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    Red Bourbon Breeder

    My middle son threw me a curve ball this year for 4H. He wants to take a Red Bourbon this year. I'm 24 weeks from the fair and have had no luck finding a breeder for Reds in North West Ohio. I only need 4. Anybody have any leads for me? Thanks
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    Mealworm farming

    I've been looking for a way to supplement the foraging in the winter time with the sprouts. Seems like this is the way to go
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    A hand crank corn grinder.
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    Yep.
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    Tough Membrane

    I've been hatching now since January. I have a foam incubator with an egg turner. At the beginning I was getting a 20% hatch rate. After receiving some advice and doing some research my hatch rate plummeted to 0%. So I have went back to my original method and plan to tweak it here and there...
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    Home Feeding Ideas and Solutions Discussion Thread

    No I never did. I ended up sprouting oats and wheat instead. I do feed them ground up acorns from time to time and they eat it all.
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    DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

    Redneck ingenuity. Love it. I'll have to work on uploaded some of our pics over the weekend
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    If you have the room, fence off an area where the chickens range at and put a small shelter in it for them to sleep. Leave them in it for about a week then open fence up and let them mingle. The older chickens are always going to peck at the younger ones but this makes integrating new chickens...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    BEWARE: The grains I get from my elevator have to be washed and washed and washed and washed and ........ Lots of dust and chaff. But at that price I'll stand there with a hose rinsing them several times. I still have good results. Maybe i should buy a grain truck and start to deliver to...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    WOW! Not to be rude, but does that wheat come with gold dust? I'm in NW Ohio and pay $5.45 a bushel (60lbs) at Bascom Elevator.
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    May 4 & 5 is the Tiffin Flea Market. I'll be at booth G5 selling chics and bunnies.
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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    Does anyone use the liquid from the fermenting process for either personal or animal use. Sandor writes about it in his book "The Art of Fermentation". Unfortunately he does not speak of the nutritional benefits of it. I was thinking of capturing the water from the soak and use it in the...
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    Alternative feeding methods for chics

    Yea I've read through that one. No one really touched on feeding chics though. Thanks
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    Alternative feeding methods for chics

    Is anyone feeding their chics anything other than commercial feed? I currently feed sprouts, fodder and scraps to the layers and they no longer eat commercial feed. Would love to do the same for the chics.
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    WOW! I finally didn't have to wear carharts this morning feeding the animals!!!!
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