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    Breeding Cornish X Rocks

    I bought "Pioneers" from Murray. Some refer to this breed as Rainbows or Dixie Rainbows. I was planning to butcher these birds at 12 weeks, but had second thoughts as they are quite unique and attractive. I allowed them to grow to maturity and they lay big brown eggs, which I have hatched...
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    Blue Silkie Bantam broods 4 full size Sussex eggs

    Thanks, appreciate the response.
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    Blue Silkie Bantam broods 4 full size Sussex eggs

    Blue Silkie Bantam is 6 months old and goes broody. Only fertile eggs we have segregated are full size Sussex so what the hell. Sure enough, day 20, all 4 hatched and 3 have made it, on Easter Day of all days. What a hoot! But now I'm surfing to determine if I should move the hen and her...
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    Composting in the chicken run?

    Birds just freaked out for 10 or 15 minutes as if they didn't know what to do with the leaves cracking under their feet. Leaves were dry, probably should be dry. Leaves didn't last very long, tampled down into oblivion. Got out first egg the other day. Kind of surprised. Even got a video...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I made my own. Used a old four shelf plastic shelving rack. Bought plastic gutter from Lowes and screwed the gutter to third shelf of rack to drain water back to bucket under gutter. Bought 1020 plastic trays from Amazon at $1 each, drilled holes on one end. Tilted trays so water run to...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Stay with the feed store. Here is a list of sprout nutrition. Maybe your feed store seeds in this list. http://sproutpeople.org/growing-sprouts/sprout-nutrition/ I like sprouting alfalfa. Birds will eat it, high in crude protein, (35%) and then feed cheap cracked corn at 9% crude...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    25 Banties and 10 Speckled Sussex eat the rye grass better than the alfalfa sprouts.
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I'm using alfalfa sprouts and rye grass. Growing in basement, limited light , 50 degrees. Caution: sounds too good to be true, so I am limiting the fodder and forcing birds to eat the crumble I buy at the mill. Vitamins, minerals, etc. Start slow
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    Self Sufficiency blogs

    Wow, still pretty broad. Do you have the ability to plant a garden? How about planting food to eat and can? http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/food-self-sufficiency-zm0z12onzkon.aspx?PageId=3#ArticleContent Buy a pressure canner and can meat when on sale...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    I only soak for 4 hours and with a little bit of bleach in the soak water
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    4 hens all laying, need a good home!

    Why do you have to part with them?
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    Self Sufficiency blogs

    Self sufficiency is a vague. Self sufficiency from what and for how long? Do you want to completely live "off the grid" or just preparing to survive an event such as an economic collapse or Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) or terrorist attack that takes down the power grid for a long time? Maybe...
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    Composting in the chicken run?

    We are new to chickens too, but this is how we did it in Okolona, Ohio., (between Toledo and Ft .Wayne) 25 each five month old banties and 10 each three month old full size Speckled Sussex. * 10' x 15' converted horse stall in large barn, (move Sussex in spring) * Photo door to...
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