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    How warm is your cookie tin water heater? Looking for

    I don't have specific temps for you, just personal experience. When I put an old-style incandescent 60-watt bulb in my warmer (same size as yours), the bulb overheats and burns out. The exception to this is when the temps drop into the single digits. I have the most consistent luck with a...
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    Straw or pine shavings in coop?

    I'll put in my own 2 cents' worth here... My chickens are pastured, so I don't put anything outside the coop. I use a base of wheat straw, then put pine shavings on top. The chickens make a huge mess of the coop for the first few days, digging through to find every last wheat kernel. This has...
  3. My diverse little flock!

    My diverse little flock!

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    Ideas on how to make a little cash off of what I got on my farm...

    I make angel food cakes and egg noodles with my excess eggs. I am planning to sell them at local farmers markets this summer. If you don't have time to set up at a farmers market, you might try advertising on Facebook or putting up flyers saying that you have homemade goods available for...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest: 200,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR and Win!!!

    06/08/2013 2:00 pm
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    Lethargic, Bloated chicken with foamy, yellow poop - help!

    Hello all, I am new to this site, so please excuse me if I'm asking a question that has been answered elsewhere. We have a good-sized broiler flock of Freedom Ranger chickens that are 5 weeks old. DH informed me tonight that one of our birds is lethargic & bloated (but has really skinny legs)...
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