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  1. EliteTempleton

    Chirping

    Yeah, if anything give them a solid cover to "hide" under so they feel safe. Not sure what kind of heat source you have so if you are using a plate heater then you're already good. They're fine alone together.
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    What's Better? Fahrenheit Or Celsius?

    Grew up with Fahrenheit spent a total of about 3 years in Celsius countries. I like that 0 is freezing vs random 32 but I like the fine tuning of Fahrenheit as adding a degree or 2 is usually enough vs the bigger jumps with Celsius: We had a heated electric floor as our apartment heat source in...
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    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    Thank you! I saw someone else's title change so I thought they could just edit it on their own. Otherwise I guess they can edit their first post with something like 'RESOLVED THANKS!" I'll have to keep that in mind as an option for my next thread. I'll continue ignoring the random irrelevant...
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    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    But do you know how to update the thread title?
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    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    I haven't started a thread in a long time. How does an OP change the subject line? He's decided on the top of page 5 what he's doing but this thread still keeps on going with new advice. This is due to the subject with many responses not relevant to him as he says early on he needs to avoid wood...
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    Piglets help!

    About oats, there's a difference between the rolled, whole, etc. I looked into it because mine are doing better but still I'd like to see more solid excrement. Many feeds have oats in them, there are US University studies showing that it's a comparable growth grain 🌾 to corn for pigs and a...
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    I tried to let mine out for the first time a couple days ago on a really nice day. They barely left the doorframe of the shed. However a lone mesquito flew past me towards the center of them like a moth to a flame. I think it dodged two beaks... LOL
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    Piglets help!

    I bet! My domestic ones are iffy about being touched.
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    Piglets help!

    Hopefully the sugar (corn syrup/honey) works for you!
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    Piglets help!

    I had to look it up earlier but Lactaid is real milk just modified a little. I forgot about the corn syrup trick though, giving them a thick sweet syrup like that should draw their interest into eating, you want to rub a whatever fits on one finger on their gums. If you don't have corn syrup...
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    Piglets help!

    They'll need 3 things constantly; shelter/warmth/a dry spot to be, food and water. The milk is 2/3rds of what they need right now. Once they get past a certain point they won't have the energy or interest in eating and they will die. Sorry to be blunt but if you can't try to get something in...
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    Piglets help!

    Oats are not good for them, my breeder said, so if for some reason you are tempted to serve Oatmilk, don't. At least for now I wouldn't start there. I said goats milk above because I think cows milk is harder to digest which is why that article said skim milk probably. If you happen to have...
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    Piglets help!

    Wow, I've only had weened piglets for a week but they were about 8 weeks when I got them. So they need some kind of milk for a while. Looks like the Google industry team is "milk replacer" this seems like a good article on it. All else fails get some goats milk and warm it up for them for...
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    Have the chickens, now I need a coop. Please help!!!

    Awesome and you can use the greenhouse material over the hardware cloth and move their brooder right in there and even temp use it as a coop while you build the other one of it's warm enough down there. It looks like it would hold out all the little predators so unless you have bears or...
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    So I was heading into town and we started talking about feed a bit. This caused me to do some math. Turns out I got my farm store 200lbs for around .30/lb I just assumed it was cheaper at the Mill because EVERYONE has told me I should get it there. That was probably true for a LONG time but like...
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    There are ways to change the formula for sure, like one woman I saw had a wagon wheel pasture setup that looked realistic. So you know if you have like 5 acres and rotate the into 7+ different pastures. Like you said you can self butcher, I've got that setup but I wouldn't want to do 250lbs x3...
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    You mean how much more am I paying per pound for my hobby because it tastes better? Let's see: $460 in 8 Combo, 2 hog and 1 cattle panel to make an extra good pen that's taller in case I got a climber jumper. We'll call it 31'x 29'. The two hog panels are for the loading shoot and the cattle...
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    Good to know, I just stared my first feeder pigs and they came early so I just filled the feeder on a Saturday with the farm store 16% stuff that had probiotics. I'll have to see if I can mix and match too, will keep fresher feed for the bacon seeds to enjoy if I can. Currently it looks like...
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    Odd Wild Mallard Behavior

    I almost mentioned the bird flu thing too but from what I understand it doesn't have an impact on waterfowl? They're just carrier's. So as I understand it from reading the CDC or whatever .gov website. Still, true, why let them carry it. Good point about the parasites.
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    HOW TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS if there is no scratch or pellets?

    Fair enough, I saw those numbers on YouTube and fell into the trap of believing what I saw on the internet. :barnie Plus the price changes so much lately on feed if the mill goes up before the farm store you might find a better deal there. Also depends on how much you buy, my feed mill bulk...
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