Do you have a TSC near you? Mine had one that makes a quart (I think) at a time with tablets. Shake it up and pour it in the vessel. If you are doing any electrolytes, don't offer a plain water too, they probably won't drink the electrolyte water then and you're wasting your time and money. That...
I use electrolytes in the water when it's above 85 or high humidity. It showed 108 here at one point. I made up "fruit ice pops" for the girls. I used an ice cube tray and added blueberries, chopped strawberries, watermelon, chopped mint and water. I put them on a plastic plate and the girls...
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Hi neighbor! I'm over in Hobart, near the new high school. I was just in Portage tonight. No clue if you can have chickens there, check with the zoning board!
Karp's Feed Store aka Hobart Hatchery. I'll PM you the info. The owner is awesome. I've dealt with him for horse feed since we moved here from IL 5 years ago. He also breeds rabbits for 4H kids.
I'm thinking more about the stories of the mail order hatcheries putting in "extras" for warmth. Even though we should be past the freezing point, but with NW IN weather, who knows? A woman I used to board my horse with ordered 10 pullets and got 15 males in addition to it...
The feed store...
I thought I had posted here, but I guess not.
I'm in Hobart. Not too far from zoo357!
No chickens yet, still working on getting my husband to agree! I'll be looking to get 4, thinking 2 EEs and 2 Orpingtons. I need to call our local feed store and see if he still has chicks and what he has...