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    Arizona Chickens

    So I lost my Wyndotte Roo this morning, All my Gueneas and half of my BR's were killed by my brothers stupid standard poodles about 5 months ago. But on a good note my silkies are reproducing well and i have four new turkeys unsure of the breed but it looks like i have one tom and three hens.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Howdy Yall im back!!
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    Reptile keepers come on in

    Why would you want to shoot a snake for there a benificial animal, if your affraid of them walk the other way and let them be. If it is a venomus species call someone out to remove and relocate it.
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    Barred Rocks!!

    I had them lay 3-4 eggs a day so I would say they do lay more then once a day.
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    I found some old black plastic that was by my old pig pen our goat was using it as a restroom/bed dang nasty creature lol, so i put it on top of my compost pile after watering it down again today, i also found a piece of sheet metal and put that on top of my manure pile to help speed things up.
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    The good news is that the toxin in Oleander–a glycosoide called “oleandrin”–will deteriorate within about 50 days in an effective compost pile. Moreover, on tests conducted by UC Davis researchers, the toxin was not taken up by vegetables such as lettuce (which grow quickly) and tomatoes (which...
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    Arizona Chickens

    You might have to look on a chicken hatchery web side for "skirts" for your EE's or whatever they are called. It will protect them & help in the loss of their feathers.. Or let the free range more often.. Do you have chicken math?? They do need to be able to get away from a bully.. Yeah, I have...
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    Ill look around and see what I have around the yard that I can put on it.
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    I relocated my compost pile because it was in my soon to be chicken breeding area so I started a new pile. I first put alot of dead oleander limbs I had laying around then I put some dead leaves that I raked out from under my oleanders when I was cleaning the yard. Then I put a good amount of...
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    Thx guys im trying to get a wild population of BSFL in my compost and I think ants will kill them plus i want introduce some earthworms into it aswell. I live in the desert and our soil is crap. Ii also have a chicken/goat/rabbit manure pile that I just started yesterday should I wet that down...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hi guys im having a issue with a few of my BR hens plucking my EE's back feathers what can i do to stop this problem? also my guineas are attacking my chickens what can I do about that aswell?
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    Ants in my compost pile!

    Howdy Ya'll I have a issue with ants in my compost pile what would be a good way to get rid of them so I can get a healthy compost pile going without the ants killing all the benificial bugs?
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I want to start my own colony of BSFL but having issues with attracting a wild colony I know there out here there just being difficult, anyway you could ship me some BSFL so I can get a colony started? If so PM me and ill give you my shipping info.
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