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    Compost next to barn? Rabbits...Bad idea?

    I have 5 Angora rabbits I recently moved into the barn. They were supposed to be "house" rabbits but then we realized what a bad idea that was... Anyway, I was thinking of cutting into the barn and make a chute that drops their litter into a pile. We use wood pellets as bedding. While I...
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    Anyone know what this is?

    We have 3 acres of this stuff... we ended up mowing it down but I'm thinking it's probably useful. I gave it to the rabbits and they liked it... the poultry not so much...
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    Quick and semi-permanent fencing --- runaway ducks

    Our ducks ran off to the neighbors and destroyed their ornamental pond. We had chickens that we let free-range and we thought the ducks would be fine. They were for the last 4 weeks until they got adventurous and discovered the neighbors pond. Anyway, I need a cheap and quick fence. It's not...
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    What are these? Found these in front yard...

    We haven't finished a full year at this house yet and are coming up with all sorts of surprises. I've never seen anything like this. They had white flowers a couple of weeks ago and now these appear. They're hollow fruits, no smell, and no visible seeds (see pic). I've asked around and no one...
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    Making grapevine cuttings?

    I was looking at some of the grape plants at Lowes and saw this one. Can I make cuttings from this? I know, I'm being cheap. I circled the parts I think could be cut...3 nodes.
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    Pear trees? Dwarf variety and staking?

    So I was going to buy some pear trees and preferred the dwarf variety. I just found out that you have to keep apple trees permanently staked if they're the dwarf variety. Does this also apply to pear trees? My intuition says yes but I also don't know much about trees. So my guess is that pear...
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    yay! finally got my ducks!

    We lost a Pekin, but 1 Cayuga, 1 White Egg Layer and 9 Pekins arrived alive. Now we have to figure out a new brooder situation because we know they'll grow fast.
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    using chicken fencing as grape trellis?

    So we've been free-ranging our chickens the last few months and they're literally pooping everywhere. Not to mention, it feels like a bad joke because they keep crossing the road to our neighbor's land. One thing we noticed last year was that the chickens liked to hide out under the grapes...
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    Fan continuously on (or off during heating)

    So I built my wife a forced-air incubator. I originally built it so that the fan was continuous but the fan kept blowing on the heating element and it actually raised the temperature after the heater turned off. I then set it so that the fan turned off when the heating element turned off. The...
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    High-Tech DIY Incubator Requirements/Design - If you could...

    So I built my wife a simple incubator last weekend. I had some fun doing it. I'm designing v2.0 right now and I know due to cost and time constraints I would NEVER be able to build everything I wanted to do. What features would you want that are REASONABLE, ACHIEVABLE (in the home, DIY) and...
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    Khacki Campbell x Pekin --- for meat?

    So here's what I'm thinking... Getting a bunch of Khacki Campbells for laying eggs. Get a male Pekin to give me meat ducks. That way I get the laying quantity from the Campbells. ...but how do the crosses compare to Pekin as far as meat quality and feed conversion. I'm sure I'm not the only...
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    Young/mature ducks vs day-old?

    Hi, New to ducks... well sort of, my family tried ducks when I was a toddler but I apparently loved them so much they died (Elmyra-style from Tiny Toons) so my family gave up on them. Anyway, now that I have my own toddlers I wanted to give ducks another try. I've been scouring the internet...
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