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    Due to the pandemic...

    The main thing they need is protein. Bread crumbs, camp corn meal with a cooked egg could do the trick for a few days. Earthworms would also be accepted.
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    A Hawk Is Killing Our Chickens. What should I do?

    I totally agree. The protective measures have gone too far. They are everywhere around here. They have impacted the rabbit population as well.
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    A Hawk Is Killing Our Chickens. What should I do?

    I have a seasonal problem from November to March. I also keep doves and sometimes fancy pigeons and hawks find innovative ways to get to the birds. Neighbors with small dogs and cats can no longer allow their animals outside in runs. On the good side, I have a farm not far away that I rent...
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    Creating my own feed mix

    I happen to live in Central PA near several large Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities. There are a few grain mills that can make a custom mix for me. Most of what they store is non GMO but you have to request it be 100% sure. When I was a child growing up on a fairly large farm, we...
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    crazy ways of hatching eggs this really worked!?

    I had no idea that this behavior existed. I can't wait to learn more. Thank you so much for bringing this to me.
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    crazy ways of hatching eggs this really worked!?

    Today's poultry seems just a small step away for many reptiles on the evolutionary scale. Turtles and gators bury eggs in sand to hatch so the concept is not unreasonable. For me the best incubator is a bantam hen. They love to brood, do it often and make great mothers. They have excellent...
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    Local Central Poultry Sales

    I have been attending Poultry and Small Animal Sales in South Central Pa for years. Over the last month I have not seen the typical PA Dept of Agri. at any of them. They are usually collecting swabs from probably 30 animals. I was hoping of adding to my flock from these sale barns but now...
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    I'm setting eggs tonight 2/2/12, any hatching buddies out there wanna join me?

    I have seven chicks today. It was colder out there than I would have liked but seven out of 12 hatched in March in South Central Pa. Wow.
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    I'm setting eggs tonight 2/2/12, any hatching buddies out there wanna join me?

    I'm a late starter but I placed a dozen mixed eggs under my brooding hen on 2/16/12. She's sitting beautifully but I thouhgt it was too cold here in South Central Pa to pull this off. She's a two year old smaller, feather footed, black with blue shinners, mutt that hatched and raised two nests...
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