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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    Good question! I have asked the director of the mission this very question! We are teaching them God’s Way, so why add technology to the mix. It is taking time for the director and the farmers to realize the best way is the way God intended. I was asked to research incubators, so am doing what...
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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    Yes! Most definitely!!! When I was there in June, there was only one. I thought it was a grand idea to allow staff members and even children to learn how to raise chickens. I’m hearing they are having great luck with that. There are now 6 brooder hens and counting. I learned last night, there...
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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    Welcome to BYC! A big hello from Indiana!!!
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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    I hadn’t thought about this idea! If we can get solar, what I don’t yet know, is what supplies I will need to build a solar setup like what you have described! Do I need an inverter or would I need several? Marine batteries I’ve been told are the best! But how many? What size solar panels...
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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    I think I’ll look into this. Thank you for the idea. I did find out that kerosene is not readily available, and is thus very expensive in Liberia. I have heard of a paraffin incubator. Using what resources they have available there, will be what works. I will keep everyone posted, when I find...
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    Chicken Farmer Teaching Others How To Raise Chickens!

    I’ve been raising chickens in the US for years, having grown up on a farm. I travel to Liberia yearly to teach men, women, and children how to raise chickens! Electricity or what they call Current isn’t readily available. I’m interested in other ways of raising chickens, including the use of...
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