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    Oxine Use

    I do not promote using activated Oxine anywhere near animals. That also includes you. Activated it becomes very volatile and can cause a lot of damage to the respiratory system. Non activated is much safer and will still work much to the same extent, the only time I would use activated is if I...
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    What do you think? Am I too picky?

    I'm the same way. Not picky, more of an ethics thing IMO
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    Bantam Cochin red legs update

    There are many opinions on this condition so take mine as you will. It is normal for feather legged breeds, especially roosters. I have only ever seen this happen with Cochins, Brahmas, and Langshans (I have a Langshan roo who has it) in essence, if you have ruled out mites, wounds, etc, it is...
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    Coccidiosis treatment advice please

    They may just not know how to handle it. There are some people who just throw an antibiotic at everything and hope for the best, when in fact there is a more appropriate treatment available. Coccidosis is usually easy to treat. Everybody goes on the Corid in the water, change daily, and maintain...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    ohhh boy. some people hoard baskets. some pillows. I hoard heirloom tomato seeds. if I had to pick one favorite out of them all- Paul Robeson. I should preface that I am a diehard fan of a solid red tomato. Pinks and oranges, yellows- they all taste good, but a real old fashioned, acidic, not...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Mignonette is a French variety but falls under the Alpine category which is close to wild strawberry! I'm proud I saw it was an Alpine before I had to google the variety name. They sound like an amazing groundcover!
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I am in 6- technically 6a. Mid Ohio here! we have had a suspiciously mild winter. I am hoping my fruit plants are okay.. very few chill hours. Seeds wise I just had basil sprout on my windowsill in the kitchen. I have vervain seeds stratifying in the fridge for a couple weeks.. then they will...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    those look very similar to one of the varieties I put in! I bought a 75 pk from Stark Bros during their sale. I mean, 75 plants for like 20 dollars? SCORE! That said, I may have underestimated the power of those runners. Up till July I kept everything snipped away.. then the tomatoes went wild...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Oh yes. Dreaming, scheming, and sneaking a few seeds into some indoor pots. This year marks year 1 of the big garden (25X25 ft) being ready to go. 8 ft fencing all around. the hugulkultur beds need mulched back up, the raspberry canes need pruned and trained, and I need to start prepping the...
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    Rooster Crowing "too" early?

    In all my rooster experience (5 total) I only have one who crows at night, the big Langshan, and it is only ever when there is a noise like nieghbor's car door, dog barking, rustling near coop, or someone on the hiking trail behind our house (it runs on the other side of a creek and sometimes at...
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    Wild Turkey Gender

    We are working to get that done, the office is very slow. We were not aware it was illegal at the time, and we never expected it to hatch. She has the opportunity to leave, but we don't feel right dumping her off somewhere
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    Lump on hens chest

    haha yes, I agree with Tycine1. Just a healthy gal nomming her way to food heaven. Mine sometimes get SO FULL that they look like they're gonna fall over. No one has.. yet.
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    Orpington breeding/genetic questions

    hmm that could be. I would keep an eye on it and if it doesn't smooth out then I would refrain from using him. You could also run a test hatch using him to see what you get. Lavender will always be popular so you shouldn't have a hard time selling the chicks if you do not want them
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    Orpington breeding/genetic questions

    I would think bleedthrough but it also could be a color pattern from another breed showing up if those two weren't total Orpington. On the roos.. that Lavender definitely has some tail shred goin on lol. He's pretty, but I would not breed him. Your black roo is MUCH nicer. The Lavender also...
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    Orpington breeding/genetic questions

    Bear with me since I am new to color genetics lol.. Your roo is a black carrying lavender. Not all blacks carry lavender, but some can without showing it (being lavender) themselves. All your chicks from the black roo WILL carry that lavender gene, so you still will have those if you choose to...
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