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  1. Raisin the Ranch

    Raisin the Ranch

    Suburbanites raised on country wisdom trying to create the ranch we dream of while raisin kids and critters and still payin bills
  2. Raisin the Ranch

    Raisin the Ranch

    life as we build our land into the ranch we want....slowly....
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    WHen to move them out of the TeenZone

    We have 13 full-sized free-rangers that night-coop all locked up tight in one coop, and in another coop we have the ones we accepted from the school. There are 3 bantams and 3 'babies' which have been living in our Teen Zone coop for a few months, without free-ranging at all. We worried the...
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    Philosophical question about fertilized eggs...

    I've wondered the same thing! Once we had a Rupert, we worried about "eating babies"! But completely technically speaking, and pardon my ignorance, does conception occur before the egg is created ? I know it occurs before the egg is laid, but...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    How long have they been sitting out? Dont they spoil by the time you get them to work? (I share my pet's gifts)
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    Booger is sick! Need Oxine in the Austin, TX area

    Did you ever find a local source? I'm eager to find it without shipping and we need it NOW...
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    Hens with cold?!

    Has anyone tried Oxine? and where did you get it from?
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    She's Broodin a dud, how do I replace it?

    Dumb question: If I am to put the chicks under her at night, a la tooth fairy, how do I watch her for hours to ensure she doesnt hurt them? and how long do I leave her 'cooped up' in the cage with them? days? weeks? let her out in the evening for an hour or so, then try to get her back into...
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    She's Broodin a dud, how do I replace it?

    I have a brooder who is about 1 year old. She's been faithfully sitting her nest for 24 days on an egg that I labeled when I noticed her growling at me. *grin* We have no rooster, so the egg is a dud, but we wanted to give her a chick or two...or three... but I dont remember the specifics of...
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    We're broodin' on how to give her a chick or two

    I have a brooder who is about 1 year old. She's been faithfully sitting her nest for 24 days on an egg that I labeled when I noticed her growling at me. *grin* We have no rooster, so the egg is a dud, but we wanted to give her a chick or two...or three... but I dont remember the specifics of...
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    Smiley question

    A little off: I want an easy smiley program that puts a drop-down box into my outlook Express. Do any of you have a good source? I dont want extra tags on my emails, as the dial-up tends to get hung-up on them...I miss my smileys! [email protected]
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    Popular Saying That Originated From Chickens

    brooding!, as in the behavior of brooding over something I was looking thru vocabulary for my kids to learn this summer while we are doing a farm unit, and I had the same realization: a lot of vernacular comes from the farmlands!
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