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    Has anyone succesfully had chickens without feeding chicken food

    I just blogged my latest recipe for chick starter, along with pics of my current batch of chicks: Icelandics, Buff Brahmas, mixed reds, and a few odds and ends from my flock. They are doing great on it, and it barely cost me anything to make.
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    I bought some Icelandic eggs...

    Seventeen hatched so far!!! More on the way! Pics on my blog today....
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    I bought some Icelandic eggs...

    25 for $25, a bargain!
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    I bought some Icelandic eggs...

    ....and they're in the incubator now. I'm incubating my future incubators....hoping to get the broody trait solidly into my flock.
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    WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

    Quote: What carrier do you use? Verizon. Got a phone?
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    WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

    Countryuppiechick, I'm interested in knowing more about the phones you pm'd me about but your inbox is full! Send me more details if you would, please!
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    WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

    We used a computer fan and wired it to an old cell phone charger. It works great.
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    WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

    I need a cell phone....I'll get a new one in about 8 months when our contract is up but meanwhile I am using one that is so old it has an antenna that I have to pull up! Anyone have one sitting in a box somewhere that you'd be willing to trade for some of my handmade homestead-style goat's milk...
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    Little Giant incubator question from a first-timer

    Adding warm water.....I suspect the fan is over-cooling things at 12v. Computers are hot stuff.
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    Little Giant incubator question from a first-timer

    Thank you! Should the computer fan (12v) be wired for 12 v (fast turning) or as suggested by someone else, to a cell phone charger (5v) for a slower fan? At 5 v it barely seemed to move the air but at 12 v it seems to cool the incubator by evaporating the water too quickly. We added the fan...
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    Little Giant incubator question from a first-timer

    The incubator has four little holes in the bottom and the place you put water is in the middle, under the egg turner. It is pretty difficult to get water in there without moving the turner and the whole thing cools down for a couple of hours after adding water. We haven't added eggs yet as we...
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    Growing our own feed, question on protein... peas?

    Slightly sprouting the small whole grains greatly increases the protein content. Barley's protein level shoots right up! You can sprout any of the small grains quite easily in a pail of water for a 24 hour soak, then transfer it to a pail with small holes drilled in the bottom for rinsing and...
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    compost pile in chicken coop

    Check this out: http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/A+Paradigm+Shift.html I throw just about everything onto my compost pile for my chickens.
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    Cruel to not let them free range?

    Two words: Chicken tractor.
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    Meat birds on pasture/whole grains....anyone doing it? Breeds?

    That is good to know! I do not feed whole grains for the price, although that is a good benefit. It just fits in with my whole feeding philosophy here. I do grind it a bit for the chicks, but they can handle the small grains by 10 days and most can handle corn by three or four weeks. I have...
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