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    What to do with leftover layer feed?

    Thanks so much for that link. Very helpful!
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    What to do with leftover layer feed?

    How do you do that? Just add water to the regular feed or is there more to it than that? And what about fermented feed? How and why to do that?
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    sumac brries

    Red sumac is Staghorn Sumac, as others have mentioned. The interesting thing about Sumac is that the birds eat the berries and pretty much pass the seeds through their bodies. Is this needed scarification? Hard to tell, but I have sumac growing along my roadside that appeared only a few years...
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    Excessive time to lay egg?

    Nope, not a new layer, and I haven't noticed this behavior previously. I'm wondering if this is the hen that has previously insisted on laying her egg on the ground outside or the floor of the hen house. Maybe she just figured out the nesting box.
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    New problem. Pullet wants to keep her egg

    Excellent description of a broody hen!
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    Excessive time to lay egg?

    Glad to know my Brahma is not alone!
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    Excessive time to lay egg?

    I have a Brahma hen that has lately been sitting on the nest for up to 2 hours before she lays her egg. It seems a bit odd to me since I've never had a hen take that long. Yesterday she was on the nest from 2:00 to 4:00. She seems well every other way, but I'm wondering if anyone else has...
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    What kind of geese?

    Looks like a Toulouse.
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    Silkies on and off the eggs

    I've checked my settings several times. This started out of the blue a couple of years ago and I've never been able to correct it. But this has nothing to do with Silkies... :)
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    Silkies on and off the eggs

    Thanks, Bill. I sure wish I could figure out why I'm not getting notified of replies anymore.
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    I bought a Jersey Milk Cow!!!! Butter, cheese & cream.......

    Because it's relevant. Why would it bother you?
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    I bought a Jersey Milk Cow!!!! Butter, cheese & cream.......

    I hope you're still reading this thread! Did the 3 CFI pump work with your Surge milker? I just got the Surge (for my 4 dairy goats), but haven't yet gotten the pump. One I've been looking at puts out 3 CFI and I cant' find anything in the Surge specs that tells me if that's enough.
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    Silkies on and off the eggs

    So, my Silkies have decided that they'll set on the egg at night, but they go wandering during the day. Seems to me this would be worst than them not setting at all. I know they're heading toward broody, but I don't think they're there yet. Should I remove the eggs and give them substitutes...
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    Quote: I gotta ask...what does rubbing their backs have to do with laying eggs?
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    Broody Breeds

    My favorite broodies (even though I have Silkies) are RIRs. Every now and then I get one that goes broody and they are the BEST mothers! They don't seem to want to abandon their chicks because they've decided to lay another clutch, the way my Silkies do. IME, Silkies have a timeline. After...
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