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    Is this feed from 2023 Purina

    My bag of Purina Start and Grow showing date of 25072, made on the 72nd day of 2025.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Oh, no problem! I didn't mean for my post to sound defensive or something. I was just stating facts. LOL Another reason (other than me being lazy) for mixing a single big batch of feed in the mornings is that I think it might have time to ferment a little by later in the day. I guess fermented...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Just started watching "Chicken People" on Prime...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    They have access to dry crumbles whenever they want them, and I'm giving them fresh weeds to eat every day too. I'm not ready to let them out to free range yet, not as small as they are. They are cat-size treats.
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    Irresponsible cat neighbors?

    My next door neighbor's cat considers my property part of its hunting ground, and I'm glad about that because it seems to keep the small rodents in check. But there was a period when it was using a part of my garden as its litterbox, and I did what I could to discourage that. I haven't seen...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Dang, it's 38 degrees here this morning! Chilly! It's supposed to be the same early Sunday and Monday mornings. I gave the chicks their morning ration of wetted down feed, about 3 cups worth.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Here's the new roost...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The chicks are around 5 weeks, more or less. I just finished putting up a new roost bar for the chicks, a dead 2" tree branch covered with a thick layer of moss. It took them about 10 minutes to get on it, and it seems like they like it. It's about 2 feet high.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I read your other thread about having Mareks in your flock. That's too bad. I don't know about any Fayoumis in the area. I don't do Facebook, but maybe you could look there.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    @ValerieJ , your garden looks great! I see lots of strawberries in your future. Are you trying the trick of red painted rocks in the patch to train the birds not to eat the berries when they ripen? The chicks are getting lots more feathers on the tops of their heads now so I might remove their...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Just gave the chicks some scraps of rib eye steak to go along with their weed salad. They went crazy over the meat. LOL
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I thinned out my new tomato seedlings to 2 plants per cell. Eventually I'll thin again to 1 per cell. And later, get them into bigger pots. They're going to have to do a lot of growing in the next 4 weeks. LOL. There should be 24 plants when all is said and done. Gave the chicks a few more...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Wow, in just a couple hours the chicks stripped the weed leaves down to the center stems. Healthy eating!
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I watered the garden first thing this morning, then later I pulled the boards covering the carrot seeds and made sure they were still moist. Plucked a few weeds.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My chicks have been eating the heck out of the weeds I give them. I gave them a big clump yesterday and they ate all the green parts off. Gave the 3 or 4 clumps today with a bucket full of mixed small gravel for grit.
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