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    Chickens running/flying into hardware cloth

    To expand the previous suggestion, you may want to put up a permant solid barrier on both sides of the door. Sometimes old birds forget, and if you get new birds in the future you won't have to go through it again.
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    Coop survived bear attack

    This incident was a mamma and 2 cubs. We usually have 4 or 5 different bears every spring-fall roaming our property but have rare interactions (1-2/yr). We chose to live here and see the bears as a cool addition to our land that is to be respected but not feared. We take precautions to...
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    Coop survived bear attack

    At about 10pm this evening a large black bear (350lbs +) attemped to break in to my chicken coop. It managed to rip open a nesting box door and remove the interior feeder before moving onto our "bear box" (trash bin) and our house trash can on the deck. Thankfully, none of our birds were...
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    Green coloration in hard boiled eggs

    Photo doesn't really capture the coloration as its subtle.
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    Green coloration in hard boiled eggs

    Has anyone ever hard boiled eggs and found a greenish tint to areas of the egg whites? I am not talking about the green ring the yolk can get when cooked too long. The tint is in the whites and it does not appear to matter how old the eggs are before boiling or how long they have been in the...
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    How often do you water your cacti and succulents? House plant thread!

    Well my boys may have finally killed one of my last remaining plants from college. My cutleaf philodendron monstera just turned 20 yrs old and has suffered the wrath of 5 moves (about 1k mi), 2 cats, 4 dogs, and 2 children. My youngest son knocked the pot over last night breaking all main...
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    "Lucky" wasn't lucky enough

    Thank you all! Its been a rough hatch this season. The spring hatches didn't and the summer hatches have given us 11 chicks so far but out of those 11, 1 died and 2 had to be euthanized. The death was determined to be failure to thrive. Nothing could be found physically wrong with it that...
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    How often do you water your cacti and succulents? House plant thread!

    Unfortunately, root rot is a tough one from which to recover. Sounds like you're doing the best you can. Place it in proper succulent soil and dry it out, but if its too far along it will be a hard one to save.
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    How often do you water your cacti and succulents? House plant thread!

    Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I was mowing the yard.🙂
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    How often do you water your cacti and succulents? House plant thread!

    It looks like a classic case of root rot to me caused by over watering. Whats your water regime?
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    My first meat birds

    I agree, but through the challenge you can develop your own tricks along the way. Thomas Edison - "I didn't fail. I just found 2,000 ways not to make a light bulb; I only needed to find one way to make it work."
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    My first meat birds

    We did not start out this efficient I assure you. We started only 4 yrs ago and the 1st attempt took nearly 30 min per bird and was a mess. I have butchered my own deer and wild game since i was a kid and can field dress and skin a deer in under 30min (25yrs experience). My wife is a vet...
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    My first meat birds

    I said $2 is a good price. I keep brahmas. That time does not include set up or clean up but there isn't much to it other than waiting for the pot of water to boil for plucking. Clean up is just loading the dishwasher and wiping the counter down and discarding the waste. I let the birds rest...
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    My first meat birds

    Good price but if you have a pot, cutting board, knife and a sink you can do it yourself for free. When butcher day comes here I do 10 a day. My wife and i can slaughter, pluck, dress, and singe a bird in 12 min all by hand. Thats 10 birds from yard to refrigerator in 2hrs.
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    Tomato End Rot Solution!

    Too slow in their intact form. I save every shell during the year (10 lbs+) and grind it up to almost a powder form and add it to the garden in February or when i first till. Each season gets a dressing of lime either in the fall when everything is put to bed in the winter or in feb as well...
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