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post #31 of 38
5/12/12 at 7:33pm
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Does anyone buy their feed at Fleet Farm?  That's where I get my "good" pellets from but was wondering what you think of the Fleet Farm brand Sprout, layer crumbles.

I used to buy feed there when it was cheaper. Their prices went up a lot this last year. I thought it was just fine. I will still buy a few bags of the meat maker when it comes on sale. Then I will mix it in with the hog mash I normally use to bring the protein %up a little. It hasn't been on sale for a while. Last year it was on at 10.50 a bag
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post #32 of 38
5/12/12 at 8:11pm

i buy at our local coop when I can make it at 12 dollars for the 50lb bags. 

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post #33 of 38
5/13/12 at 3:28pm

You can mix fancy scratch in with there reg. feed. And let them out on grass. I have the same prob. Mine go through alot of feed and I try to get them most out of my money.

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post #34 of 38
5/14/12 at 7:37am

So, Webwopper.  Where do you get duckweed?  I've never heard of it...

 

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post #35 of 38
5/14/12 at 2:59pm
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So, Webwopper.  Where do you get duckweed?  I've never heard of it...

If you are us, you just build a pretty ornamental pond. The water is nice and clear for years, then some wild mallards use it for a day or so and voila---duckweed!

 

Seriously, it's just in the still ponds around here. I saw this thread and have been harvesting it for my chickens and ducks to eat and it's cut my feed bill down a bit. Someone posted it was for sale on ebay. You might post on your local craigslist, etc to see if anyone local to you has it.

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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post #36 of 38
5/14/12 at 8:15pm

Wow! I really need to get some duckweed! I'm sure I could find it in the local ponds but does anybody on here sell it?
 

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post #37 of 38
5/15/12 at 5:21am
Once you get it started you can keep it going in a barrel. It is supposed to be really easy and very high protein.
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post #38 of 38
5/15/12 at 9:34am

If you have a fishtank you can over winter your duckweed in the fish tank.  But be careful, if you don't have plant eaters in your tank it will take over the whole top.  The real problem comes when you have to work on that tank, everything you stick in the water comes out covered with duckweed!  Trust me on this one, learned from experience.

 

I wonder if you could keep it alive through the winter in a glass jar on a south facing window, any one ever tried this?
 

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