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    Yogurt gurus - why heat milk?

    I just realized I don't know how to quote different people's comments all in one post...so my apologies for making one post after the other. Seymore0626, I suspect you are right about the proteins. I wish I could get raw milk. We used to drink raw goat milk and it was delicious. I always...
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    Yogurt gurus - why heat milk?

    Quote: Ooooh, BettyR, thanks for being the guinea pig on that experiment! Every time I make it, I think I should try a bit of it without heating, then I just end up doing it the way I know will work. I guess I've just been too chicken
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    Yogurt gurus - why heat milk?

    I make yogurt by the gallon because all the critters around here get a daily dose of it (dog, pig, cats, chickens, guineas, goose). I have been making it for years. But I have always wondered something. If I am using pasteurized milk, why do I need to heat it? Isn't pasteurized milk already...
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    I am just sick and sad....

    Hugs to you, HennyJenny. You did the right thing. You are in pain now, on behalf of your turkey baby, but this, too will pass.
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    Why are my chickens laying in the sun?

    Some of y'all are crackin me up I have thought this through and have convinced myself to quit worrying so much about the effect of the heat on the birds. I am doing everything I can and will continue to, but if they want to sunbathe, more power to 'em. I guess they have enough sense to know...
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    Why are my chickens laying in the sun?

    Thanks a bunch to all you speedy people for your quick responses. I just checked and everyone is back under the bushes, so I guess all's well that ends well. Maybe this heat has scrambled my brains, because I am worrying much more than normal about my birds this summer. You all reassured me...
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    Why are my chickens laying in the sun?

    I just checked the thermometer on the coop porch, in the shade, and it reads 97. Why on earth are some of my free ranging hens laying IN THE SUN? They are laying down with one wing spread out to the side. They look dead, but they're not. There is shade all over the place, and lots of...
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    Heat Related Deaths or complications due to the heat.

    I'm also in the Fort Worth area with that awful heat index. No end in sight, either. I worry about everyone's birds, and I feel so fortunate to be able to be home during the day to tend to mine. I don't have any new ideas to add. For my big girls who free range, and the guineas and goose, we...
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    Lost a hen today

    So sorry for your loss.
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    Silkies with Potbelly Pig & Rooster, Hen with a Turkey Pair

    I'm not sure I understand the arrangement...will the piggie be in a run with the silkies (not in the "smaller coop up high")? If so, I think everyone can be happy. Our pot bellied pigs always got along with all our other critters (cats, dogs, guineas, geese, chickens), and our adult chickens...
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    Just dispatched our first rooq

    Littlestars, it sounds like you are kind of feeling the way I have felt every time we have had an animal euthanized. I go over every little detail in my mind, over and over. I think I will never be able to get it out of my head and I walk around with a sick feeling in my stomach. The whole...
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    Just dispatched our first rooq

    Oh, littlestars, my heart goes out to you. Of course it is normal to feel this way. It just means you have a heart and you love your birds. I wish I understood why a sweet little bird can end up as an aggressive rooster...well, I guess I do understand the biology of it, but I know from...
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    New Roo in the famil....have Questions?

    Quote: Had to laugh at this! After our first rooster, Pimp Daddy, turned mean (and had to go away), we decided to let our second rooster keep the hen name he started out with - Lucille. We hoped the humiliation would keep his testosterone level down! Sadly, it didn't work, and Lucille also...
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    Texas

    Quote: WooHoo!!! See ya there! Thanks, Tim63, our new bantams are apparently going to be my new addiction. I will hogtie this old pig if I need to so I can make it to this show!
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    Texas

    Hey, y'all! I just discovered this Texas-specific thread, and I have seen a few references to a show in Decatur. Can anyone give me some details on this? I've been to a million dog shows in my lifetime, but never a chicken show. It is hard for DH and me to get away from the house together...
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