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  1. evemfoster

    4 week olds pecking 2 week olds....awful

    You do need to keep the different ages apart. Its the pecking order thing. The only exception is chicks hatched by a hen. All ages accept them if their mama is with them. You can use the same brooder area if you put a divider between the chicks such as a wire screen. You will need to...
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    Mealworm farming

    I have been doing the mealworm thing for quite a few years now and have gone through a lot of different setups. The setup i ended up with is the combo i told you about. The beetles kept in a screen mesh bottom drawer. The bins are 28 Qt. bins. I place the beetle drawer inside an empty bin...
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    Mealworm farming

    I remember a national geographic story about 40 years back. In the middle east they dug up some jars filled with wheat that was dated around 3000 years old. They took the grain out and planted it and it grew. So it shouldn't expire. If you want to use it as substrate you would need to...
  4. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    I think that is the same kind of plastic the drawers are made of. Its a good choice. Wish i had thought of it. I have found the plastic in the drawers slowly get rougher as the beetles try to chew on it. I had to toss out my shallow drawers after about 5 years as the beetles started being...
  5. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    I used metal window screen from the hardware store. It has to be metal and the beetles will eat cloth based screening. It's best if you put the screening inside the drawer and also cut squares out of the bottom of the drawer leaving strips of plastic across the bottom of the drawer to support...
  6. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    Yes they are grain moths. You need to control them because they will spread into everything that has grain in it. In other words they will git into your kitchen. After my first infestation i ended up purchasing plastic storage containers that i could pop my groceries into as soon as i bring...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    Sigh, One of the young hens I entered just last week ate a wasp. It must have gone down the wrong way. She gave out a horrable squack. In minutes her neck swelled up and she suffacated, 21709 - 1 = 21,708 Oh, my chickens eat wasps everyday, it was the first chicken lost by wasp.
  8. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    You want to toss out any concertrations of mites and any veggies that have mites on them. Be careful to not shake the mites off while moving the veggies. Mites get worce quickly. They like moisture and will concentrate around moist spots in the bedding and around the veggies. The mites will...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    I have only one of the hens from my last post.... So -4 from the old flock. I bought chickens on craigs list. 3 hens and a rooster. +4 I now have a hen that goes broody. She has had 6 chicks after sittin on eggs 3 different times. +6 So... 1 + 4 - 4 + 6 = 7 7 + 21, 612 = 21,619
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    Review by '' on item 'Farm Innovators "All-Seasons" Heated Plastic Poultry Fountain - 3 Gal. Model HPF-100, 100-Watt'

    What a waste of money. Its like they didn't even have any idea what the end product was supposed to be used for and just made it "look good". I'd lay odds that no one who designed this thing had ever owned a chicken. The tabs that hold the top on are very loose and don't hold anything in...
  11. evemfoster

    Removing Rooster from Laying Hen

    Hens like to take their chicks away from the rest of the birds in a flock to keep them safe from pecking, several feet if not yards away. Mama hen would probably prefer it if you did remove him.
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    WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE FOR THE NESTING BOX; PINE SHAVINGS OR STRAW?

    I use both at the same time. I had both on hand so it was no hardship to try both and it works well for me. If i didn't have both on hand i would have just used shavings. I use a thick layer of pine shavings as insulation in the whole coop including the nest boxes. I place about 3-4 inches...
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    Water Recommendation for 3 chickens.

    You don't have to use the expensive commercial waterers. I bought one of the heavily advertised ones that has a heated bottom last spring and it was horrible to use. The plastic got super brittle and broke when it got down to the lower 40's. Never did get to try the heater. So now i use an...
  14. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    Superworms are more labor intensive and need more attention than i want to put in to keep the colony going. I decided to not raise them for those reasons. Well, Ok i also find the superworms softer bodies quite gross. I got some with a order of mealworms one time and they were so big the...
  15. evemfoster

    Mealworm farming

    You can keep them in their worm farm inside the house. Room temperatures will be fine. I have had it so cold (power outage) that the beetles died on the surface of the bedding but the worms inside the bedding lived. I think that is how they make it through the winter. I have read that if...
  16. evemfoster

    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    It sound like the flies have picked your place to gather and sun. They pick a place that is warm and it helps them to warm up. The rocks are probably warmer than everything else. They will usually stay in that spot from anything too an afternoon too a week or so. Then they will just...
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    Ideas for activities for run

    Put in a swing. A 3-4 inch diameter limb hung from ropes a few inches above the ground. 3-4 inches because that is the size they like for perches. When they get used to the swing you can raise it higher and put something in like a log on both sides for them to jump on and off the swing...
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    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    The chickens will eat less when you switch to FF. When chickens eat dry feed there is a surprisingly high percentage of feed that doesn't get digested because it goes all the way through still dry in the middle. The fermentation process softens the feed grains and allowing a higher percentage...
  19. evemfoster

    Here I go

    No the pupa don't eat. If you have only pupa in the drawer no feed or bedding is needed, but you will have to move them as soon as they turn into beetles or put in a little carrot when they start turning.
  20. evemfoster

    Here I go

    Congratulations, waiting for that first beetle is almost as bad as waiting for the first egg to be laid. Though its a bit faster.
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