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post #82611 of 88735
9/4/12 at 6:20pm
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Can y'all read this? CR is this what you were looking for? I can't find my label though I usually save them until I'm through with a bag of feed. Weird. But this is the online label of ingredients and it looks good to me! I would hesitate buying anything else for now since my girls love it and it's soy/corn free.

http://www.scratchandpeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Poultry-Labels-8-29-1110.jpg

I don't know the first ingredient but Notice that it is only a 10% protein which means it will drop your average. Which may cause a drop in egg production.

Triticale is a hybrid between wheat and rye. 

 

ETA. It makes decent bread too and I like it in soup.

Tribbles like it, too.

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post #82612 of 88735
9/4/12 at 6:41pm
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Can y'all read this? CR is this what you were looking for? I can't find my label though I usually save them until I'm through with a bag of feed. Weird. But this is the online label of ingredients and it looks good to me! I would hesitate buying anything else for now since my girls love it and it's soy/corn free.
http://www.scratchandpeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Poultry-Labels-8-29-1110.jpg
I don't know the first ingredient but Notice that it is only a 10% protein which means it will drop your average. Which may cause a drop in egg production.
Triticale is a hybrid between wheat and rye. 

ETA. It makes decent bread too and I like it in soup.
Tribbles like it, too.

Now that's one thing I don't remember from Tribble Trouble :-D How funny!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

post #82613 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:16pm

That's quatrotriticale.  Please people...what if someone's tribble died because of your mispost?


Edited by cmsdvm - 9/4/12 at 7:19pm
If it isn't crested, tufted, frizzled or silkied...it's boring!
If it isn't crested, tufted, frizzled or silkied...it's boring!
post #82614 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:28pm
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I could bury the pipe in the backfill.

If you like out of the box stuff..............................

 

 Place the hose in PVC pipe in case it develops a leak you don't have to dig it up. Just pull it out of the pipe to replace.

From your house to the run where you build up the soil for the pipe/hose you could have a raised bed garden go all the way to your run.

 "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." 

G. K. Chesterton

 "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." 

G. K. Chesterton

post #82615 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:33pm

Any Washingtonians in the Bellingham/Whatcom area?

 

-Joanna

BCM roo, Oliver roo, Barred Rocks, Easter-eggers, Welsummers, Cuckoo Marans, Olivers.

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Diversified subsistence farming on 1.25 acres since 2005

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BCM roo, Oliver roo, Barred Rocks, Easter-eggers, Welsummers, Cuckoo Marans, Olivers.

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Diversified subsistence farming on 1.25 acres since 2005

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post #82616 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:34pm
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If you can, keep them confined to the coop and run until about mid-day. Most of the hens will be done laying by then (its not like they can just wait  you out). When I let my gals out and take care of their immediate needs I collect the eggs, usually 5 to 6. Then later about 3pm I check and sure enough one more egg will be there. Apparently this hen likes an empty nest. Although from time to time I check the yard for eggs I haven't found any, thankfully.

 

Now to my waterpipe problem. I think I'll just lay a pipe out to the coop and at the house side I will connect it with a short designated hose. This'll be just for spring to fall. Winter I'm resigned to carrying water out to them. I'll just chalk it up to exercise.

Thanks to all who responded to my questions.

So I have been thinking. (I know it's a dangerous sport for me.) ya.gifgig.gif Since digging is not a great option, what about watching for (free), or buying fill, and covering the hose where it lays? It would be kind of like having a speed bump in the yard. 

 

 

Feel free to ignore me, be I will admit to not wanting to work more than I absolutely have to at times. lau.gif

Yo! That's a Great idea. Oh yeah, I could do that. As a matter of fact, the uneven ground plays Heck with my hips when walking around the coop. I  have just floated past my son the idea of building up the entire area and backfilling to level it. I could bury the pipe in the backfill. Thank you, that never ocurred to me.

While yer at it throw down a conduit and so ya can put lights in yer coop!!!

                    Striving for perfection    Settling for nothing short of excellence !!!!       
 Quincy blue merl Aussie with 2 blue eyes,  1 beloved Quaker parrot  Buddy who passed 4/10/09
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                    Striving for perfection    Settling for nothing short of excellence !!!!       
 Quincy blue merl Aussie with 2 blue eyes,  1 beloved Quaker parrot  Buddy who passed 4/10/09
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post #82617 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:35pm
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Hey y'all smile.png I'm at the doctor right now; new guy in Renton at the Pain and Injury Clinic; hope someone can figure out what the heck is wrong with me! It's been getting worse for 2 years now sad.png

Hope they can help you.  Being in pain sucks

My Coop:

Red (golden sussex), Pandora (americana)

 

New Chicks 4/2013. Cloe (barred rock), Laura (rhode island red), Aliza (americana), Dorris and Meradith (golden sexlink)

My Coop:

Red (golden sussex), Pandora (americana)

 

New Chicks 4/2013. Cloe (barred rock), Laura (rhode island red), Aliza (americana), Dorris and Meradith (golden sexlink)

post #82618 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:41pm
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That's quatrotriticale.  Please people...what if someone's tribble died because of your mispost?

BEST.POST.EVER. Yeah!!!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

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9/4/12 at 7:43pm
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Hey y'all smile.png I'm at the doctor right now; new guy in Renton at the Pain and Injury Clinic; hope someone can figure out what the heck is wrong with me! It's been getting worse for 2 years now sad.png
Hope they can help you.  Being in pain sucks

Yes it does! Makes me a pretty awful wife an mother; not the kind of person I want to be sad.png I loved te doctor and clinic, and will be having a nerve conduction study next week. Progress!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

Jessica, Wife to Isaac, stay at home, Jesus-lovin', Homeschoolin' mama to John (6), Jeanine (4), and William (2). Addicted to chickens and always hoping for more!

post #82620 of 88735
9/4/12 at 7:58pm

hope you feel better Jessica!

 

I was out most of the weekend at Bumbershoot and never did hook up to get the dog crate - but had an idea tongue.png I left Blackberry on top of the time out pen with a milk crate over the top of that.

 

So basically she was on wire for eight hours.

 

The next day she was no longer broody! celebrate.gifStill no egg out of her, but two days of acting normal.

~ formerly known as dawng ~

 

Jersey Giant (Juno) 2010 ~ Ameraucanas (Blueberry/Blackberry) 2011

EEs (Chubby Cheeks, Caramel, & Foxglove) 2011 ~ Cream Brabanters (Peepers 1 & 2) 4/8/12

Quail Belgium Bearded D'anver Bantam (Frodo) ~ Black Marans (Dark Knight) 6/7/12

Salmon Faverolle (Salmonberry) & Light Sussex (Henry) 2/22/13

3 Porcelain D'Uccles & 2 bantam Easter Eggers 5/11/13

~ formerly known as dawng ~

 

Jersey Giant (Juno) 2010 ~ Ameraucanas (Blueberry/Blackberry) 2011

EEs (Chubby Cheeks, Caramel, & Foxglove) 2011 ~ Cream Brabanters (Peepers 1 & 2) 4/8/12

Quail Belgium Bearded D'anver Bantam (Frodo) ~ Black Marans (Dark Knight) 6/7/12

Salmon Faverolle (Salmonberry) & Light Sussex (Henry) 2/22/13

3 Porcelain D'Uccles & 2 bantam Easter Eggers 5/11/13

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