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    Dying silkie chicks

    Is brooding silkies different from other chicks? We are on our third year with chickens and very little loss in the past (usually within a day of shipment), but this year we have lost 2 out of 10 self blue silkies. They cost me a pretty penny, so I'd like to figure out what's going on with...
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    Food Cyclist chicken tractor

    Has anyone made one? Was it as good as it looks? Thanks!
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    Predator proof a Chicken Tractor??

    This was our first year with chickens and built our meaties a 12'x12' hoop tractor. Worked great, except it was too dang heavy to move! We have a lot of predator pressure here, large hawks that keep an eye on our enclosed flocks, bears, wolves, coyote, fox, lynx, coons, skunks and weasels are...
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    Wheat free feed recipe?

    I have been making a whole grain feed for my layers, but they eat everything but the wheat. I'd like to adjust the recipe to reduce or eliminate the wheat, but what should I replace it with? Recipe is: 4 part rye 9 part Barley 9 part Oats 9 part red wheat 4 part black oiled sunflower...
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    Really small Cornish X at 8 weeks

    It's our first year. We started with 29 cornish X and lost one the first night to shipping stress. Everyone has seemed healthy and we are now at 8 weeks. We were feeding as much feed as they could eat in 20 minutes after the second week, twice daily. They seemed small (for what the hatchery...
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