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  1. chickiedoodle

    Lets talk feed

    I have been looking for it as well. I finally worked out a corn-free, soy-free ration that will only cost me $0.40/lb but was not able to find a distributor near me. I emailed Fertrell yesterday afternoon and this morning have already received a not only a reply from them telling me there is a...
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    LOCKDOWN--I HAVE PIPS!- Hatch Date 9/22/09ish

    Well we have had one problem after another with power outages, humidity, and one temp spike (107:/) but this morning we have cheeping and movement, so we are holding our breaths that some of them will make it. The kiddos are nearly as excited as I am
  3. chickiedoodle

    Is there any money in chickens?

    I really think it depends on how you approach it and how creative you are willing to be. There are some great (old) books on making money with chickens that have helped me out a lot. I have a flock of 50 and make enough off egg sales to cover feed costs most of the year--when they are out...
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    Advice for sprouting a lot of grain

    Thanks everyone! I think I will try the bucket system and see how it works. I am sprouting wheat, corn, and sunflower seeds--scratch grains. AL, I live in Nor Cal. Bermuda grass does live here, but only grows well in the middle of the summer--our night temps are in the 50s "most" summer...
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    Advice for sprouting a lot of grain

    Well it is the end of summer and our girls have officially eaten every green thing on our property in their forages. So, until the rain starts--in another 2 months --I wanted to sprout some grain for them. We have nearly 50 chickens at the moment, so I need to do a lot and want to know if anyone...
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    How to feed layers and non-layers in winter months

    Happy Valley as in Somerset? That is where we are and our girls lay all winter--just not quite every day. We have mostly different breeds than you, but none of ours stopped all together, so I would think that what you feed them now is fine.
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    What do I feed my freerange chickens in the winter?

    If you have neighbors with goats you might even get some alfalfa for free--goats are picky and waste a lot of hay. I have two goats and once a week I empty the bottom of the manger into the chicken pen. Mostly what I toss in is old stems, that they end up turning into compost for me, and piles...
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    Chickens in the orchard...a bad thing?

    I agree that you might notice an improvement in your crop, especially if you thin as wombat suggests. My neighbor swears that the only cherries she ever gets to eat are the ones that overhang the chicken yard. For some reason she says the wild birds don't take those. I have also read of orchards...
  9. chickiedoodle

    Wow!!! Watermellon!!

    cnj-tx I have a thought. I think they will love them My girls love cukes anyway.
  10. chickiedoodle

    any one notice prices going down?

    I haven't noticed prices dropping--but as Rufus pointed out, we are printing way too much money right now so I would be looking for rising prices (Starbucks just raised their prices ) to counter a de-valued dollar. However, if my feed store wants to lower their prices I will take it The only...
  11. chickiedoodle

    LOCKDOWN--I HAVE PIPS!- Hatch Date 9/22/09ish

    Yea for hatch buddies! Ours were set last night as well--17 in the 'bator and 15 under the hens--18 Ameraucanas from Dipsy Doodle Doo and 14 from our own mixed flock. We have hatched and are hatching several batches of our own using our broodies but this is our first time with the 'bator. I...
  12. chickiedoodle

    Best Place To Get Mealworms

    I tried ordering them online but they arrived dead, so I went to the feed store (cheaper at least than our pet store) and bought them for about .5 each and am now "growing" some for the gals. We are still waiting for beetles so that we can start feeding the girls----patience is being cultivated
  13. chickiedoodle

    Modesto Milling Organic Feeds?

    I just bought and yes, the feed is $22.25 for 50 lbs and scratch is $18. I usually just buy individual grains and mix my own because I can make it come out cheaper that way--and you can buy cracked corn which would solve the problem of whole kernels in the pre-made mix, though my gals like whole...
  14. chickiedoodle

    When is a sunflower head ripe enough...?

    They can eat the flowers too. I pull up the whole plant and toss it to the girls. Mine are usually not quite as ripe as yours seem to be because if I let them go that long the wild birds eat them all first
  15. chickiedoodle

    FS 18+ Mixed Flock Eggs California--sold

    North of you, east of Sacramento near Tahoe.
  16. chickiedoodle

    Please post your best money saving/making idea

    I like bartering. I have a friend who is a hairstylist and I give her eggs every week and she cuts and highlights my hair every couple months. I could never afford to have my hair done before, and she likes having organic free-range eggs so we are both happy
  17. chickiedoodle

    First thing out of the tractor...cedar mulch dust bath???

    I believe that it is only the fumes of the cedar that harm the chickens--outside there is not a problem. I know people who use it in the runs--just not the coop. When my girls find a way around the fence and into the yard the cedar mulch in my flower beds is their favorite hangout It makes a...
  18. chickiedoodle

    Will chickens eat or damage these plants?

    Mine ate all my cactus. They eat anything and everything as far as I can tell. Except a few herbs and the wild grape. They eat my cultivated grape, but none of the wild grape
  19. chickiedoodle

    FS 18+ Mixed Flock Eggs California--sold

    $18 for 18+ eggs including shipping. Ready to ship Monday or Tuesday. Let me know if you want bantam eggs included or not. We have a mixed flock that give us eggs ranging from white to dark brown and green. The breeds include: Large: RI Reds Cuckoo Marans Buff Orpington Silver Campine Salmon...
  20. chickiedoodle

    Grain-free chickens?

    I have heard of people around here doing that. We actually have more grass available in the winter here than in the summer. Anyway, their reason has to do with allergies. Apparently some people are so allergic to grain that they can't even eat animals that eat grain. Sounds miserable to me--for...
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