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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    Looks just like these: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/european-earwigs-5-533/ I'm sure it's fine, they're bugs afterall.
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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    Claude is one of the AI tools on the market :) I'll take a look at Justin's channel. Thanks again.
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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    I can't recall exectly, it was a pretty long drawn out YT video that went into quite a bit of detail. I'll see if I can find it. Here's what Claude has to say about my mix: Fish Meal (8% of your mix) - The amino acid powerhouse: Provides excellent complete protein with all essential amino...
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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    I think I cycle through all but the oats fast enough to avoid going bad. in reading through some of their other threads, @nuthatched is having me question the use of oats altogether.
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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    Edited for additional context What am I missing? thanks! My current mix recipe: 30% Corn 30% Wheat berries 20% Peas 10% Oats 8% Fish Meal (2%) They also get table scraps and free range the property for 4-5 hrs/day, so whatever they find out there too
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    Swollen Preen Gland

    They did not, it seems some swelling might have gone down a bit, but they filled back up with dirt pretty quickly and I didn't do a good job keeping up with daily flushing. I'm going to try again and do a better job keeping it clean over a longer period of time.
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    Earwings in Dry Grain Storage

    I recently switched from store bought pellet feed to making my own fermented mix of dried grains. My mix includes, whole corn, whole oats, red wheat berries, and dried split peas. I aslo sprinkle fish meal on each serving. I store my supply of each grain in their own metal trash cans with a...
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    Swollen Preen Gland

    I don’t know. I soaked the hen for about 15m, before pulling it out with tweezer. It didn’t do much in the way of softening whatever was clogging it, which makes me think it was oil from the preen gland, maybe mixed with dirt. The hen never seemed to care, although I think the gland stopped...
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    Swollen Preen Gland

    > You have 2 hens with the same issue? Correct, both presenting with the prodruding, hollowed out look you see in the picture. These came in a group of six, they're rhode island red/barnyard mixes that were previously living in less than ideal conditions (extreme over-crowding). I've had them...
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    Swollen Preen Gland

    I have two hens presenting with what appears to be an infected preen gland. The two with the problem are behaving normally, but it doesn’t appear to be getting any better. I would guess that the glands on these two have been protruding like this for 1-2 weeks now with no changes. I am unable...
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