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    duck pond filtration

    I was struggling with filtering the water for my two duck's pond. No big matter going into filters but a lot of tiny feathers and other particulars. I tried several different ideas and the filters could not keep up with the flow. So finally I put fabric window screen directly under the intake...
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    Clean duck water and free food. Aquaponics Duckaponics

    Nicely done. I have tried a few methods but so far nothing that really fits our needs. Your idea looks to be what we need. Duckaponics is great as it supplies the nutrients for the plants and the joy of watching them be themselves which provides us with peaceful entertainment. Thank you.
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    Cold Weather Concerns

    We have been having cold snaps in Eastern Washington. The insulation I installed in the sides, bottom, and top of their roosting and nesting area keeps the air temps 10 to 15 degrees higher than outside. The girls have wooden roosts and plenty of straw and wood shavings. The bottom half of...
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    Preparing Your Flock & Coop for WINTER

    Free range chickens eat many things more than what we think. I work on the natural side of things as is so with sunflowers seeds hulls or no hulls. I happen to enjoy the raw sunflower seeds for a snack so the hens get them also. Their favorites are meal worms, the dead beetles and any kind of...
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    Preparing Your Flock & Coop for WINTER

    In Spokane, Washington our winters are sometimes just rain and others are dramatic snow/ice storms. I love the idea of an apron for the stripped hen. Good luck with that item. Please let us know how it goes. I learned to tease the girls with toys. All of which I have read about on BYC...
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    Preparing Your Flock & Coop for WINTER

    We are in eastern Washington and can get some very cold winters. My main coop is 6'x6'x4' with the top back half insulated with the sheet insulating foam board and the bottom half is screened. I put in storm windows on the upper half for the warming winter sun to penetrate. Then two additions...
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    Soft egg laying under roost

    I am not certain what is causing the soft or leathery shells but I have been giving my three beauties oyster shells. I started with the smaller chick grit and now the oyster shells. I am thinking that they had no role model to teach them so they are learning as they go in regards to roosting...
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