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    OH MY LETTUCE!

    Another side effect that can occur from too much oxalate rich greens is weak egg shells. It takes a lot. But some loose leaf lettuce varieties can be quite high in oxalates. I learned this when I put my chickens in a large patch of overgrown warrigal greens. Which they love. By the end of the...
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    Reinforcement ideas

    You could also invest in electric netting to go around it. It will be useful at a later date once they start free ranging. Dogs don't like electric shocks. They can't dig under it either.
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    Comment by 'EddieSalita' in article 'Wholesome homemade feed 2'

    Fraser coast rural is my regular place. I've never seen it there. But I will ask if they can get it. Pet n produce are hopeless. Supply is very spotty up here with some things. Seems to be a crappy distributor. Agm pigeon mix is always available. We're pretty lucky with the selection of grains...
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    Comment by 'EddieSalita' in article 'Wholesome homemade feed 2'

    Cheers. We don't have io poultry grain mix up here. Im near maryborough qld. I do a diy one with lupins. Just trying this for something different. The pigeon mixes seem to skimp less on the peas for some reason. The meat and bone meal is by laucke. I certainly wouldn't over do it. Just a bit for...
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    Feeding questions

    Ime many heritage breeds tend to build up in egg size. Sometimes a bit slowly. Production hybrids often come rip tearing out of the gate with just one or two smaller practice eggs. It's not a rule though. Just a trend I've noticed. If the birds aren't stressed, and have adequate nutrition...
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    DIY Flock Block WITHOUT Molasses

    Try gelatin. Beef based gelatin is just collagen really. Which is good for them. Mix it nice and strong. They may just eat it a bit faster is all. And no baking. Another idea might be to use a flour/water glue..... aka old fashioned paper machet?
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    Comment by 'EddieSalita' in article 'Wholesome homemade feed 2'

    I found a similar pigeon mix where I am in Australia: Wheat, Sorghum, Whole Corn, Safflower, and Dunfield Peas Minimum Crude Protein: 13% Minimum Crude Fibre: 15% Minimum ME MJ/kg: 14% Minimum Fat: 3% Minimum Starch: 65% Minimum Sugar: 4% What are your thoughts on adding some millet via a...
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    Treats for the whole flock?

    Editing your profile to reveal your location will help with suggestions. They are stock feed. Most often used for racing pigeons where I live. They may be known as field peas, and come in sacks like any other stock feed. otherwise, plain old whole wheat, if suitable for an alexandrine parrot...
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    Treats for the whole flock?

    Fermented dunn peas sound like a winner. Chickens can eat whatever the other two can. The parrot would be the governing factor I imagine.
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    Lesser known fodder plants: Job's tears

    I've seen them swallow they seeds numerous times. So unless they are regurgitating them elsewhere I assume they are eating them. I do try to ensure maximum crop health in my birds. They have a diverse free range forest to forage in. They eat the green blades in quality also. Most young coix...
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    Things I don't feed my chickens😊

    Word of the day: Hormesis Hormesis can be defined as “a process in which exposure to a low dose of a chemical agent or environmental factor that is damaging at higher doses induces an adaptative beneficial effect on the cell or organism” Animals are sometimes smarter than us. Depending on...
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    Chickens and Rhubarb Leaves

    Chickens have an uncanny knack to not kill themselves with food. They also have a knack to know that is the dose that makes the poison. There is quite a bit of evidence around that suggests they eat toxic things in limited amounts for good reasons. Be it anthelmintic or otherwise. We even have...
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    Chickens under Eucalyptus tree

    Don't worry about it. Not only is it safe, but the tree will love it. I live in the qld bush. Thousands of eucalypts, casuarinas, acacias etc..... dozens of varieties all around. My chooks live their whole lives with them. I put em through the chipper and make piles of eucalypt whoodchups for...
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    Rain water system

    A small ozone generator run occasionally is a viable, affordable, simple and potentially safer alternative to chlorination if one is so inclined. Same effect as uv essentially. But as a gas rather than light.
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    Official BYC Poll: How often do you change your chickens' water in hot weather?

    Check it every day with the egg collection. I have two smaller drinkers I swap each day when its hot. I also have a larger heavier drinker as a backup for really hot weather just in case the small one fails, gets knocked over etc.... the big one goes a week before it looks dirty. They will...
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