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    All Flock Feed in Queensland Australia?

    If you do a Google search on Purina Flockraiser, and see the nutrients list, this is a typical All-flock feed that is used in the USA. See screenshot below. This will give you something to compare to if you're looking for all-flock type feeds in Australia.
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    All Flock Feed in Queensland Australia?

    All flock is the same thing as chick crumbles or possibly pullet pellets. Look at the calcium level of the feed. Chicks get the lowest level of calcium, maybe 1% or less if I recall correctly, while layers get around 4%. If pullet pellets have the same amount of Calcium as the chick crumbles...
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    Barred Rock Hen not laying, lethargic, puffy feathers

    She sounds really sick. I'm sorry no one answered your post. Next time, edit the original post instead of posting a second time - folks see that second post and think someone answered you, and then no one actually opens the thread. How is your hen now? What did you end up doing? Watery...
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    rooster picking own feathers? idk but what do i do

    Looks like your hens may be over-grooming him. Rare that he'd be doing it to himself. have you tried pinless peepers on your hens? Or on him if he's really doing it to himself? Also, did you check for lice and mites? Pics look good, so I doubt it, but figured I'd ask. Was he starting to...
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    Real Araucanas

    Try the Araucana breed club website to see who is breeding them now.
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    General Genetics Help Needed, Please.

    Selling BYM chicks is fine. But you'll get more money and probably a lot more interest if you can sell purebreds. You'll have to separate them out for breeding a month or more before you collect the eggs to be sure the parent roo is the one you think it is. Generally, it's best not to mix...
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    Update from the south, THIS is where im at..

    You have an awesome setup! What gorgeous birds!!!
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    Laying in the wrong place

    1. Put fake eggs where you want them to lay their eggs. Ceramic, wood, golf balls, even rocks sometimes work. Also check your nest box setup - do they have enough privacy, enough space, are they being disturbed while nesting and want a more private, quieter area? Some folks use curtains on...
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    How to keep my Broad Breasted White Warm in very cold climate

    We have a large community of folks here, who raise birds in a wide variety of ways. I find that when a number of folks have years of personal experience doing something a certain way and have been successful at it, that gives me confidence to try the same thing myself. Does that mean it's the...
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    FAIL thread

    Hahahahaha! Love it!!! My cat used to do something similar. She wanted us to get up early and feed her, so she would come into our bedroom and hit the metal hangers that were hanging from the doorknob of our closet several times with her paw. It would hit the wooden door and make an awful...
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    WR hen feet. The WR and NH are often prone to collecting dirt/mud between their toes, right where the flap of skin is where the toe connects to the sole of the foot. I go out there periodically and push the globs of dirt out. You see a ball of dirt on her left foot at the base of the outer...
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    So, I finally processed my final White Ranger hen, the one that was still alive as of this past post. I kept her all this year hoping she would start to lay again, and she didn't. She eventually was so heavy she couldn't fly up to the top of the dog crate for roosting with the flock at night...
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    I processed her shortly after this post, and it wasn't water belly. Just a large fat deposit getting ready for winter. They were both tasty good.
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    FAIL thread

    Totally!!! Every Thanksgiving, I think about that turkey, and it makes me chuckle. :)
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    FAIL thread

    I remembered another FAIL. This one was a classic. You know the trope about bad thanksgiving turkey, where folks mess that up in a variety of ways because they're not used to cooking turkey? I had never known anyone that actually happened to, and then it happened to me. Let me preface by...
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    FAIL thread

    Oh no, did you really?!!! I'm so sorry!!! I mean, I keep giblets in the freezer from processing my meat birds (heart, gizzard, kidneys, unlaid eggs), but I'm sure that's not the same thing at all. (the opinions of my kids who think it's gross don't count, right?)
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    FAIL thread

    OMG! I never thought of adding lime or lemon juice to my mac an cheese! Now I'm going to have to go and try it. We normally add onion and/or garlic powder, bacon bits, and sometimes extra cheese to the box mac n cheese to make it flavorful. Or tuna and mayo/miracle whip for tuna-mac...
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    FAIL thread

    Sometimes, things just don't work out, or don't work out how we plan. This is a thread to document those times that ended up at least slightly funny. I'll go first. I keep telling my young kids to put the clip back on the chip bags, and to fold them a certain way so bugs don't get into...
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    Things You Can't Believe You Said

    To a small child: This floor is not clean enough for you to roll on it. Do not kiss the floor!!! We do not bite our friends! Look, it's a real live dead turtle! Calling my one aunt by the other aunt's name (NOT the thing to do!)
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    How high can chickens jump?

    How high can chickens jump? However high they want to. :) If they're determined, they'll find a way. That being said, how much do your birds weigh? My 10-12 lb meat are not going to be scaling a six foot fence, but most of my birds are 5-7 lbs, and they fly as high as they like.
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