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    DIY Chicken Feed

    I didn't plan to buy 500# at a time for that reason... and don't have room for 500# of feed.
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    Miami Florida... I have 9 Bantams, (fed 2 cups daily) and 3 full size girls(fed 2 cups daily) they are in separate coops/runs so 500# would be for most of a year...
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    Dude, I'm not knocking you OR your knowledge... I'm stating what I see available at my feed stores... and at the nearest tractor supply that is 30 miles away from me...What layer feed for under $12 /50# are you talking about... SH!T I need to find deals like that, not being sarcastic!
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    On Tractor supply's web page... "all flock" is 17% protein... where do you buy your special bags of feed?
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    All I see at feed stores is 16% protein...
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    And then... Amino Acid Profile (Key Essential Amino Acids for Chickens) Amino Acid Requirement for Layers (~16%) Estimated in This Mix Best Sources in This Mix Methionine 0.35–0.40% ~0.30% Brewer’s yeast, peas, beans Lysine 0.80–0.90% ~0.75% Split peas, lentils, beans Threonine...
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    And then... Budget-Friendly High-Protein Chicken Feed (50 lbs) 25 lbs cracked corn (cheapest energy source) 10 lbs wheat or barley (buy in bulk, cheaper than oats) 5 lbs rice bran or wheat bran (cheap fiber & minerals) 5 lbs dried split peas or lentils (cheaper than soybean meal) 3 lbs cooked &...
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    DIY Chicken Feed

    Well, as per ChatGPT... A good, cheap homemade chicken feed recipe balances grains, protein, minerals, and vitamins. Here's an affordable mix: Basic Cheap Chicken Feed Recipe (per 50 lbs) 25 lbs cracked corn (main energy source) 10 lbs wheat or barley (adds variety and nutrients) 10 lbs oats...
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    @jthornton how many of the LED lights do you thing I would need for my size coop? I 've been a little busy with some of the other coals in the fire...
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    Great, as long as I'm not the only one.. Learned something else a few minutes ago.. just put in "pinout" at command line and an image of the exact Rpi in question displays an image listing the GPIO.BCM pins... pretty cool! Now that I know the GPIO.BCM pins, can you divulge the rest of the...
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    @jthornton Well, I had to go in to work today... I had installed VNC at work PC. for some dumb reason, when I was putting my Rpi address, it would not connect today. solution... fire up "Teamviewer" (basically the same as VNC for PC's) I access PC (at home) from PC (at work) to access VNC (at...
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    @jthornton Yes, I have those files... they are not the same size as yours, so I would assume they need to be updated... (my file coop3 is also green/executible) I have done "sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade" How do I update other files... getting closer..
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    @jthornton I'm still stuck at "File "/home/rob/bin/coop3", line 33, in <module> from rpi_utilities import ledfade ImportError: cannot import name 'ledfade' from 'rpi_utilities' (/home/rob/bin/rpi_utilities.py)" what did I miss?
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    @jthornton doesn't VNC do the same thing... monitor, keyboard, mouse...( would have to buy moitor, keyboard, mouse...) I did/do work in the Rpi, on github repo, I do not see the "copy" code icon. that is why I was asking easier way/what am I missing? I do want to learn the right way...
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    Raspberry Pi Coop Automation

    I got it...small step...
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