

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    I hate only being able to get on here every once in a while. Any way heres and update on the chick hatching and the home made incubator. I put 2 eggs in every day for a while and only 1 hatches every day both eggs pip and work all the way around the shell then 1 chick comes out and the other...
  7. pigeonguy

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    Thats alright I get anal sometimes also. We said almost the same thing .25 pounds is 4 ounces and .33 pounds is 5.3 ounces close enough to 6 Sorry I did not get a chance to address this sooner
  8. pigeonguy

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Oh and thank you
  9. pigeonguy

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Glad to hear that I thought I had something wrong because all the chicks I am hatching have pink to yellow legs and feet. Other than that they look fine and healthy. The parent look good also. Egg color leaves something to be desired I would rate them 4 or 5 I am only keeping the darkest to...
  10. pigeonguy

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I would like to chime in and ask at hatch what color should the legs and feet be I see a lot of picks on here that the chicks have pinkish legs and feet is this normal before growing a while and then they turn slate.
  11. pigeonguy

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    My cats eat the fermented feed also and the chickens eat the cat food I do ferment in the winter months not the summer Because they get so much fresh in the summer and still eat about 4 ounces a day some are lazy and eat more than others I let them eat all they want at first that was a lot but...
  12. pigeonguy

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    I always have read 6 ounces for large chickens and 4 for small ones. If you divide a 50 pound bag by 30 chickens that is 1.6666666 pounds per bird per week divide that by 7 days and you get .238 which is a little less than 4 ounces a day. Thats in the area of what I feed. My coop is mouse...
  13. pigeonguy

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    Those would be some expensive chicks concidering I paid $120 for 12.shipped. With the price of gas I could give them to you and you would have 3 times that in them. My heart pounds fast as I hear the sweet sound of your typing. I missed and thought of you often but new If I got on here it would...
  14. pigeonguy

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hello all especially leahs mom. I'm fine. I finished my home built incubator It is built from a wine chiller, computer power supply, 12 volt window defroster, oven rack and temp controller. From start up it takes about 25 minutes to maintain a stable 100.5 degrees f. If door is opened after that...
  15. pigeonguy

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    Quote: Carbohydrate 497 Fat 65.8 Protein 42.7 Read More http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/5687/2#ixzz2Uc6ruVKk That is about right for the protein in meal worms dried live is about 20%. I can't find my insect protein chart but it is listed in the meal...
  16. pigeonguy

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    Be careful with that some lime can burn the feet when wet I use barn lime it is white right out of the bag. Hydrated lime is best.
  17. pigeonguy

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    Got my HRIR 10 of them 4 and 5 months old. Drove to Orion IL. last night got 10 for 100 dollars. They are cull birds out of show stock crooked toes mostly I just wanted heritage and not hatchery and not for breeding just laying and fun. Have not finished my barrel plucker yet. Do not have hose...
  18. pigeonguy

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    I have some from when I had the pigeons 3 and four feet long years old and built from skid (pallet) wood Dad says it is yellow jack pine.
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