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    Mineral requirements for home made feed

    I have seen it recently on amazon for under fifty dollars.
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    Mineral requirements for home made feed

    the absolute best info on making feed is" Nutrition and feeding of organic poultry" by Robert blair. it reads a lot like a textbook and gives feed values of many different possible items to include as well as several sample formulas. one of the biggest hurdles with making feed at home is the...
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    I should also mention that the absolute best book on the subject I have ever seen is Nutrition and feeding of organic poultry by Robert blair.
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    Everyone, post your best homemade chicken feed recipes!

    wow that is a busy list of ingredients. I have been making feed for several years, and have done very well with wheat, peas, and barley as the base of the feed. I use a custom premix instead of nutria balancer, but I know most people can not have a premix made. I will add some fish meal to...
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    not sure but it was probably before noon. I just moved them all to lock down. there are two piping temp holding at 99 and before lock down humidity has been 45 to 55. I add surface area for water on lock down and get to 65 +. very supprised at the early pips, but am hoping that it means...
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    they are turkeys and were set on 4/10
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    so I ahve a large batch of eggs(about a hundred) on day 23. there is at least one piping and I think I heard more chirping. should I put the whole batch on lock down early?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    first!... and mabe last?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    they are r bourbon toms over burbon, slate, and narganasett hens
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I am not even gonna try and get caught up on all the posts I have missed. been a crazy day. took dad to hospital for unscheduled gall bladder surgery. doc said it was packed with stones and very infected. the managed to get it out and clean up the infection. hope to have him home by...
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    first hatch of turkeys are moved to their new home! we hatched 20 out of thirty eggs. second batch is on lock down. 55 eggs started on the 31st and the incubator is chirping away! I will have to make myself not look in on them before tomorrow night or sat morning.
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    pbj = my initials l = loves s = dw's first initial I can laugh at all of the ball and chain jokes, but I got married at the ripe old age of 21 and no one said we had a chance. she is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I love her dearly and tell her every day. our 22nd...
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    I have a small feed mill and raise meat birds, hogs, and beef. one of my feed customers keeps a prety large flock of turkeys and I offered to buy all the eggs she could produce this spring. I a selling the poults to another meat farm near me. He said he would take all I can hatch between now...
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    **~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

    hello! just saw this and since i have turkey eggs incubating I thought I would jump in. I did not set on the right day, but will have lots of turkeys comming from now until the first week of June. this is my first time hatching. the first batch just hatched over the weekend. and I got 20...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    seems like everyong had a good time at the show. I was harvesting pigs and could not make it. I had to move an electric fence to open a new area for the cows today. I went into a shed to get some posts, and can't believe what I found. we have a small flock that just free ranges here. two...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    a couple people have asked, so if any one is looking for turkey poults you can pm me for details.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    a am way behind so this will be quick hello to the new folks! happy birth day to the old folks and for those that asked the turkeys have a burbon tom over borbon, slate, and Narragansett hens. several are out and several more piping. there are about 30 in the first group. I have 60 more...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    the incubator is chirping again! first of the turkey poults hatching over the next few hours. still have abut 150 that have not reached lock down yet, and another 120 comming in to be set latter today.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I have though about it. I do not agree that saying I have faith is denying anyone else's faith. I do not agree that dave's post was merely saying what he believed, but rather attacking someone else's beliefs. I do not agree that there was not an intent to belittle someone's faith by...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I do not think it is up to you to decide if she or anyone else has been belittled. she expressed something that is upliftling to her and many others without offering any judgment on any other belief. dave offered up that the thing she finds comfort in is weak, evil, or fake. that is most...
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