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    What is the best organic store bought compost?

    Hi folks! I am going to plant some carrots in containers for the first time. All the info I have read calls for compost as part of the soil combination. I don't have my own compost. I know that this is the best, but we are just getting started in making our own. But, until that happens, does...
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    Hi everyone!
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    trouble downloading pics

    I'm trying to download some pics. When I choose the icon, I don't get "browse computer", I get "Imbed an Image" and then a button for upload files. I click that button, it takes me to all the files on my computer, I choose pictures, choose the ones I want, but I can't find how to get them from...
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    injured beak

    I have a hen that has an injured beak. I can't even describe it. Really gross. It has been this way for a few days (3-4) she acts fine. She is eating and drinking. I looked in her mouth and it is fine. It is the right side of her beak where it meets her head. Swollen. Bloody. We put blue kote on...
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    new chick and a ucky yolk sac and cord

    Can someone tell me if this is Ok. Chick hatched out today. Looked fine, but I had to leave for a few hours and this is what the inside of the bator looked like when I returned. I had paper towels down. The long thing in the middle is about a 2" "cord" looking thing. It is a good 1/4-1/2...
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    broody left nest

    My broody hatched 3 chicks this weekend, 2 friday nite and 1 this morn. This evening when we went out to check her, she had moved the chicks and left 6 eggs in the nest. The eggs were cool. It is 77 degrees here right now. So I brought them in and candled them. 2 were not good. The other 4...
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    candling question

    Just candled my maran eggs. It is day 7. It looks like only 1 of eight is good. I think I saw an eye. It was a black spot anyway. It was the only one that looked full. Another 1 looked full, but on 1 side it looked like a ring around the middle about half way around the egg. The others all...
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    Have a question, please.

    I put 6 maran eggs under a broody last night, that has been broody for about 4 weeks. Just went to check on them and shut chickens in and she was off of that nest and setting in another one. One of the eggs was broken, so I brought the eggs in. I have been collecting the eggs to be hatched for...
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    question about a broody

    I have had a broody for close to 4 weeks now. We've been taking the eggs so she isn't setting on any. In the meantime, I've been keeping my copper maran rooster and 3 hens in breeding pen the last 31/2 weeks and am ready to start collecting their eggs to incubate. I would like to put the eggs...
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    Breeding question

    I'm hoping this is in the correct forum. But I thought since this is a forum on breeds, someone on here knows the particulars of breeding! I'm getting ready to set up a couple of breeding pens for a pair of copper marans, and a pair of buckeyes. They have always been out with the rest of the...
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    Fox habits

    Does anyone know what the habits of a fox are? Just had a fox in the yard right by the house chasing chickens. Don't know how long he was out there. Didn't find a carcase but did find lots of feathers, but no feather trail. It didn't have one in its mouth, so I'm thinking it just mauled one...
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    Chickens and beebees?

    Will chickens eat beebees? My grandson is out shooting his beebee gun at a 2 ltr soda bottle. I just wondered if they would think they were gravel or some such thing, and eat them. Will it hurt them if they do?
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    gardening

    Is anyone getting ready to start their tomato seeds yet? I'm looking for an easy way. Instead of planting in the small "plug" type planters, and then repotting them in the larger ones, does anyone just use the larger planters, 3x3's or so? Also, what type of organic starter soil do you use or...
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    dying zucchini plants

    I'm quite sure this has more than likely been commented on, but I didn't find anything in search. For the last several years we have put out zucchini plants. We may get 4-8 zucchini and then the plants die. For instance, this year we planted garden the 3rd week of June, as of yesterday, all...
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    Turkey feed for my meaties?

    Was just reading on another thread of using turkey feed for the Cornish X's. Will this be good for any meat chickens? I have freedom rangers. They are about 6 weeks old. Right now just feeding them Dumor chick starter from TSC. I'm not sure what the % of protein is. They are actually at a...
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    photography classes in SW Ohio??

    I'm looking for "very" beginner photography classes in sw ohio. Does anyone know of somewhere in this area where I could learn photography? I searched local community college sites, and such, but didn't find any that gave photography classes. I'm going to continue searching and asking around...
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    Do chickens go off to die like dogs sometimes do??

    Has anyone experienced, or is it possible, a rooster or hen for that matter, ever disappearing to maybe go off to die? My sweet rooster was not with his girls this evening when we went to shut them in. He is a very large white aracauna. We looked everywhere with no signs of him. Anything...
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    Day 23

    Like Ms Steak in a previous thread, only I'm on day 23. I don't hear peeping or see any sign of pips. Is all lost? I bought these eggs at a flea market. The man assured me they would be a good hatch. My temps have been steady at 95, Humidity between 50 -55 until lockdown and has been holding...
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    no electric!

    Our electric went out for about 45 - 60 min this morn. Temp was down to 80 in the bator. Will this hurt my eggs? The temp has been consistently 95. Have 12 French copper maran eggs in there on day 13. I don't want to loose them. I'm surprised the temp dropped so quickly. Our house isn't...
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    Broody hen question

    I'm sure this question has been asked lots of times, but my broody hen has hatched 3 chicks this week (Wed). She is still setting on 5 eggs. When she went broody we didn't know how many eggs were under her. We also didn't realize for 2-3 days that other hens were laying in the nesting box with...
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