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    Looking for some white rock hatching eggs.

    I am getting burnt out on hatchery chickens. It seems every time I get hatchery birds, they end up being some glob of mixed breeds. My latest crop of black copper marans are laying a pale tinted brown egg, I have had RIR that layed browner eggs. For that reason, I am hopeing to find a private...
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    Raising chickens to sell

    My 2cents. If your going to raise chickens for profit, forget the large flocks. You will go broke selling farm eggs an buying feed. Go with a few quality chickens, not the mcmerry or cackle chicks you find at every farm store in America. Quality full bred birds will bring a premium over any...
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    I need composting help!

    again, just my opinion, I have no ideal what you have for compost or its state of decomposition. I will say, if the quality is in any doubt, I would just use it as a mulch and apply around my plants. Plow it in this fall once the harvest is over. Let me just add, I dont like to till in any...
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    TSC Pelletized Bedding - Anyone?

    My personal opinion is its a waste of money. I use the fine wood chips sold in bales, Its cheaper than the pellets. Throw in a bale and then throw in a handfull of feed and the chickens will do the spreading for you. When it gets nasty, just throw in another bale of chips. In 2 or 3 months, just...
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    I need composting help!

    Since this thread was brought to the top, I wanted to add my 2cents. I do everything in the slow add to the pile as you go mode. In the fall when gardening is done, I rip out all the plants and just dump in a pile in the corner of the yard. When leaves fall, I use my mower to direct its...
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    Cleaning the coop after mites & lice?

    I would clean the coop and run, then spray with clorox. Follow that spray with a pyrethrin-based medicated spray. Spray every 7 days to kill anything that might hatch from eggs already there and to prevent the mites from matureing to produce even more eggs. When spraying the coop, follow every...
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    One breeding age cuckoo maran rooster

    I am in need of just one cuckoo maran rooster to reintroduce to my project flock. I would prefer a NPIP certified bird and he must be of breeding age. I will pickup within 100miles from Murphy NC. 28906 zip. Pm contact info and location. Thanks, Bill
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    Perssimmons grow wonderfully in SC, I believe I have even seen them growing in Florida. I know they grow in NC.
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    We havent been doing much lately. To much holiday cheer. We did start some Sorgum syrup wine last week. Noting but sorgum syrup, a little water, a box of rasins, some cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. I dont know where DW got the recipie, but this is going to be interesting.
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    Chickens and taxes

    Quote: I read where there is some group wanting to tax cows for passing gas, and PETA is wanting to put a tax on meat because it will supposely stop people from eating it. What we need is to pass a law preventing lobbist from stepping foot inside Washington. All these laws and taxes do is slow...
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    Chickens and taxes

    Quote: Repealed or not, its posted in the auction barn paywindow.
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    Chickens and taxes

    I was just informed of a new law that just went into effect concerning the sale of Chickens, goats, and farm animals in general. It seems that as of Jan 1, if you sell any livestock through a sale barn, auction, or a swap meet, you will recieve a 1099 tax form for the full sale price of the...
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    Peeling hard boiled eggs

    Just boil the egg until done to your likeing, run cold tap water pover the eggs until cool. Then crack the big end of the egg and take out a small piece of shell to form a hole. Place mouth over the hole and blow as hard as you can. The egg shell will crack all the way around the egg, the...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    Basicly, what I did was boil water and dissolved the sugar in the water. Once the water cools I mix the water sugar syrup into the wine. I dont try to speed up the fermentation, if yeast is present, it will startup on its on. It might and probably will be slow to start when you are adding sugar...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    I have already added the extra sugar to the blackberry so now its just wait and see. If it doesnt start to referment, I will start another batch with storebought frozen blackberries and then mix the two when they are finished. I think it is going to referment as I have seen a few bubbles in the...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    Quote: So, was the blackberry the one that was too tart - did you sugar/ Is that what fixed it? I'm glad it turned out well. Let us know how you fixed in just in case we need to do it too. "Sept 24,2011 Racked and added 1 cup water+2Cup sugar syrup and 1 cup blackberry sugar syrup ( MarcoPolo...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    We racked our mead yesterday. It is completely clear, I say ready to bottel, but wife says wait. I might wait to bottle, but I didnt wait to taste. Excellent!!!!. I am going after a couple of gal of honey next wk so we can start another batch. Also racked the blackberry, a little taste test...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    ...into carbouys Made 3 1ga. Carbouys Added nothing 9/09/2011 Mead Racked mead from 3 carbouys into 1 bucket Put back into 3 carbouys w/ airlocks *removed a lot of sediment Wine tasted very good for just 2 months 11/18/2011 Visually inspected pure honey mead. Lots of sediment in bottom of...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    2 cups=1lb of sugar 7cups would be 3 and 1/2 lbs in 3 gal of water or just over 1lb per gal. According to your example this should be around 11-12 brix and alcohol of around 6%. after looking at it in this manner, I too, now believe it could be a sugar problem. Looks like I only have about half...
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    How many wine makers do we have here?

    Here is how my blackberry wine has progressed. July 17, 2011 Blackberry 1qt & 1pint juice 2/3 gal blackberries (mushed) 1gal boiling water 1packet of wine yeast (red) Put water in with berries & juice in fermenting bucket When cooled to 70’ add yeast /put on airlock Ferment for 4-5 days...
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