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    Bees

    I have honeybees and made some mason bee nests. Mason bees give you no honey. Honeybees are lots of fun. This is a fairly expensive hobby, but once established all of it is reusable . Make sure you are not allergic to bees before you start.
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    Homesteading with bees. Do they bother your chickens?

    Oh, forgot to mention. Bee are more likely to sting playful kids and dogs . Chickens,not so much.
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    Homesteading with bees. Do they bother your chickens?

    Very important ! Place your hives in a corner of your property with least traffic. In fall time bees more likely to sting you if you close by. Like others I would recommend 100 feet away. Again , in a corner with least traffic. I keep my bees in wooded area as well . I keep them two cider blocks...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    What is boss?
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    North Carolina

    In response to dutchbunny83. Rabbits do bruise themselves sometimes . I would recommend to leave a little guy in a cage. Ribbits are very messy putting them in a dog box can be very frastrating . Stuff like cabbage, celery, carrots raw grass very often upset bunnies stomachs . My suggestion is...
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    North Carolina

    Sounds very familiar. Neighbors in my area same way.
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    new pond enclosure

    Hi I'm not sure if you will like this idea. We had a useless boat on my property as well . We made a composting bin out of it . We putting all out food scraps, grass clipping, rabbit manure In it. I purchased some of those red composting worms. Now I have very useful boat that will never be...
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    North Carolina

    I live in no restriction area. So I can't even let my chickens free roam. Because everybody's dogs are walking where they want, that is a big problem . So enjoy your neighbor chickens , maybe they will like your place better and reward you with eggs . :-)
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    The demise of honey bees

    I too, lost 50 percents of my bees. However here in my area I noticed that bees straggled in winter . Our mild winters is the reason . At night it's very cold in day time warm. Bee have very hard time with these extremes . This year I'm trying an internal heaters . So far results are promising...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I got my containers at a dollar store. For chickens you don't really need to wait for 6 days , three day is enough . Water often and dump run offs often( because it gets smelly ,fast) . You will definitely get you money back pretty fast .
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    my chickens are killing each other

    I hate to hear that you have this problem. There is one more thing you should try; relax. Animals do have to go through this . I had very similar issue with goats.my existing goat were very mean to new coming girls. I always tried to " help" my newcomers .than I just relaxed and let nature take...
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    my chickens are killing each other

    It seems to me ,That you might want to try separate more aggressive bird from your flock. Not you newbies. I m sure you noticing that not all of your older birds as aggressive as few individuals. Good luck and have fun.
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    North Carolina

    We are in McDowell co. Doing chicken, goats, bee, and rabbits, micro farming is great.
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    Hello from WNC. Chickens, bees, goats, rabbits

    Hey guys. You make me feel welcome here. Thank you. My uncle used cinders from our grill for chickens to dust in. He said It really helps them. Have any of you tried that?
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    Hello from WNC. Chickens, bees, goats, rabbits

    Hi can anyone help me to find blueprints for external collection nesting boxes.? Thanks
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