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    Gingerbread Men Cookies recipe for J0-Jo 54

    Sorry about the wait. I can't believe I had lost the recipe from the Grandma's Molasses label to make the cookies. I tried their website and couldn't find the one we used, so I tried buying another bottle and no luck. So now I am back in Abliene, here for x-mas and asked my granddaughter if...
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    looking for ginger cookie recipe

    My graddaughter needed to bake gingerbread cookies for one of her classes, so after researching many receipes we settled on the one thats on the lable of the Grandma Molasses the taste was excellent. The cookies were puffyand chewy, she had lots of students and teachers tell her the cookies...
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    Guard dog for chickens

    Thanks everyone for your replys. My dog is a boarder collie and she is from a shelter. In fact we always abopt dogs from the shelter. She has not been spade because we have had her only a few months and we couldn't have her fixed because she had the worst case of heartworms when we got her...
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    Guard dog for chickens

    What kind of dog should I buy for a guard dog for my chickens. Does the dog have to be a puppy? Does it have to live with the chickens in the chicken pen? I just lost 3 roos and 2 hens while we were out for the day to dogs. I am not sure but I think it was dogs and I can't say my dog might...
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    "Neiman Marcus' Secret Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe"

    These cookies look awesome, are they chewy or crunchie ? A great receipe to make when you need a big batch, Thanks
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    Dirt run in a dry climate?

    Has anyone ever tried lime on their dirt run? I use it and I never have any smell. I don't put down straw or anything else. I usually apply it when the chickens are free ranging and have never noticed any problems with their feet or any parts of their bodies. It seems to keep them pest free...
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    Whats up with grit?

    I started to free range my chickens and I thought I would not need to give them any added grit. Then I had 2 chickens that got impact gizzard and died. Than I read in one of the thread that you had to cut open the gizzard to remove some of feed. Well when my third chicken was dying of impact...
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    Killer chicken

    By reading another post I found out that RIR lay brown eggs. mine lay blushish green eggs. So I have no idea what I have.
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    Killer chicken

    Where can I see a Pic of RIR. this behavior sounds like my chickens I have. I bought 25 chicks from Ideal and they were different breeds unlike anything I am familar with. They have pecked each other to the point they have hugh bald spots all up and around their tail feathers which most no...
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    Having an issue Making Bread....3rd attempt using suggestions here

    Make sure you are not using idoine salt. It kill the yeast. For many years I couldn't figure out why my bread wouldn't rise the way it suppose too. I would even use a thermometer and it still wouldn't rise correctly and the bread would be heavy. Till I read that idione kills yeast. I do...
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    Question for bread bakers...

    Make sure you are not killing the yeast with to hot liquids. To test if your yeast is still good put a 1/4 c. warm water and add some sugar( since sugar helps the yeast grow ) and than add your yeast if the yeast grows and doesn't just lie flat like when you first put it in, If it doubles...
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    CANNIBALISM

    Thanks everyone for your quick answer I will take everyones advise. I don't believe crowding is the problem but I think the lack of enough protein might be. But I will definitely check more carefully for over crowding. Jo-Me
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    CANNIBALISM

    Hope someone can shed some light on canniablism. My chickens have findly started laying and I am so excited that half of them are laying. Until 2 weeks ago we had the only giant red die and we found blood all over the feed bucket. We didn't examine her I guess close enough. Since I was very...
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