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  1. U_Stormcrow

    Where are all the threads about bunnies

    @Jenbirdee you might try this thread...
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    Fermented food jars keep cracking??

    ...only jars I see crack that way are large pickle jars subjected to thermal shock (when I put hot tap water in a cold jar I just emptied). Fridge 34* (sometimes colder). Our tap water 122*. *Ping* with some frequency. Same location and shape - the complex curve of the bottom plus the...
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    Free range question

    Good luck on your chicken keeping journey! I was up to near 100 at one point. Around 20 at present. Considering one last incubation before packing it up for the year.
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    You know more than you think you do - just let it settle in.
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Honestly, just giving back to the community - a few years ago when I was just starting out (just as the Pandemic hit), I knew nothing more than what I read in "Storey's Guide to..." and "...for Dummies". Others here helped improve on my knowledge, posted links to sources, and I've had time to...
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    Hot Florida temps, can chicks be outside?

    I start in one of these. or perhaps the 27gal sized, but I think its the 40 now - I've replaced once or twice over the years. Inside the house (RV). Either feed bags or scrap towels for the floor. Improves traction, easier on the knee joints when I'm raising ducks. They move out to a 30x36 wire...
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    Feeling awful for culling my rooster

    You did the right thing. "When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out - that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse." - Robert A. Heinlein I don't expect a chicken to act like a human, but I DO expect it to know its place in the flock. It is...
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    Hot Florida temps, can chicks be outside?

    ...weeks, for extra insurance. After that, I judge by how they are doing, but usually move them to a sheltered area that has power (for said heat plate) for another three weeks +/-. I'm a little north of you. 87* currently, going to 95* - but 72 at night (mid 60s next week), which is my caution.
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    Chinese Skullcap root extract for Marek's

    As others have said. NO CURE for Mareks. Yes, you can successfully maintain a Marek's positive flock. Yes, there are some supportive things you can do to improve the lives of Marek's positive birds. I would not, but not my birds. You do you. Good advice above, if that's your plan.
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    Free range question

    I'm with @azygous on this, and I free range my birds - they have acres. Keeping food in the coop attracts vermin, not good. Simply scattering food attracts all sorts of things, again, not good. Throw them some scratch, if you must, for entertainment and to encourage them to scratch/forage in...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Example: Here is the back of "Bragg's Nutritional Yeast". Its a commonly available national brand. First thing you see is that its about 50% protein. YUP. 50%. They contain 35 mg Niacin per 10g of yeast. The container has about 12.7 servings (4.5oz ~ 127g), or about 440mg/bottle...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Pick up your nutritional yeast bottle. Turn it around. Look on the back. Now MATH. (Sorry - it varies by MFG as to how much is in their yeast. and some will print in mg/kg. Others mg/lb. Still others will offer as % of RDA - and they get to choose which RDA they are going to use. There...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Remember when I said, "Starter" vs "All Flock". These are MARKETING terms. The words don't matter. The guaranteed nutritional label does."**??? I'm coming back to those now. Kalmbach's All Natural "All Flock" is nutritionally superior to their "Chick Starter" essentially across the board...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Those are the facts. What conclusions can we draw from those? What recommendations can we make? 1) Both of these are fine feeds. If only one is available to you, it will meet your chicken's nutritional needs regardless of age or gender, apart from Calcium - which is why you offer free choice...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    ...in more digestible bits. "Starter" vs "All Flock". These are MARKETING terms. The words don't matter. The guaranteed nutritional label does.** Here's the label for Kalmbach's "18% Starter Crumble" And here is their "20% 'All Flock' Flockmaker Crumble": Both of these are fine feeds...
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    Overwhelmed With Feed Thoughts, Please Help!

    Reminder to self to come back and answer this later. After coffee. Meaning after work. Meaning likely tomorrow
  17. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    We take advantages of the loss leaders too, and yes, my wife and I usually get the smallest turkey breast we can find - then split it in half. That's what chest freezers are for. I still have one ham, one turkey breast, three legs of lamb... This will be a tough old bird - but if the one...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    I figured yield is almost as good as a chicken's. Apparently, I'm wrong - its better than a chicken's, so your guess is better than mine.
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    I'm guessing around 25#
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    He's a Big Breasted Bronze - and the goat behind him is rather small. But yeah, definitely a big bird. I wouldn't be surprised if he's 40#+. He sometimes brushes by me as I'm going to feed the goats and he's running (its more a fast waddle) towards the food - it feels a lot like an eager...
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