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    Mites or Lice? Please help identify and need treatment for Ducks and chickens

    For a small flock and a small chicken house, the old timers' practice was to leave a cigarette burn at night to keep the lice away. Wouldn't cost much anyway.
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    10" wide entry to nesting boxes...

    Our chickens used to lay in only a very few "preferred" nesting boxes. And if another one was there, they would sit there and squalk for 45 minutes. When I put a couple golf balls in each nest, they spread out. Now there is only one nest they seldom use. Guess there's a method to their madness.
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    Yolks that won't whisk together for scramble and are firmer than the normal yolk

    Maybe you could use a high speed blender instead of a wisk.
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    Where/how do you store your feed?

    We keep our bought food in trash cans, but we have good luck getting gleaned corn and spills. Usually too much to do anything but bag it. And then the squirrels have a hey-day. So we're keeping several bags on the front porch where the squirrels fear to tread - at least for the moment...
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    Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

    We've got plans for a better chicken house, and have better materials on hand for it. The hoop house is our learning curve for least expense. Not a long-term solution, just ideas on top of each other. At first we tried a canvas roof. It died in a year. So we used some siding from a Taswell hog...
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    Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

    Not really. Its pretty dense, and actually has some growth in the summer. The metal roof under the thatch is the real roof. Thatch is just a little bit of barrier from the sun in the summer, and whatever winter throws at us. One of these times it will rust through, but we have more metal.
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    Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

    Not really. Its pretty dense, and actually has some growth in the summer. The metal roof under the thatch is the real roof. Thatch is just a little bit of barrier from the sun in the summer, and whatever winter throws at us. One of these times it will rust through, but we have more metal.
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    Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

    Here are some pictures of the thatch, etc.
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    Metal corrugated roof! Ugh...

    Our chicken house is just a hoop house with a metal roof, but on top is a straw mat and whatever weeds we pull up and throw there. I guess its thatch on top of metal, but cheap and easy. Cooler in summer, warmer in winter. No excessive condensation.
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    Comment by 'ckn-hrtd' in article 'Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens'

    Our ckns love road-killed pumpkins, watermelon, and cantaloupe. We picked up 500# of spilled corn, but had to make hominy out of it to get them in the mood. And once in a while they get a road-killed rabbit.
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    How To Clean Rooster Spurs?

    Here is a link to a powder horn site you might find useful. They are the same material, and need oil from time to time. If they get handled a lot, oil from your hands usually works for powder horns. https://www.powderhornsandmore.com/product/horn-patina/
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    I'm looking into raising pigs....

    Chicken Canoe: Insane as in hyper. A "good" hog ought to be lazy.
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    I'm looking into raising pigs....

    If you can, get a cross-bred hog. Some of the pure bred stuff can be insane.
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    Few back feathers and its getting colder

    Thank you. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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    Few back feathers and its getting colder

    Is there something we can do in the way of making an overcoat of sorts? We have had a couple cold snaps, and egg production went way down.
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