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    A poster requested screenshot of my feed calculator...

    @U_Stormcrow Thanks for making this feed calculator available. How did you arrive at the reference values for the methionine, lysine, threonine and tryptophan levels in the various components? I've looked at both feedipedia and feedtables and am not entirely certain what units you're using. The...
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    Nigerian Dwarf Goat basic care and other questions + favorite small milk goat breeds

    1. I went through a similar process. The experienced goat people I talked to advised me to get 2 bucks. Age doesn't seem to matter since my younger buck was 6 weeks old and still getting bottle fed when I got him, and he was in with adult bucks before I picked him up. My yearling buck is totally...
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    Organic feed reviews

    I started out thinking it'd be easy to find a good quality organic feed for my chicks that's free of things I'm allergic to (soy, shellfish). It's turning out a lot more difficult than I thought it'd be. New Country Organics starter I liked the convenience of their free shipping bundles, in...
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    PSA don't buy manna pro waterers

    The 5 quart chicken waterer that Manna Pro makes is completely inexcusable garbage. There is no way to get the base to lock like it should. I spent a lot of time fiddling with it, thinking I had it secure only to wind up drowning my chicks when the base totally let go. It's like it's designed to...
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    A New Love Affair

    Does the brooder have open sides or have closed sides? Mine were a lot more skittish when I had them in a plastic container brooder. They're more relaxed now they're in a wire dog crate+wire exercise pen brooder. I spent time hanging out with mine, talking to them, showing them the water & food...
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    A New Love Affair

    I had a similar setup and mine were in their brooder with heat plate for their first week or two. My heat plate has a "heater" setting and a "brooder" setting, so I used "brooder". Inside my house was 71 degrees. They were all happy. They would run out from under the heat plate to eat & drink &...
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    A short chicken feed rant

    You're welcome! This is some more info I've come across in my own research. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/807ec6ce-4bae-47e2-ae7d-e9a570e7e1f4/content https://attra.ncat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/chnutritionhpinew.pdf...
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    A short chicken feed rant

    I feel the same way. Our ancestors depended more on their animals for food, so a lot of the counter arguments don't make sense. Yes, there are modern hybrids that probably wouldn't do well, but what about heritage breeds? This is one site I've come across. With the heat and all I haven't been...
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    Feed Management Methods [Poll]

    Per this poll, most people keep their chickens in a coop & run (32.5%). Hence why that was the only advice I received.
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    Indoors to outdoors in super heat: transition options?

    It's been well over 100F here on and off for a while here. Mine are 3 weeks and have been on my screen porch under fans for probably 2 weeks now. I have another fan for them at ground level and they get a gallon milk jug with ice in in changed out several times a day. At first, I turned the fans...
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    Feed Management Methods [Poll]

    I'm now understanding why I didn't have much luck asking for help about chicken tractors here, since it seems this is pretty biased towards coops.
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    Mobile coop

    Look up eggmobile & chicken tractor. There are a lot of different designs online, including a few built around a trailer.
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    brooding without electricity

    So I have chicks coming tomorrow and we have no electricity. No word on when it'll be back. We don't have a generator. Daytime temps here are in the high 80s to low 90s and it gets hotter in my garage. At night it's in the low 70s. Has anyone brooded chicks without any electricity for heat?
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    creating a secure chicken tractor

    I just looked at the cost of the premier 1 electric poultry netting & charger and was shocked at the cost of it. 😲 So keeping them safe and giving them the freedom to forage the way chickens should be able to forage are just incompatible. I'm also getting debilitated faster than I thought by...
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    I need some information on raising Nigerian Dwarf Goats!

    I'm kinda new to goats, so I'm going to relay what I've learned thus far. I still have a lot to learn about wethers, since I don't have any. You need a minimum of 2 though 3-4 are happier. I just had 2 does and they were ok. Now that I have another doe and her doe kid everyone is happier...
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