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  1. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Oh boy...no laying problems in the past, but I don't think she's laid since she starting acting like this a few weeks ago. Think she's egg-bound?
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hello all...I just wanted to jump in here with a quick question. I have a 1-year-old hen that seems to have lost her balance over the last few weeks. She is kind of tippy when she walks. When I let them all out to free range, she goes out, too, but she moves slowly and pecks around a bit...
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    What are you canning now?

    Ended up making a rhubarb cake of sorts. Really easy and used up 3 pint jars (yay!). Put rhubarb in the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan, make up a yellow cake mix batter per the directions on the box and then pour that over the rhubarb and bake at 350F for 45 min-1hr or until the cake part is clean...
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    What are you canning now?

    Rhubarb Conserve or Jam sounds good. I think I could just use my canned rhubarb as spreadable fruit on toast. I added sugar when I canned it so it should be good! Maybe a strawberry rhubarb crisp. I talked to my step-mom and she actual has a cake recipe where you put the uncooked? batter in...
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    What are you canning now?

    Looking for recipes to use up several jars of rhubarb that I canned last year before it comes time to can this year's rhubarb! Guess we don't eat rhubarb like I thought we would. I just hated to see our two big plants go to waste! What I couldn't give away, I canned.
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    The castor oil is working for me, also, but I am only using it once a week and my girls had a pretty severe case. It has helped with the dryness and cracking, though. I think I will increase the frequency of application. I am also battling a feather picker that has caused injury to one of my...
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

  8. sunflower4you

    A BEE thread....for those interested in beekeeping.

    This website talks about design/layout. It also says you should plant bee-friendly plants that are native to your area. The best reference would be a local botanical garden to find out what plants are native and attract bees. Hope this helps...
  9. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks for all of the ideas to stop feather picking. @Leahs Mom I have a small flock of only 5 so it would be really hard to get rid of her, but on the other hand, the idea of her injuring the other birds is too stressful so it may come to that. @ronott1 and @FridayYet thanks for the...
  10. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    I had considered mites, but I have caught that one hen pecking at the others several times now. I have never seen signs of mice or rats, such as droppings or tracks, anywhere around the coop or run. Also, their roost is probably 5 feet up. It's a possibility. I will see if the wounded hen...
  11. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Update...I DEFINITELY have a feather picker in the flock. Now that it has warmed up some, I have been able to be outside with the chickens and observe more. I already suspected who it was since she is not missing any feathers and I have seen her randomly pick at another once or twice. She...
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    What are you canning now?

    Thanks for the feedback. I found the Instant Pot on Amazon that got better reviews than the Power Pressure Cooker XL and I am seriously considering adding the Instant Pot to my wish list ($140!). Not for canning, but for quick cooking, slow cooking, searing, everything. I would love to say I...
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    What are you canning now?

    I don't see how it is different from a standard stove-top pressure cooker except it is electric. Maybe it does not have the steam release on the top like a standard pressure cooker? Bear with me, I do not even own a standard pressure cooker, but I am trying to recall the tidbits I have learned...
  14. sunflower4you

    Fermented feed feeder

    Love this idea! Sounds like you are close to perfecting a design.
  15. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Funny! But no, I'm not in Indiana.
  16. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    It is extracted in the brewing process, but not fermented. But maybe malting is like fermenting - I believe malted barley has been sprouted. I was hoping to ferment it as a way of preserving it since freezer space is limited, but I think I can find a way to get it in the freezer.
  17. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    My husband and his friends had a beer brewing get-together yesterday and ended up with a 5 gallon bucket of mash. My understanding is this is grains that were heated with water for some time and then the resulting liquid is drained off and further processed into beer. The leftover damp grain...
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    What are you canning now?

    Ok, so I saw an infomercial yesterday (I was flipping through and it sucked me in!) for the Power Pressure Cooker XL. Anybody ever use this for canning? http://www.powerpressurecooker.com/features.php
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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    I treated my two hens with castor oil for the first time on Sunday since it actually warmed up above zero. It has been a few days and their dry, cracked, bleeding legs now look soft with no bleeding. I am very happy to alleviate their suffering. Winter has been really hard on my poor girls...
  20. sunflower4you

    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thanks for the suggestion. I fermented feed late last summer and through fall and they loved it! I had to stop when it started freezing solid. I know some use heated dog bowls to keep feeding FF and I may look into that for next winter because I feel better about feeding them FF and they seem...
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