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    Cotton trailer chicken coop ***** UPDATE*****

    I so much want a cotton trailer for this very project. I found this post by doing a dogpile search for them. Anyone know of any cotton trailers for sale in Missouri???
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    How does everyone handle fly control?

    Quote: They are a type of parasitic wasp. They parasitize flies. I think they are just too expensive for what they do. I use a varity of methods, We have muscovys & skeeter vacs (they trap insects other than skeeters.). Our chickens go thru the dung piles to eat maggots & pupating...
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    McMurray's New Shipping Practices...has anyone heard about this?

    This all sounds like a class action suit in the making to me. My guess is that it's an issue w/ McMurry's local PO. If that's so, it may well put McMurry out of biz. If they can't ship chicks, they will loose most of their business. If they have to replace over 90% of the chicks shipped...
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    Ants & Boric Acid

    Boraxo is made from Borax, by the 20 mule team company. The 20 mule team refers to how they got the Borax to the refinery from the mine out in Death Valley. Boric Acid is the refined product & what makes Boraxo do what it does. They're the same. I mix Boric Acid & sugar w/ boiling water to...
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    I'm having a hard time figuring out if it's the dogs or the neighbors. When something is gone, it was the neighbor on one side, or the dog of the neighbor on the other!
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    should i get muscovies?????? or not.

    I'm sorry, I don't understand how Muscovies can be invasive. Maybe mine weren't typical, but mine couldn't fly after they were about 7 months old. They could go airborne by about 5 ft, if taking off from a hill. But, they couldn't have flown over the fence to esscape into the wild. So...
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    Meat chicken questions-cost to raise, dressed weight vs. live weight..

    Chicken used to be a very expensive food. Was it Roosevelt that promised "a chicken in every pot" as part of his new deal? That wasn't saying we're gonna fix it so everyone can have a cheap dinner. It was promising luxury for the common man. I've always thought that chicken being so...
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    When to butcher geese?

    Quote: What's the difference between buying one from the supermarket and eating the one you raised yourself? The ones at the supermarket (assuming you could find a goose there) were once alive and at a farm too. It's not like they magically appear at the store lol Didn't you know??? Goose...
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    HERE is where we are going to talk about a sustainable meat bird flock

    We are raising egg layers & Freedom Rangers. I got my first Freedom Rangers last year, they grew great! Unfortunately, they are hybrids & don't reproduce true. We just put in our order for 100 more Freedom Rangers. We're looking for a dual purpose bird that will grow large enough for my...
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    How many chickens can I sustain on my land?

    When I saw this heading, I got excited. Then, I saw that you had zero replies. I was hoping to get some insight on the capacity of my own farm. The research I've found says that some professional poultry folks think you can carry 400 chix, or 100 turkeys per acre. I have ~200 birds on our...
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    I am having a problem finding a processor

    Send your family to the movies. Or, stop serving chicken. When they complain, tell them the chickens are all still feathered & since they won't let you process them, there's no chicken for dinner. I figure I'm the Mommy & my kids have no say. They can help, leave or just be quiet. My...
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    Hatchery... Which one?

    I've bought mostly from Cackle, but they are 3 miles from my farm. I think that's the key, use the hatchery that's closest to you. That way the chicks travel a shorter distance. I do get Freedom Rangers from JM (in Penn). But, that's only because Cackle doesn't have them. Cackle has...
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    does selling eggs really pay the bills?

    I don't get to live on my farm. I buy the chix tho. We generally have about 200. We feed them when they're in the brooder, but after that, it's only enough scratch to get them trained to go out to the pasture & woods. After they're trained, no more store bought feed. They run out to start...
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    Please, don't shoot raccoons....

    Hi all, I'm new, but I've got to come down in the hunter of the predator camp. I figure that they came to dinner... they just end up on the menu instead of the guest list. I either let the birds eat the critter, or I let them eat the maggots. It's a kill or be killed world out there.
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