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    failed ginger bug / chickens

    Ok, so I tried to make a ginger bug to use as a starter for ginger ale and such, well it never fermented, so I had this jar full of ginger, and sugar water, can I strain this, rinse it off and feed it to my chickens? It still smells good and there is no mold or anything like that, just a jar of...
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    Anyone know this plant?

    Someone gave this plant to me, I am thinking it is a viburnum or a red twig dogwood. It may be something else too, I don't know. It gets very small white flowers in clusters, I don't know what color the berries will be or even if they will ever get that big but here is a pic. Thank you for...
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    baby duck, alone

    Ok, the neighbor kid just gave me a very little baby duck, (he said he found it all alone and could not find the mama) I tried my best to get it back to her but no go. So I have had baby chicks but never baby ducks and I am clueless... I put it in a box with newspaper and a lamp... wet chicken...
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    Anyone have Banty hens only?

    I have a friend who has banty hens.. his rooster was killed by a hawk awhile back and he claims banty hens won't lay without a rooster, I find that hard to believe, so anyone know for sure? Thanks.
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    Game feed for hens?

    Can I feed my hens (a little under half are laying, some molting) Game bird feed, it is 20 % protein, the laying pellets are 16, and thats another question I heard they should be getting about 19 % protein from their layer, anyway I am confused! Thanks in advance.
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    molting hen, cold? Really?

    Ok, I have a hen who is molting, and unlike my others she seems to have lost most her feathers all at once. I looked outside yesterday and saw her standing kind of strange so I went out and she was shivering, its in the high 30s so not really cold, but I am thinking she was cold so I have her...
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    One duck?

    Can a person keep just one duck or do they need a friend? Or could one duck be happy with a bunch of chickens. Thanks
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    Washington Law question.

    I will not consider this leagal advice I am just wondering. Purchase a house at a tax auction and you get all the debts and problems with it, but how long do the previous owners have before they have to be out of the house? I have read a lot about landlord laws but the people are not renting...
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    found a dead hen under roost

    Ok, last night we heard the chickens going crazy about 10pm, my husband went out and looked in on them and closed the coop up, this morning a dead hen, he didn't see her there last night but it was dark and she was black. I am wondering if she just died and fell off the roost would her face be...
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    Dark green runny poop

    Ok, I have had questions about this chicken before but thought maybe I would try again, because she is still with us and just hmmm hanging around. This is a very nice little chicken, she is 10 months old. Most of this time she has had very dark green watery poop, and is very thin although she...
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    How many of you guys have worm bins?

    I just started a worm bin and had a few questions, anyone else do this? I know some of you are on the gardening site so thought maybe someone could tell me if leaves from the yard and shreded newspaper, all damp, is enough for them to eat for a little bit. Thank you in advance...
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    Broody hens

    I have two broody hens, I collect my eggs daily, they are still ok right? even if they have been under this hen all day. Also if I keep moving her from the nest to go outside (even though she goes back in shortly) and I keep taking all the eggs how long can I expect them to stay this way?
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    Portable coop idea

    I am considering making a portable coop with a small lawn mower trailer, I am just not sure how to do it, so I am looking for ideas from you. My thought is to have a coop small enough to lift off the trailer but big enough to roost say 6 chickens at night. My idea is to have it so that the...
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    Anyone ever hear this before?

    I was reading on the Mother earth news page and ran across this: Although I raised chickens for many years, I never knew this helpful hint until my farmer neighbor told me. When your hen is sitting on eggs in her nest and you don't want any new roosters around, remove any eggs that come to a...
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    cooked lentals for chickens

    Anyone feed their chickens beans like kidney beans or maybe black eyed peas? Just wondering if it would be good for them. Thanks.
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    cobs in my scratch

    Ok, I have my scratch in a garbage can in the storage area of my coops. Now it seems to have some kind of bug in it, it has cob webs(?) in it, you know like little bits of it all stuck together but not hard, its like loose webs. I can still feed it to the chickens yes? Maybe as quickly as...
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    Anyone from Germany?

    I am looking for the german donar kabab recipe, but the ones you get in germany use a pita bread that is not the same as our pita bread. If you have a recipe for them I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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    Free Range with dogs...

    Ok, this might be a dumb question, but here it goes, I have two dogs, (not chicken friendly) I really like to let my chickens out as much as I can but they share the yard with the dogs, so I clean up after dogs and put them in the house. Does anyone else clean up after their dogs before letting...
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    finding a meat spot...to separate

    Ok, this may seem silly, I want to sell my extra eggs, some people do not want or understand the meat spots, or blood spots or anything out of the ordinary, is there a good way of knowing which eggs have them? without breaking them? If so could you explain how that is done. Thank you.
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    Is there a treat your chickens don't like?

    My chickens seem to like everything, my daughter had a tootsiepop dropped it, and the chickens grabed that baby up so quick and started running around with it, we chased them down and took it away but really!
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