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    What temp is OK for eggs?

    I have slate turkeys and one hen started laying. The temps have been going up and down, day temps are in the 50s, night temps have been low 30s. I have picked up 3 eggs outside on the ground but now she is laying inside. Will the eggs be ok at this temp.
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    De-boning turkeys?

    Anyone have an easy way to debone turkeys? I want to grind up 6 or 8 next year for sausage and just for ground meat.
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    How many BBW

    I'm getting the birds in the spring so ill only have the BBW tell fall.
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    Chicken Friendly Snail/Slug Detterent

    Just sprinkle DE around your plants, kills the slugs and is good for the chickens. You don't need to use food grade just get the DE for gardens.
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    homemade greenhouse

    12' wide works well inside so I used 8' poly, so 8' rafters. I think it worked out to a 8/12 pitch, something like that. I just build things in my head and then with my hands. That is a 1300 sq ft 3 bed 2 bath log house with 2by 4 int walls inside the logs behind the green house that I built...
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    homemade greenhouse

    They make a ridge cap to fit they poly. Just use a long ladder at the same slope as the roof, have someone hold the bottom of the ladder then you can climb up and screw in the ridge cap. I had a 10' by 16' built this way with double wall vinal (sp) , one layer on each side of the 2 by 4 that I...
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    homemade greenhouse

    This is the one I built, standard frame, works great and you can make it any size you want. This one is 12' by 24'.
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    How many BBW

    This is where they will be. Should be lots of room for about 15 birds. Still workin on it if the snow would go away.
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    Growing in buckets

    I used 5 gal buckets last summer in the green house for peppers and tomatoes. Some did ok but they did need watered every day when it got hot. And you do need a lot of extra nutrients as they tend to get washed out when you water. Next summer I am going to use raised beds inside hoop houses. We...
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    How many BBW

    I am building a new pen that is 40' by 24' with a 8' by 12' coop on the side. How many turkeys can I keep in this size pen. I will have 3 for breeding stock year around, and the rest will be BBW for meat birds just for the summer. This is a brooder I made.
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