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    Should I manually turn the individual eggs that are not correctly moved by the turner?

    Hello all, I recently revived and rebuilt an older marsh roll x incubator of my fathers and it has been up and running for about 3 days now. The problem is that the eggs we have in there are of considerably different sizes and even though we picked the grid that accommodates the greatest number...
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    Alternatives to a Bell 60 type grinder for small batch grain milling.

    I am ordering in a bunch of whole grain mix for my birds and will leave it in whole grain form to preserve the nutritional quality while in bulk storage. I will ferment and feed a small amount in the morning and evening then fresh grind weekly to provide their free choice ground...
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    How well do peas ferment? Do your chickens like them?

    I am working on a couple of whole grain mixes for my chickens and a few of them have a large percentage of peas in order to achieve the protein levels that I want. I will grind some but will also feed a fair amount of whole grain fermented form morning and night. Question is...how well do the...
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    Good reliable source close to CO for Mealworms to start my own colony

    I have read through a few of the other threads including the 8 thousand plus one...geesh, regarding mealworms and though I have looked up the recommended breeders for my starter colony many of them are located quite far from me here in CO. It is that time of year where we are having wild temp...
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    Driving me FREAKING nuts....What size hog rings do I need here.

    I live in the middle of nowhere and have to order my items in most the time and in this case definitely have to. I am building a pair of chicken tractors asap and would like to form arches using cattle panels and would like to use hog rings to join them together. I have looked and made...
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    Smaller/stunted bird with drooping wings, labored breathing now in quarantine.

    We have a red ranger (about 7-8 weeks old) that has always been substantially smaller then all of it's brethren that we have affectionately referred to as "chicken nugget". About three days ago we noticed that he was not his normal self and had labored breathing and was laying down while...
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    Electric Netting fence in Sandy Loam Soil...Will it keep the step in posts vertical?

    We are looking at acquiring a few sections of Kencove or premier net fencing with the built in step posts and are curious how they will work in our soil. We live in Eastern CO and the area that we are in is a pretty soft sandy soil, not sand dunes soft but not a lot of body compared to Denver...
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    Is it asking too much of my young 4H'ers to show full size birds.

    This next year is the first year that my twin boys will be showing at the county 4H and they have both picked chickens. In watching youtube and reading about the actual procedure it seems as though most of the kiddos are showing bantams however neither I or they really want the cute little...
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    4H Dominique's and Old English Games needed later this year for 2016 show.

    Both my boys picked chickens for next year (July's) County fair where our new homestead is located in Eastern CO. I do not want to do things last minute like this years lamb project for my daughter and would like to get in line for getting the two aforementioned breeds for this late summer or...
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    "Broody hen" section in my coop....is my idea sound or should I go another route

    Weather permitting I am starting my Coop build this weekend. It is a 10x10 and in one corner I was going to have a 4x4 area with removable hanging partitions covered in hardware cloth with a door to get into it. I would leave the partitions down until I have some girls that are going broody at...
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    New Coloradoan looking for some coop fillers for our new build.

    Hello all, my family and I have recently moved and are building our homestead in Eastern CO and need a little input. We are thick in the busy as we are doing 95 percent of the house shop etc ourselves. Originally we were going to build the coop as one of the first projects but things got moved...
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    New!

    Hello all, my family and I just recently left the rat race of the big city and have moved out to Eastern CO in the middle of no-where. I have three little ones (one is old enough to start 4h this year) and we are building our new homestead 95 percent ourselves. I won't bore you with the...
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