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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I built a 10 foot tall tomato cage out of concrete reinforcing wire, may need a ladder to harvest!
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    Successful 100% forage diet experiment (long post)

    I'm trying to replicate this on a smaller scale (1/4 acre) where our chickens still lay in their nesting boxes, but get as much free range plant material as possible, so far I have Mexican Sunflower, Banana Leaves, Moringa, Cranberry Hibiscus, Bananas, working on Tree Kale and Tree Collards and...
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    Rats

    I just ordered a large Grandpas feeder for our 22 hens and 1 rooster flock, how is it working so far? We're trying to get rid of rats here too in Florida Rooster Hens and Organic Gardening
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    10 so far found in this simple nesting box
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    New member tx

    Hello and welcome, I lurked for years on this site and recently joined, it's been great so far. Rooster Hens and Organic Gardening
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    Successful 100% forage diet experiment (long post)

    Yes, I have a lot of Moringa growing as well in the yard and the chickens graze on it all day. I have grown pigeon peas in the past and will again, they also self seed readily and can become basically a perennial. I will continue to document my progress with updates.
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    So excited

    Hello and welcome!
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    Successful 100% forage diet experiment (long post)

    Here's an interesting article about feeding comfrey to chickens feeding comfrey to chickens
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    Successful 100% forage diet experiment (long post)

    I'm fascinated with this post, I would like to see if it would be possible to scale it down to a smaller homestead. We have 1 rooster and 21 hens and they live on about a 1/4 acre section of our backyard in Florida. My idea is to grow as much forage as possible for them in this small area...
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    Youtube channels

    Hello, I realize you posted your question awhile ago, but I have a homesteading type of channel where I have videos about our organic garden and chickens, my youtube channel is called Rooster Hens and Organic Gardening I love growing organic fruit trees, veggies, and we have 1 rooster and 22 hens.
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    Holding a chick and it falls asleep

    Awww, what breed are they?
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    Holding a chick and it falls asleep

    Here is a video of our baby Rhode island reds who fell asleep to our singing lullaby, so cute! Rhode Island Red Baby Chicks Falling to Sleep
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    Please help 1st time ever raising chicks

    I've raised chicks indoors and some of them were pretty weak for the first day or two. We also recently had some baby chicks that hatched in our coop and are being raised completely by our hens. They were kind of weak for the first few days and now after 6 weeks they are very strong. We always...
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    Rooster, Hens and Organic Gardening in Florida

    Hello Everything Ducks, nice to meet you!
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    New to me: Rhode Island Reds

    You could try to insulate their coop with bales of hay, straw, cardboard or styrofoam, welcome to the forum.
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