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    self sufficiency?

    We have 38 large breed chickens (33 layers, 5 roos, last count) They free range all day. They have access to 12 acres, but choose to graze & forage on only an acre or two. We fill a thirty pound feeder with a mix of corn, soybean meal, wheat, oats, grit, diatomaceous earth, & a mineral "base"...
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    Bulking up on grass

    Hmmm....not sure what happened, I posted the above comment under the topic about self sufficiency...and it showed up here...so I apologize for the complete lack of relevance to YOUR topic!
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    Bulking up on grass

    We have 38 large breed chickens (33 layers, 5 roos, last count) They free range all day. They have access to 12 acres, but choose to graze & forage on only an acre or two. We fill a thirty pound feeder with a mix of corn, soybean meal, wheat, oats, grit, diatomaceous earth, & a mineral "base"...
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    Goats with hair loss on face

    Ah thank you ,that was it! I just remembered there was a reason that a sheep block wouldnt do, and that it had something to do with copper. No, we dont worm regularly, just if there is some sign of problem. We wormed them when we first got them, at 5-6 months, as they looked bad. Turned out to...
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    Goats with hair loss on face

    Kinda wondering that myself. We were giving them a goat mineral block, but it is no longer available in our area and we they have not had one for about 4-5 months, and it slipped my mind. All we have locally is one for sheep, which I was told could cause copper poisoning if I recall? Anyway, I...
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    Yay! We have babies! Some questions about turkeys nesting...

    Our year old Narrangassett just hatched 15 poults and two ducklings. on Thursday. Everybody is doing fine so far. Wondering if it will be ok to leave the ducks in with their "mom" or should I seperate them? If so, when? She hasn't seemed to notice they look a litttle "different" than her other...
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    Colored rangers -- sex link plumage?

    We raised 100 JM colored broilers last fall-several tricolor hens. We kept back a few to experiment with breeding, but the tri-color hen we kept, "Big Rhonda" sufferred an unfortuante injury and had to be done in. Big Rhonda dressed out at 9.5 lbs (she was, by this time, 7 months old, but was...
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    Goats with hair loss on face

    Our four Boer does are all experiencing varying degrees of hair loss, restricted to their face & ears, most noticeably their muzzle. It does not seem to match up to the symptoms of ringworm, lice or mange. They do not seem to be itchy, not scratching it at all, but the area is apparently...
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    PLEASE READ THIS!!! help for duck with spinal injury?

    We have decided to put him down. Today poor Larry appears to be in pain. He is growling and hissing at me, and has been letting out horrible loud quacks all morning. His leg does appear to be being used a bit more, but we cant let him continue in what is obviously agony on the very slim chance...
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    PLEASE READ THIS!!! help for duck with spinal injury?

    We have a runner duck that was injured by a predator-not actually our duck, belongs to a friend who is on vacation, we are just caring for it. He was dragging his leg, and we thought it was broken, but when we couldnt find a break we took him to the vet. They noticed a small puncture wound on...
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    Before I do this...another dubbing frostbit wattle question....

    Thank you for the advice. I will probably just keep a close eye on them for now then. I appreciate the dubbing instructions. Cant say I am eager to do it though-I have a hard time watching my husband vaccinate our goats even, so I would definitely be just the "holder"! Spring can not come soon...
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    Before I do this...another dubbing frostbit wattle question....

    Been reading the posts regarding this on here, but I am not 100% clear on when it is necessary to do it. Poor Axel, our rose comb brown leghorn has some seriously frostbit wattles. Despite vaseline, the -20 temps we have had here lately have been too much for them. The chickens have been kept...
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    what to do with deceased birds in winter?

    Uh oh...never suspected it wasnt legal to just toss them in the trash-what with all the predator attacks we had this fall, I am pretty sure our garbageman suspected we were having weird animal sacrifices or something....
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    Nifty device I found, thought I would share it with you....

    Cool- I didnt know they had ones with different settings! The store only had ONE left, and I could use another, so I will order one as well. Temperature here this morning was a balmy 8 below zero-WITHOUT the wind chill factor. Brrrr.
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    Nifty device I found, thought I would share it with you....

    Called a Thermocube. Cost about $15 at teh hardware store. Looks like an outlet "expander" one that makes a regular outlet hold extra plugs...except it has a thermostat built in to it. It cuts off power to anything plugged into it when the temp reaches 40 degrees- comes back on at 35. I am using...
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