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    how can I build a chicken ramp

    Quote: I usually start with a hammer and nails with a piece of salvage lumber from somewhere. Maybe a saw too.
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    Quote: uh oh!!! that's the litter i have been using for years... it's the best i've found so i hope i don't end up with moth eggs!
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    Growing our own feed, question on protein... peas?

    Quote: I agree - we use our goats to "grind the alfalfa & clover" -- we feed them in a tub. I have 1/4 inch hardware cloth that I pour the tub contents through each morning and filter out the stems from the leaves. Only takes a couple of minutes for two #10 cans of fresh ground hay I...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Quote: i can do that for ya! i just got in from taking care of the birds so next time i go out i'll get some data for you guys. i've never weighed my birds live before so i'm not sure how accurate the digi-scale will be with live birds... we shall see! btw... another lady here as well!
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    awesome, thank you for the info.. i'm off to go research more before the sun comes up
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    i did check, and to my novice eye they looked fertile... but then again, this is literally my first time collecting and trying to hatch eggs. the eggs aren't overly large, but bigger than a pullet egg. i guess i could go weigh one.. do they need higher protein? or..? they currently are on a...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    i have 6 hens that i held back that were hatched in may, as well as 4 roosters (2 from a may hatch and 2 from a september hatch). i'm also going to keep 2 hens from the september hatch, i just have to decide which i want to eat and which i want to keep. on a good day, from the 6 hens that are...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    Quote: Thak you EB . Its a cheap , still air , Hovabator ; ordered on sale at $88 with auto turner included . I wish I could afford better , but it works [ kinda ] . I'm new at running one , so ................................ i wrangled up some books to sell back to amazon for an amazon...
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    Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

    great looking bird! can't wait to see it grow up.. what kind of incubator are you using? i'm in the market and am wondering what people around these parts use..
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    4-h meat bird diet

    Quote: Our fair does this too, and it is really interesting to see the difference that management styles make. Some of the birds are half the size of others. It is important to find the 3 most similar birds for each pen. This is a production class, so the judge is looking for uniformity...
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    Craigslist ad for free chickens is working!!

    Quote: really? you have troubles giving your pullets away? We live in an area where everyone wants to start with chicks. Everyone believes a Ready-to-Lay Pullet is really an old hen that won't lay anymore. And I'd rather SELL pullets than give them away. I can always put them in the...
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    Craigslist ad for free chickens is working!!

    Quote: really? you have troubles giving your pullets away?
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    Craigslist ad for free chickens is working!!

    that is so wonderful... i'm really really happy this is all working out so well for you!!! Edited: like halo said, how would you handle it if you saw an obviously unhealthy situation?
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    I did it!!!

    congrats!! and like you said.. it'll go smoother next time. practice makes perfect!
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    PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

    Quote: Maltose? Ah ain't no cook! I don't even know what it is, let alone use it. Maltose OH GOODY GOODY we are going to make Kefir beer~ Just kidding Maltose is a Malt Sugar used in Making Beer!!!! Why in the world you would want to use it in kefir is beside me and the one with eggshell or...
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    Freedom Rangers are Hybrids?

    oh yea... definitely a hybrid there are lots of threads here with people asking about them breeding true
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    Growing our own feed, question on protein... peas?

    Quote: split field peas are fine/great for chickens does this include soybeans (not that i'd feed them anyway)? sorry, just wondering what you meant by "beans" I was wondering about the "bean" comment too. My friend in Alberta lets her chickens free range and they do in the neighbors field...
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    Growing our own feed, question on protein... peas?

    Quote: split field peas are fine/great for chickens does this include soybeans (not that i'd feed them anyway)? sorry, just wondering what you meant by "beans" I know you didn't ask me, but I'll tell you anyway From this website: http://msucares.com/poultry/feeds/poultry_soybeans.html...
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    Ideals Red Broilers, Have you had them?

    Quote: do you feed soy-free? I feed them purina's flock raiser since it's supposed be "all natural" and like 24% I think or 22%, only thing in my area. It did well last time I got chicks. The ingredients says hulled soybean meal... is this bad to feed? i don't feed soy but i wouldn't say...
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    Freedom Rangers too small??

    was the quail starter the same thing as game bird starter? higher protein -- like 24-30ish%? i'm just wondering for clarification!
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