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    If feed stores closed and you can’t free range...

    haven't time to read all that was already posted, but here goes: Meal worms are easy to raise and already mentioned - high protein, which is the expensive part in most feed formulas. You can procure pure strains from one of the land grant colleges in Texas (sorry I can't recall which one, but...
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    How much do you sell your eggs for?

    One more thought on the subject. There is something to be said for establishing your "brand" as exclusive. I've included a pic of a woman's handbag that sells for thousands of dollars, but in the end it's still just a sack for toting junk that can't fit in pockets. Functionally it's the...
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    How much do you sell your eggs for?

    First off - if you offer your birds commercial feed they are anything but "organic", and using that term or label when you are not in fact certified as organic under the USDAh regs will land you in deep poop when they finally get bored chasing raw milk providers. Anyone involved in producing and...
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    Intellisurvey

    Total load of crap. Bad form BYC.
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    BEWARE OF THE "FREE BAG OF FEED SURVEY" EMAIL from BYC

    Absolutely... total load of crap. You'd think somebody might actually vet this junk before they get all excited about cahin' the check. Real low class move. I didn't qualify right from the start. I suppose it's likely because what they are really doing is checking your browser history and...
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    Leg trap to catch a fox are is to cruel?

    http://www.fntpost.com/index.php?page=91
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    Leg trap to catch a fox are is to cruel?

    Just a warning to anyone stumbling across this thread who has a fox problem and has never trapped. The few comments here by folks who really know what they're talking about (people that have actually trapped) are spot on, and cover the most salient points. The people who make emotional or...
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    The Duck-ponics Experiment - Raising minnows

    Feathered angels...and you think I'm funny? Well, let's see... started with three almost two years ago ... fox got one... so that means we're down to about 25. Of course I also just stumbled across a bunch of eggs that someone in my house has been secretly accumulating outside of the frig for...
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    The Duck-ponics Experiment - Raising minnows

    You mention gourmet greens as if that was something special. Everybody does that don't they? We have a freezer drawer full of split melon parts that were saved just for our little feathered pigs. We started out doing the greens for our Rhode Island Red layers to keep their egg quality up...
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    The Duck-ponics Experiment - Raising minnows

    Glad ya'll liked it. Part of what I love about visiting here is that this is about the only place where you can tell that story to an audience that "gets it". ;) _________________________________________________________ Act II Scene One We see the ducks leaving their heated coop on a 20...
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    The Duck-ponics Experiment - Raising minnows

    Well we've gone in a completely different direction... and I suppose the ducks were the very last straw. We were living on an acre plus lot, far enough away from the nearest big city that the next thing past our neighborhood was all farms and State park lands. We'd been growing most of our own...
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    Snake!!!

    If you were asking about the snake trapping suggestion it was to use ell pots or minnow traps that were all metal. They look like wire mesh tubes about 8-12" in diameter and about 2 or more feet long with a wire mesh funnel on each end. Lay it along the edge of your run or coop and bait it with...
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    Hen got leg crushed/broken hours ago. What to do?

    A lots been goin' on and just now have a chance to catch up. Hoppy is fine. Moved her to separate quarters for a few weeks before she starter putting weight on it again, but other than a little hitch in her giddyup she's fine. No splints or ointments, just kept her quiet with a beach towel over...
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    HELP PLEASE!

    Ripe watermelon and lopes have a good bit of electrolytes and our ducks go crazy for 'em. Hopin' he pulls through. We use a really fine mister to keep a little duck wallow going in the corner of their pen. Added a spare beach umbrella over top just to make sure they have some shade. When it's...
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    Why no "Basic Duckling Care" in the stickies?

    It's a little hard to tell but there really are a dozen babies under and around momma. I didn't believe it 'til she got off of them to grab something to eat (and we of course were not prepared with a camera). Put the new food and niacin laced water in a short while ago along with a mix of finely...
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