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    Can you use a dog shock collar to teach a rooster to stop crowing?

    I've heard the best way to keep a rooster from crowing is about six hours alone in a crockpot.
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    Questions about ingredients in Layer Pellet feed I use

    E. faecium is essentially an immunity booster, Lactobacillus acidophilus comes from an algae and when fermented gets you L. casei immunitas which is a common intestinal flora for digestive regulation(think "Activia"), Aspergillus niger is a completely unavoidable inhabitant of this planet. If...
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    So DH went to the feed store....

    You know, I've been in and out of the local TSC for nearly ten years for this and that and was always greeted with normal courtesy. Now that I have went over to the chicken side, when I walk in there are smiles and sometimes waves and howdys. Either there is some sort of detector at the door or...
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    Question on feeding yogurt

    I have found that the biggest concern is being sure not to stand too close when the go after it. It is really a show!
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    Silkie Chicks with light feet?

    I kinda have just the opposite problem. I have a RSL that has always had one toe joint down to her claw that is greenish grey. I will still examine it every time I pick her up but it has never appeared to be anything other than pigmentation. Maybe the light colored Silkie legs and my RSLs funky...
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    The Polish braggers thread

    Do all Polish tend to be spastic nitwits or is it just mine? The girls will just tear around the run when I come out of the house like I was playing a one-man-band getup. And none of them seem to get the concept of chicken wire impenetrability. Their eyes aren't covered yet but when they play...
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    meet Ipod

    The tannins in most teas break down within about 24 hrs, but the fridge will get you another good day or so. Warmer than room temp is best. Have a cup of tea a day and reserve a teaspoon or so for the chicky. Most green teas are picked before they develop very much caffeine, but so long as the...
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    poll: are you legal or an outlaw?

    Currently flying under the radar! The city ordinances say none allowed! The very next sentence is "exceptions" and says that up to six per acre or six per residential estate are allowed. So, basically No! and here's how many you can have. An anonymous call to Animal Control gets me an "I dunno...
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    Rock salt in a shotgun?

    When I was in high school, I had a friend who applied rock salt loads liberally to a burglars back side at about 15 feet. The sherrif's deputy who responded just went to the emergency room and only had to wait about 20 minutes before the guy showed up.
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    Are they stretching?

    Out of lurking mode and into posting mode. I was used to the wing/leg stretch because I have had parrots and teels but when my RSLs flopped on one side and started flapping and kicking I thought they were having some sort of seizure. They would just lay there on their side afterwards and not...
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