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    SauerKraut is it ok to feed?

    Resurrecting this thread... AAH. I am new to fermenting my one veg. And there is always a few full leaves on top of the kraut to keep the shreds under the brine... I hate throwing out anything that the chickens (could/should) eat. My wife actually chops up the refuse from when I make supper...
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    Does my run *need* to be a walk-in?

    My coop is 6'x6' and isn't designed to be walk-in. It's a couple feet off the ground, and so when I need to clean it out, I can scoop/sweep the floor right into my wheelbarrow or cart. It's tall enough that I can stand inside if needed, but I try not to go into it, if I can help it.
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    Rooster run...

    Thanks for that. The biggest pain, is also the best looking one. Even though he is potentially a mix, he looks completely barred rock, which is a good duel purpose breed supposedly. The other one is black and has some ameraucana features... Great, now, I need to build a roo-roost and another...
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    Rooster run...

    We got some barnyard mixes in the spring. Out of seven chicks, four ended up being roos. We plan to cull at least two. We pretty much know which ones. One of them is a holy terror to the girls. What would happen if we made a run and only kept the boys in that run? Would they eventually kill...
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    Difference in Easter Egger vs Olive Egger

    Right, but EE's aren't easy to recognize by looking at them... most of the time you won't know until they lay their first egg. There are tells at different stages of life. I know about the ear coloring, but I wasn't sure if the leg coloring in juveniles was common, or a hit and miss...
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    Difference in Easter Egger vs Olive Egger

    How often do chicks that develop greenish legs become EE's. Most of our chicks have yellow legs, but a couple have green tinge to the yellow. Last year, we had a mystery chick and it's legs went green, and, sure enough it ended up being an EE. It's over a year old now, and it's legs are black...
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    Odd colored chick...

    It's like a reverse barred rock, that is clearly white with black stripes! LOL Genetics can be weird and fun. We just got 7 barnyard mixes, the parentage was barred rock, buff orpington and Easter Eggers...It seems like their colors change daily.
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    Me too. I like making a plan and sticking to it. The wife, not so much, if she thinks something is a problem, she just acts. I got frustrated with her last night because she just kept watching them, then moving things around. I had to leave the room.
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    The wife was down with them for an hour or two and they weren't having it. The coop is a couple feet above the floor, the ramp that came with it was a bit steep, so I added "rungs" to the ramp for grip. They are still pretty small, kind of worried about them falling off the ramp.
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    I contacted the brooder plate manufacturer directly, they get right back with me within 24 hours usually. They said while they prefer the plate to be used in environments in the upper 60s, the chicks will be perfectly fine. We tried to put them down there last night and they threw a fit. I have...
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    Thanks, my wife is worried, we had them down there the entire time last year, but she is nervous.
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    They were hatched on March 2nd.
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    Ambient temp in brooder (with plate)

    So I have seen the temps and age charts for chicks. But these charts are usually about heat lamps and the temp or the brooder cage. We are using a brooder plate. They are currently in a room that has an ambient temp of 70 degrees F +/-. I want to move them to a room that is always between...
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    Personal websites vs. Forum advice

    Glad I'm not crazy...If they professed that it was just their experience it would be one thing, but when they try to tell you that they have researched it so exhaustively that you shouldn't even bother to do your own research, and load up their site with articles from various studies, etc...
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    Pet Peeves

    Pet Peeves... Don't get me started... My wife finds information on chicken keeping from the most fatalistic people online... People that insist that there is ONE way to do everything and everyone else are ignorant monsters for not doing it their way! I'm looking at you Featherbrain...
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