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    Cement floor: pros & cons?

    My chickens are in an old stone built shed with a dirt floor which i hate because it's incredibly dusty inside. I was thinking if we pour a cement floor with a gutter in the middle going out the door then i will be able to wash the whole coup out with disinfectant to keep it clean and the water...
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    GMO questions and answers: a rational evidence-based discussion

    It's easy to do aart, there is so much missinformation circulating on this subject!
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    Sick chicks useless vet please help!

    He only knew the Macedonian name, which now i can't remember but i can find out. He said they get white spots inside their mouth too. I didn't notice any white spots but it was hard to tell because of the swelling and i didn't want to poke and prod it too much because it was is so much distress...
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    Sick chicks useless vet please help!

    The swollen chick was even worse today. Can't even tell where it's eye is anymore it's so swollen, looks like it's going to burst! And it's not able to eat or drink at all.Was giving it the antibiotic and electrolyte with a syringe but it was throwing it back up. I showed it to my father in law...
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    GMO questions and answers: a rational evidence-based discussion

    F1 GM crops ARE cross bread hybrids. They have cross bread two parent plants to get the new variety: F1 HYBRID. That's how all hybrids are created, GM or not. All industrial corn is produce this way. A lot of pollen drifts. Not a specific problem to GM crops. Syngenta produce a sunflower...
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    GMO questions and answers: a rational evidence-based discussion

    Other companies patent their seed though, not just Monsanto. And after a few years it comes off patent and other companies are allowed to copy and produce their own seed under they're own brand name. This is nothing specific to GM crops. There are loads of seed companies producing new varieties...
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    Sick chicks useless vet please help!

    Yeah, she looked at the chick and cleaned it's eye and gave me advice, but they don't have anything for birds. I took an injured magpie there last month and they told me the same thing: "we don't have anything for magpies". It's just frustrating because they lack the basic medical supplies. I...
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    GMO questions and answers: a rational evidence-based discussion

    I'm not sure that Monsanto pioneered no till farming, but yes no till prevents soil erosion. Here is a great video on this subject: "University of Georgia professor Wayne Parrott explains how genetically modified crops can play a key role in agricultural sustainability improvements, from...
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    Sick chicks useless vet please help!

    I'm in Macedonia and the vets here are rubbish! I've got 2 sick chicks, one is sneezing and croaky sounding but otherwise seems OK, and the other has really bad swelling on one side of it's face and it can't close it's beak or open it's eye and it looks really bad. I took them to the vet who...
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    Egg hatching in my bra - advice on when/if to assist!

    The mothers are some kind of Italian crossed with a mutt, i'm not sure exactly the guy i bought them from was very vague. I'm in Macedonia and they call them 'village' chickens. He told me Italian crossed with village. But these new chicks have the same markings as the mothers when they were...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Not unless you want a staggered hatch! My broody had mixed up eggs and she got off the nest before the last one hatched and i had to finish it off in my bra lol. I kept it there for another 2 and 1/2 days till it hatched yesterday and last night i stuck it back in with the rest. It's doing...
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    Blood Ring or Not?

    Yes, the air cell is at the fat end! I thought that's what we were looking at but now i see it again i can tell it's upside down, oops!
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    Egg hatching in my bra - advice on when/if to assist!

    We've also got an aggressive cockerel and if this little chick stays friendly and turns out to be a roo we will be keeping him instead of this evil one! lol
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    Egg hatching in my bra - advice on when/if to assist!

    It wasn't completely in open air, it was tucked into my boobs where there is quite a bit of humidity! lol I think it replicates the mothers environment quite well. Although i wouldn't do it this way right from the start, but evidently it was enough to finish off the proses! I put the chick...
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    GMO questions and answers: a rational evidence-based discussion

    Some great questions Chickengeorgeto For question one: Yes they are. It take years of research and animal testing to develop a new GM variety and have it approved for sale. The regulations are very tight for GM crops, it's a very long multi-step proses . Researchers and regulators have...
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