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    feeding breakfast cerial to chickens?

    is feeding breakfast cerial to chickens a goood idea because the good cerials contain a high amout of grains or whole grains would it be good for them? could it be good in their diet?
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    grain getting into water via birds?

    my feeder and waterer is separated a good distance. but when i do my weekly trough clean i find a small amount of grain from the feeder in the water. about 15 wheat grains i generally find and it dosent worry me. does any one hav a explanation
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    feed/grain cleaners

    does anyone have a home made feed or grain cleaner thatyou use to clean grain want ideas or pictures as im want to make one myself. thinking of incorperating a fan and air supply by air compresser to clen grain along with small grating to let dust out. ideas please
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    mulesing What do you think?

    i think people protesting about mulesing dont have the right idea if you dont know what it is then google it. mulesing is a matter of life and death to a sheep. with out it it will go through four times asmuch pain and i have seen it. the odd shepp the one gets misssed is definatly worse off.
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    cardboard poop trays? will they absord moisture?

    i use carboard on mesh for my poop boards underneath the roosts and i was wonderin if the carboard would absorb the nitrogen etc when the poop moisure is absorbd by the carboard?
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    the chickens in the movie with the pig "babe"

    i cannot get my head around how someone could train chickens to sepeate outside the farmers window into breed/colour
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    home made chick feeders? any one got any?

    i have ot a phrisbee upside down and a milk crate on top of that to keep the broody hens out with the chick feed inside the thrisbee. instinks have you know it i fill the frisbee to the brim and the chick gets in the middle and scratches half of it out this is very wasteful and cannot think of...
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    trouble with dust baths.

    i need a way of getting rid of the lice etc without as much incectiside. i have a dust bath about 30-40 cm but dosent seem to work. it is about 20cm deep and i havent yet seen any signs of dust bathing. the dust is quite fine and is the same stuff they dust bath in when they are free ranging...
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    are jersey giants a good breed for laying

    seen a picture of one and look good. heard they are a big eaters and not many eggs. can i get the breed in australia
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    grain getting into water trough by chook

    the grain i feed my chickens makes its way int the water trough two meters away from it. could it be the sparrows eating then drinking or is it the chooks. i dont mind it but it makes me scatch my head
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    storms influencing broody hen

    can storms influence a broody hen sittin on a nest
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    rat/mice poison stations?

    does any one have a good idea or product they are using that keeps pioson away from poultry and kills the rodents i have a setup that has a tin with holes at the bottom that a mice could get thru with the wax blocks in it with a loose roll of chicken wire around it to kepp the chickens out...
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    raising storage bins?

    what is the best way to raise 50-100kg sealed storage bins off the ground to get rid of mice, rats and bad bugs i want it reliable and not going to fall over
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    zuccini

    i have got lost of zuccini and whateva i dont us i cut it up ino big chunks and feed it to the chooks next day it is basically a green ring on the the ground they dont like the green ring
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    suscribe 2 topic? what is it

    i am kinda new to it but have the faintes idea of what that button does at the bottom of every topic
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    dust bath ideas

    what do you use to give ur flock a dust bath im having trouble thinking of ideas pictures might help
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    onion peelings?

    i have a divided coop and store the onions in the un used side i peel the loose layers off the onions along with the dry stalk when the onions are ready onto the floor i sometimes put a chook or two in their when i need to can the onions do harm to the chooks? can it be benificial?
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    any advice on showing eggs?

    does any one have any advice/info on showing eggs i show my eggs yearly at the local show and get good results
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    internal refurbishment

    i am thinking of re doing the roosts and making stands for the other things like nest boxes, grit and water feeder and water tank. im going to use my weilding skills with MIG and the materials will be fence posts and scrap metal i need clarification before the work begins i have got red rhodes...
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    feeders over roosts

    i want to get my litter thicker for a deep litter style system i can do it at the moment but i get fustrated pulling straw and stuff out of feeders/waters can i put the feeders up where their roosts are and design it so they can poop they will hang so it is to wobboly for them to roost on...
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