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    Where Do You Stand With Incubation?

    A broody hen is by far better IMHO. But you don't always have that option, and when you don't, an incubator served that purpose well. IMO, broody hens know what temp to keep their nests/eggs, know when and how often to roll them, know when to stop rolling them, and then take care of and raise...
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    Back to Eden Gardening and Hugelkulture and other non-conventional garden methods

    I've been trying container gardening the last couple of years as I have trouble with my soils in my actual garden. The container plants seem to really take off, growing like wild, and then it's like someone hits a switch and they stop. My tomatos have done awesome, covered with little green...
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    Wild Turkey Eggs - 2017

    My 14yo son was helping his grandfather cut hay and came across a nest of wild turkey eggs. Grandpa is not a warm, fuzzy soul, and was going to wind up destroying the nest, so my son gathered them up and brought them home to our incubator. The wife candled them (that was this past Saturday)...
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    My moms dog killed half of my flock (24 chickens)

    Glad to hear it is NOT the dog. I hope you get that sucker. If you get really good at dispatching them, could you come to my house, cuz the one getting my birds is sneaky like a...well, fox.
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    My moms dog killed half of my flock (24 chickens)

    If the dog was outside with the birds when it happened, then it was the dog. Any other predator would have been deterred by the doodle. I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but my money is on your mom's dog!
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    Dead Chickens...have a suspect.

    It is illegal to kill any animal indiscriminately, even snakes, here in Missouri. But killing in defense of your livestock, your own safety or to prevent property damage is allowed. There have been a number of mountain lions (which are extremely rare here) killed because a person thought they...
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    Dead Chickens...have a suspect.

    The coons and the opps are dispatched!
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    Dead Chickens...have a suspect.

    Yesterday morning I got up to let my chickens out at daylight just as I always do. Went back in and had my coffee. 2 hours later I go out and find a line of feathers across the front yard, but no chicken and no blood. I am definitely missing 2 birds. They free range during the day and get...
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    Feeding WORMS to Chickens?

    OK, gonna start raising mealworms, but have a lot of questions. First, why do you want your mealworms to pupate if you're feeding them to the chickens as mealworms instead of as beetles? Are you doing it to replenish your adult beetle/breeder stock? And how many adults do you keep at a time...
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    Composting???`

    I'm looking at starting a compost pile. I've always fed my birds the leftover/scraps, and just tossed the coop cleanings into the garden, but I think I want to start a compost pile to supplement feeding the chickens. Plus I can imagine they do a really good job of keeping it turned. So, from...
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    Any Winter Crops I Can Still Plant for My Chickens

    I'm sure this has been discussed, but I can't find anything. Every search of 'Winter Chicken Food Crops' just gives me cover crops. I live in Planting Zone 6 or 7 and the only crops I hear of people planting this time of year is turnips. Being the first of October, is there anything I can...
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    Need Good Ol' Chicken Dog

    A real beauty dekel. Is he for hire?
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    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!! I have a FOX!

    Well, I've mysteriously lost three of my 'store bought' uppity babies in the last week. No sign of predators, just missing bird with only a foot or a feather in the middle of the coop. What do I do? I have had all sorts of traps set (after the babies are put up obviously) including steel...
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    New Baby Pics

    You could see from the picture that I have more eggs awaiting hatching, 9 more to be exact. I've noticed in cooking/eating the other eggs that the inside membrane of the eggs is really tough to tear. Is this something I should worry about with my babies not being able to get through? How long...
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    New Baby Pics

    My wife was concerned we wouldn't be able to tell which babies were TURKENS.
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