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    grinding mixed seed feed in blender?

    any good / bad issues if I grind my mixed seed feed in a blender? I'm feeding my flock mixed seed, they will selectively eat and leave seed they done like unless the feeder runs empty enough for them to get hungry. did a test batch of a few cupfuls of mixed seed into a kitchen blender, grinds...
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    Water feeder - screw on inverted soft drink bottle

    Found these on eBay. Approx au$2 each delivered. Currently testing setup, hangs better in corner, needs an improved design to hold the bottle vertical and water feeder horizontal. One thing I’ve learned is hang the water and food above pooper level. This setup makes it easy to adjust height as...
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    Where do you find cheap feed? (Brisbane Australia)

    Where do you source cheap chicken feed? I don't mind the drive to produce stores, and the premixed feed is convenient. I'm still wondering where people source their cheap chicken feed from. I've found my local fruit and vege store quite friendly in giving me a box of scraps which the chickens...
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    9 week old quail started pecking others. blood drawn on back of neck/head.

    I have 6 quail in a small pen, approx 8 weeks old, raised from eggs I incubated, just witnessed one quail starting to peck the others. drawing blood and removing feathers. I've separated the injured from the uninjured into another pen for now. think I've identified the aggressive quail by the...
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    manually pipping a stuck chick.

    I still have mixed thoughts about manually intervening a chick stuck for hours during pipping. This chick pipped initially yesterday, batch was due yesterday, some had pipped and hatched the day before, some were on time. This one pipped it's beak through the egg shell late yesterday, then...
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    How to reset day counter on 24s incubator

    Hi, I have this Chinese incubator model 24s. Day counter currently sitting at day 44, tried reset button but it only cycles the egg rotator while day counter cycles from 10 to 1. Then resumes day counter at day 44. Any ideas? I’m also having trouble keeping this incubator under 50% for the...
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    Newb : Brisbane Australia. Incubating & growing layers

    Hi from Brisbane Australia. Summer here so we are a little warm (mid 30’s C) and quite humid due to regular rain. Learning to incubate using a Chinese automatic 24s. (See photo) My biggest problem right now is how to reset the day counter and maintain better control of humidity. On my third...
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