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post #11 of 16
2/27/12 at 10:22am
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All of mine, even the grown ones, get crumbles.  We don't really have a way to feed them where the cats and dog can't get to it, so we have to mix cayenne pepper in it.  With pellets, it would just settle to the bottom and not do any good.  With crumbles, though, it stayed evenly mixed.  ;)

Kara - home to 1 smart dog, 1 hyper puppy, 3 lazy cats, and 32 crazy chickens...oh, and a 13 year old kid and a husband thrown in there for good measure.   

 

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post #12 of 16
2/27/12 at 10:31am
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Originally Posted by kara_leigh View Post

All of mine, even the grown ones, get crumbles.  We don't really have a way to feed them where the cats and dog can't get to it, so we have to mix cayenne pepper in it.  With pellets, it would just settle to the bottom and not do any good.  With crumbles, though, it stayed evenly mixed.  ;)



 Thats a great idea about the cayenne, maybe it would teach my dogs not to eat their feed.

Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #13 of 16
2/27/12 at 2:12pm
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It trained our puppy and our 4 barn cats to not eat the chicken feed.  I can even go without it now, and they won't eat it.  I put it in every few days to reinforce it, b/c all they have to do is smell the cayenne and the move on. 

Kara - home to 1 smart dog, 1 hyper puppy, 3 lazy cats, and 32 crazy chickens...oh, and a 13 year old kid and a husband thrown in there for good measure.   

 

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Kara - home to 1 smart dog, 1 hyper puppy, 3 lazy cats, and 32 crazy chickens...oh, and a 13 year old kid and a husband thrown in there for good measure.   

 

http://talesofatransplantedcitygirl.wordpress.com/

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post #14 of 16
2/27/12 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by kara_leigh View Post

It trained our puppy and our 4 barn cats to not eat the chicken feed.  I can even go without it now, and they won't eat it.  I put it in every few days to reinforce it, b/c all they have to do is smell the cayenne and the move on. 



I am going to try this.  My Papillon has put on some extra pounds since she has added duck food and poop to her diet.  sickbyc.gif

So no ill effects for chickens or ducks?

 

DOGS: 4 Shih Tzu, 1 Papillon, 1 Great Pyrenees

CHICKENS: 1 BO, 2 EE, 2 WLH, 10 blue and splash JG, plus various aged JG, BO, JG/BO and JG/EE chicks, and 8 meaties.   

DUCKS: 20 Muscovy ducks: 5 adults, 7 juveniles and 8 ducklings.  6 Pekin ducklings

 

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DOGS: 4 Shih Tzu, 1 Papillon, 1 Great Pyrenees

CHICKENS: 1 BO, 2 EE, 2 WLH, 10 blue and splash JG, plus various aged JG, BO, JG/BO and JG/EE chicks, and 8 meaties.   

DUCKS: 20 Muscovy ducks: 5 adults, 7 juveniles and 8 ducklings.  6 Pekin ducklings

 

Some threads started with basic info.

Picking a duck breed, where to buy, what genders to get

Raising and caring for ducklings

 

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post #15 of 16
2/27/12 at 8:20pm
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Birds cannot taste cayenne, so it doesn't bother them, and my eggs taste fine.  I've had no complaints from the people that buy my eggs. The meat birds we butchered last summer ate it also, and the meat tasted normal.  :)  They do sneeze once in a while, but otherwise they don't seem to be bothered by it at all. 

 

I buy both powdered and flake cayenne (and put both in at the same time and either shake or stir it in) in big containers at Sams, which you can find in the spice/seasonings aisle. 


Edited by kara_leigh - 2/27/12 at 8:28pm

Kara - home to 1 smart dog, 1 hyper puppy, 3 lazy cats, and 32 crazy chickens...oh, and a 13 year old kid and a husband thrown in there for good measure.   

 

http://talesofatransplantedcitygirl.wordpress.com/

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Kara - home to 1 smart dog, 1 hyper puppy, 3 lazy cats, and 32 crazy chickens...oh, and a 13 year old kid and a husband thrown in there for good measure.   

 

http://talesofatransplantedcitygirl.wordpress.com/

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post #16 of 16
2/27/12 at 9:53pm

I buy niacin in the vitamin aisle and mix it in their water.

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