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    Advice urgently needed here, what can I grow at home to feed my flocks?

    We have approx 30 laying hens (mainly Rhodes) and hope to expand into breeding and raising Bronze OR Ridley bronze turkeys. We have been feeding the laying hens a 99% gmo free commercial feed, and it is so expensive. Our flock also free ranges all day ( locked at night due to predators) I have...
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    How about a new thread for those of us in wheelchairs?

    Hope I am posting this in the right place.....I don't suggest this as a form of "segregation", being in a wheelchair, I know I have unique issues with farming, raising chickens, and pretty well everything I do in life..... So Folks, anyone out there want to talk about how we can live our dreams...
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    How do you care for laying hens in extremely cold weather?

    I live in Central Ontario, and have 20 lovely Rhode Island Red Hens, just starting to lay eggs. The coops are renovated Ice-fishing huts, and are well insulated. We had an extremely harsh winter last year, and my partner brought up the issue of "when is it too cold to let the girls out in their...
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    Making coops by renovating Ice Fishing huts

    I have contacted a man that posted 2 ice-fishing huts on Kijiji, and I am hoping to get them, so if my previous idea of building coops out of recycled pallets/skids takes a little too long to complete, we can quickly renovate the ice fishing huts into coops. I have also been watching for free...
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    New Member Introductions

    Good Morning, I used to farm decades ago in the Ottawa Valley (Ontario, Canada) and kept (amongst other critters) a flock of 24 Rhode Island Reds.We also raised 225-250 meat birds per year. Approx a year ago we bought our own amazing 45 acre "farm". Yes, it is small but it is great to be back on...
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