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A fun hatching story! (aka: what the duck?!)
So, I've been fueling my hatching addiction with roadside eggs since my wife has been fueling her egg selling addiction with ours. They have been coming from a trusted source and recently (21 days or so ago) I had them put together an assortment of leghorns, easter eggers, and barnyard mixes...- azjustin
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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Feeding chickens wild cottontails
So, we are completely overrun with rabbits as like any year and it got me thinking: since chickens are omnivores, can I feed them rabbits? I'm leery about raw, since the lice and parasites are just not something I want to worry about. Skinning and gutting is fine, just not sure if I want to...- azjustin
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Turkeys and early morning noise
We have a very large coop that is about 40' from our nearest neighbors window. He freaked out last year when we tried to keep a rooster in there because it started crowing at 4 AM every day and was waking him up. I'm not at all concerned about how much noise is made during the day, just what... -
Source for chick electrolytes + vitamins
We have a hen that graces us every week with a couple of chicks with wry neck. It goes away after a few days after using sav-a-chick, but it's getting old (and expensive) buying small quantities. Does anyone have a recommendation for a powdered vitamin/electrolyte supplement in bulk?- azjustin
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks