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    Rendered lard for first time - it separated?

    Does anyone have experience with this? I was trying to make a shelf stable lard. I used 7.5 lbs of pork fat run through the meat grinder. Rendered for 10 hours on low setting on slow cooker. Did not add water. This was from a pasture raised hog. Strained it through cheesecloth into jars then...
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    We got our first egg!! :D

    I went out to close down the coop for the evening and I am so glad we got our nest boxes done (about a week and a half ago). We had our first egg! So excited! It's small, but I know that's usually the case for the first ones. Nice to know it was laid in the nest boxes we had made. Just had to...
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    Winter ventilation concerns

    This is our first year raising chickens. Now that we've gotten to fall and I've been reading articles on this, we are getting a little concerned about ventilation over the winter. Our coop is 8'x20'. On either end we have vents above the roosts (see pic). Total vent space on each side is 20"...
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    Mean rooster or just pecking order?

    We were out setting up our nest boxes, and of course all the chickens wanted to be in the coop checking it out. I happened to catch on video this behavior of one of our Jersey Giant roosters toward our Cochin rooster. This looks really mean ☹️ Is it a badly behaving rooster or just...
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    Show me your nest boxes! + some questions

    We need to get nest boxes in order for our coop in the next month or so. We are thinking since it gets pretty cold here in the winter (some nights below zero), we might want to avoid metal ones. Those of you in colder climates, is that even an issue? Does anyone use the roll away type? What...
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    Beekeeping - crystalized honey on the frames

    My cousin gave us all of her beekeeping equipment, but it has been sitting for likely a year. She had an incident with allergic reaction to stings and her doctor told her she could no longer keep bees. When she brought it all, she had not extracted the honey from the frames and now it appears...
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    White wing tips on Black Jersey Giant?

    We have about a dozen black jersey giants in our flock. All of the hens are completely black - except for one! She has a white wing tips. Why would this one be different from the others? If it's going to stay that way, I thought I would name it Cruella. My husband said that was a bad name for a...
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    Small group won't roost at night

    Hello! We have 26 chickens - Barred Rock and Jersey Giant - 4 of them roosters. We also have one Cochin rooster. They are all 8 weeks old now. All but the Cochin and 3-4 Jersey Giant hens are roosting fine at night. However, the Cochin and the 3-4 hens sleep in a corner of the coop. The Cochin...
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