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    I have a question about poultry processing exemption PL 90-492

    Hi, My wife and I process our own pastured poultry near Sacramento, California and i am curious about federal law 90-492 which is an exemption from USDA inspection. My question is, do I need to apply for this exemption, and if so how do I do that. Thank you!
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    Mealworm farming

    Thank you for the info! I appreciate it, so if i understand correctly you dont use this method? What method do you use and how would i set it up? I would like to do it right the first time. Thanks!
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    Starting a mealworm farm, questions about auto-sifting bins

    Thanks ! Ill do that!
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    Mealworm farming

    Hi, My wife and I are about to get meal worms and beetles and were wanting to build a anti-sifting bin for them, my idea would be have the beetles in the top bin which has a screen on the bottom and the eggs from the beetles would fall through the screen and into the next bin where they turn...
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    if you've used a chicken nipple water system (what style) and how to you clean them?

    I don't have a picture of the one i made but this is the same one. it is one you can make out of nipplers and a 2 gallon bucket. good luck. http://happymoneysaver.com/chicken-nipple-waterer/ Allen Lee Agape Farm
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    Starting a mealworm farm, questions about auto-sifting bins

    Hi, My wife and I are about to get meal worms and beetles and were wanting to build a anti-sifting bin for them, my idea would be have the beetles in the top bin which has a screen on the bottom and the eggs from the beetles would fall through the screen and into the next bin where they turn...
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    Hen being strange in nest area

    Wow that is intiguing. . One of the other girls could have taken an egg, if it was eatin by a chicken you would find egg shells somewhere.
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    To let the chicken be broody and hatch eggs or to break the broodiness?

    Thank you all for your thoughts on this subject! I spoke with my wife about this and we have decided to let her be a mother and hatch some more chicks!
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    here's what my wife and I built last year! we also built that bamboo fence by it, We used all recycled wood
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    Hen being strange in nest area

    We built some pens for our meat birds but we used one of these when our hen went broody and it really helped. We put this pen outside with a bunch of bedding in there and we put the hen and her eggs in a box inside this pen. We put food and water in there and the hen really loved it, She had...
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    To let the chicken be broody and hatch eggs or to break the broodiness?

    So I have a question. My wife and I currently have 6 hens that are laying eggs, We are selling about 1-2 dozen eggs per week to the public (We are in the process of starting a small farm). One of our hens went broody a few days ago so we decided to let her hatch her eggs, but now another hen...
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