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    Supplementing pasture

    As everyone knows feed prices have been going up related to the drought in the Midwest. I am located in Texas and am working with a degraded pasture. It is degraded because of last year's drought plus some ruminant (cow + a few llamas and sheep) overgrazing. This is a small property and the...
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    Does Anyone Here Actually Make a Profit? With What?

    Just curious. While I realize that most folks here have backyard flocks of less than 20 birds, some folks have more. I think that most folks have their chickens free-range or go in a run during the day but employ some feed whether it is layer feed for layers or flock raiser/chick crumbles...
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    December surprise!

    We have 2 "runaround" hens that I don't count as members of our normal henhouse flock.. I basically ignore them unless they steal TOO much at food from the dish by the back door. One is tan and one is brown. They hid their eggs.. Their boyfriends used to be some leghorns that um....went to...
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    Are we all Roos?? 10-wk old Black Giant and Barred Rocks

    Are all of these 10-week old little Munchkins roos? These are Black Giant chicks from Ideal. Obviously a couple barred rocks slipped into the mix, which is OK with me. If these are all boys, I'm running a ratio of 18 boys: 12 girls for an order of 30... The one on the right...
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    Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!

    Itz Zombie Raccoon back from the Dead to Eat UR ChickenZ!!!!! He's VERRY VERY HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!
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    Let's Chickenize Lyrics!!!!!!

    The new song "Pumped-Up Kicks" by _Foster the People_ makes me think of saying "Run Chicken Run!" so I finally wrote a poultry version! It came out this summer when I was making henhouse repairs because of a couple raccoon attacks. The original lyrics are at...
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    Do Australorps or Jersey Black Giants have sex-linked feather colors?

    I'm raising a brood of Jersey Black Giant chicks that are 3 weeks old, and I also have some Australorp babies. Some of my Jersey Black Giant chicks have a barred black-and-white pattern on their wings and back, whereas others are pretty much all black. The ones with the barred pattern are...
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