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  1. K0k0shka

    The 'wisdom' of Reddit: "It's completely fine to give your chickens French fries"

    Red ripe tomatoes are absolutely fine, as the solanine drops to pretty much nothing when the fruit ripens. People have been cultivating nightshades for human consumption for thousands of years, and the versions we have today, eaten in the way humans eat them, are perfectly safe from a solanine...
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    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    Depends on what I need the chicks for. If I want friendly pet chickens, I raise them in a brooder in the house, so they can get handled and socialized as much as possible. If I just want utility chickens for eggs or meat, then I have a broody raise them, because it’s less work for me and it...
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    Lead oxide was commonly used in the vulcanization of tire rubber specifically, so rubber products that contain lead are made from rubber recycled from old tires. Lead isn’t used in the production of rubber in general, or in rubber products, and it’s been phased out in tire vulcanization, so for...
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    Quiz: Which Fall Treat Is Your Flock’s Favorite?

    Mine don't like pumpkin, and I'm very sad because I keep trying to do the chicken jack-o-lantern challenge and they keep ignoring the pumpkin, or maybe pecking one spot all the way through and then leaving the pumpkin with just one massive crater in... By the way I really wish you'd used an...
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    What veggies do chickens like?

    That's why I tie any greenery up against the fence, so they can pluck from it, and they love it that way. I think the preference comes from them wanting to be able to tear off smaller pieces for swallowing, and that's easier if the plant is secured somewhere for easier pulling (growing in the...
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    What veggies do chickens like?

    Are they hens, or pullets? A hen is over a year old. The younger ones are pickier with their food and less likely to try new things, especially if there are no other chickens in the flock who are older than them to show them the way. If they see older chickens eating something, they'll go and...
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    Is purina feed okay?

    Um… what??
  8. K0k0shka

    Is purina feed okay?

    I have been feeding Purina exclusively for many years, have raised many generations of chicks on Purina starter and never ever ever ever had a problem at all. Just because you had some issues with your chickens, doesn't prove the feed was the cause, and doesn't say anything about Purina as a brand.
  9. K0k0shka

    Chicken coop lights

    Exactly, it's light-driven so they'll sleep as long as it's dark out. More sleep for them, and more peace and quiet for you! What are they going to do in the dreary cold and dark if they had lights on to extend the day? It would only extend their time in the coop, cramped, where they'll bicker...
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    Chicken coop lights

    This is an odd, human-centric statement. If your family depends on the eggs and you need to keep lights on and production going, that's one thing, but to put your chickens in unnatural conditions just because the seasonal light shifts of nature seem ridiculous to you, well, that itself is...
  11. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    The Boston sun in September isn't what it is in July, so maybe it's just bad timing, and we've had some rainy days, but we've also had nice sunny days, like today it's in the 80s...
  12. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    It's been sitting in the sun for over a month :(
  13. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    How long do yours take to air out and lose the smell? Mine has been airing out for over a month and still smells (despite soaking in vinegar, scrubbing with dish soap etc. in addition to the airing out).
  14. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    Thanks for the tip!
  15. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    Little Giant.
  16. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    It's definitely an ongoing process forever - you can always learn something new and find a better way, no matter how long you've been doing it. I like that aspect of chicken keeping (and anything else, for that matter). And yeah I absolutely hate the ones you have to turn upside down! I have a...
  17. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I have a heated water bowl for the winter, so I don't need to think about ice, but yeah maybe even the black rubber won't be ideal in the summer, as far as heating up goes. I now see that Little Giant makes that same size and shape of utility pan but made of plastic, not rubber or metal. It's...
  18. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I don't put stuff in my water either. My main concern would be the metal heating up in the summer and making the already existing hot water issue even worse. I'm having to go out there and dump ice in their water or change it throughout the day in the summer as it is, but I can't always be there...
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    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I've used different style waterers over the years, and have found that I really don't like the closed ones where I have to flip it upside down, or open something to clean inside and refill. It's so much faster and easier to just dump an open bowl/pan and refill. Faster and easier to give it the...
  20. K0k0shka

    How do you get rid of the rubber smell?

    I thought the contamination rumor was debunked? Either way ice is not an issue for me because I have a separate heated waterer for the winter. I only need something for the warmer months, as I don't want the heated waterer to sit out there year-round (even if unplugged) and shorten its lifespan...
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