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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Planted a lot of broccoli. Going to have a huge garden this year to offset the insane cost of food.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    10 from 12 hens. Pretty constantly getting 8 - 9 eggs a day.
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    Scratch & Peck vs. Kalmbach

    Based on what? Any links? Fyi: I mix my own organic grains.
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    1st egg from our hens!

    10 eggs from 12 birds. Not bad considering it snowed a couple of inches last week .
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    Bottom line for me: No living creature on earth evolved to thrive on ground up, compressed pellets composed of rapidly grown non natural foods.
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    I ferment. my 18%+ whole grain organic mix and my birds love it. I have 3 stainless containers on my counter. Each one sits for 3 days. I supplement with Henhouse Reserve all flock 20% in a grandpas feeder.
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    RATS!

    In the last 2 months: 2 with a pellet rifle, 3 with bait, 1 with a gas bomb. 1 left that has wised up and is avoiding all baits and traps. He sticks to the shadows where i can't get a shot at him. Have to try the coyote urine...
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    Looking to change layer feeds - Opinions needs

    I feed fermented, mixed whole grains in the morning. By the end of the day they eat everything.
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    What is Your Daily Feeding Routine?

    Fermented, custom whole grain mix 18.5 percent protein, every morning at dawn. 20% all flock free choice. Treats: Homemade flock block - about 19% during cold weather. Table scraps occasionally. King Salmon roe and guts from wild Salmon right off the boat. Kale, lettuce, pumpkin, apple...
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    Why does your chicken hate you today?

    Not enough treats, there are never enough treats.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Now averaging 6 - 7 daily.was 2 - 3.
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    How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

    Barred Rock, as many as my broody hens can manage.
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have?

    I terrible at math and thought calculus was bad in college. That being said chicken math is brutal. I started with 4 birds and now I'm at 16.... and counting.
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    The Gun Thread

    No criminal who wants a gun has any trouble getting one. Depending on the state, non criminals have trouble buying a gun. Fyi: 15 years and counting as a corrections officer in King County Washington.
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    Chicken math….. what did you start with? What do you have now?

    6, now have 16 including an awsome broody hen / mother and a great rooster.
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