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    My flock is growing up.

    Little banty hens have outsmarted me. With a flock of 40 birds, I don't get terribly personal with each and every bird. I know I have so many big black birds, so many little black birds, so many red birds, two white speckled birds. When I put chickens in for the night, I get a feel for who I've...
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    My flock is growing up.

    Got another little story right now. Brother and sister in law came for a visit, and stopped at a bakery, buying a couple huge garbage bags of expired bread. They dropped one bag with the other sister in law, and brought the other to me. So, I had 30 or 35 pounds of bleached white flour...
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    My flock is growing up.

    So, I need to stop showing off, and practice safe chicken handling. All the birds come back to their coop every night, but always, one, two, or more decide they want to roost on top of the coop. Since I can reach up to them, it's been a simple matter of sweeping an arm against their legs...
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    My flock is growing up.

    Oh-kay. I have an oddity happening before my eyes. I've settled into a routine where I give the poultry about 8 pounds of feed each day. 3/4 to 1 pound in the morning, spread across the yard for them to scratch at. Actually, I lead them from one section of the yard to another, so they scratch...
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    My flock is growing up.

    The importance of clean water. I'm not sure if that's a statement, or a question. If you have a dog, you have put out clean water for the silly mutt, only to watch the dog run past, or even through, the clean water, to slurp nasty water elsewhere. My dog especially loves manure tea, from the...
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    Why is all the feed so old in stores?

    I realize this conversation is getting a little old - but the posts I've quoted are worth thinking about. Milled feeds begin losing vitamins and nutrients starting the day they are milled. Grains that are not milled are good for at least a year, many are good for several years. I've read of...
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    Alternative feed to Scratch & Peck organic layer feed

    Not Not very long ago, I would have rolled my eyes at that idea. Recently, I'm finding that I can't do everything that I used to do. In fact, I find myself accepting help when the staff offers to load feed or whatever into my truck, or trailer, as the case may be. That's a great idea, and I...
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    Producer's Pride layer feed from Tractor Supply

    I'm following your example. My local feed store is kinda inconvenient, because it's outside my normal travel lanes. Tractor Supply is less than 1/4 mile from my doctor's office, right on the way to the doctor. It doesn't cost time or gas to stop at TS. The farmer's Coop is in my own home town...
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    My flock is growing up.

    So, I found some time to just sit, and mess around on the computer. I look out the window, and the guineas are doing some strange head bobbing. Weird . . . I get closer to the window, and watch them for a bit. It's tall grass, over their heads really, but they keep reaching up and bobbing their...
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    My flock is growing up.

    I started life thinking that girls are silly. The older I grow, the more firmly convinced that girls are silly. Napoleon, or Dumplins, chased after my wife again a few days ago. I says, "Well, he's still pretty small, but we can make chicken and dumplins if you want." She says, "Don't you hurt...
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    My flock is growing up.

    I thought that I lost an Aussie yesterday. We had an appointment yesterday morning, so I turned the birds out early, and left my dog to "guard" them. Six hours later, we returned to find a LOT of feathers in the driveway. I just knew that I had one less Aussie in the flock. Surprise, surprise...
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    Question of the Day - Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

    We did when I was a kid. A couple decades back, I was told I had high blood pressure, so I laid off of salt. It wasn't hard to do, I just decided not to use salt at the table, or whatever. I only use salt in cooking, and not much then. (Baking and canning is another matter - if it calls for...
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    My flock is growing up.

    Fresh egg here. There was another a couple days ago, but I think my son ate it. I think it's a guinea egg - pretty sure it's not from an Australorp. The only other reasonable possibility, is one of the banty hens. These eggs are much too small for the ducks, they've laid nice eggs ranging from...
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    My flock is growing up.

    Name change is due, I guess. Napoleon's name is being changed to Dumplins by my wife. As in, 'chickin 'n dumplins'. She had mentioned once before that it looked like he wanted to attack her. This morning, I had an early appointment, so she fed animals for me. She had no problems with any of...
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    My flock is growing up.

    Last night, I went out to call birds into the pen. I'm gonna call Big Black Rooster Ulysses. After four nights of testing my will, it seems that he may have given up. He hung back with a couple hens, and watched all the other chickens go in through the run, and into the coop. After awhile, I...
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