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    SHE is crowing but looks exactly like the other girls!!

    could be the rosie odonald syndrome. i had a S.L.W. that did the same thing. she eventually quit it tho
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    How to roast raw soybean meal

    you can boil it also, iv never roasted it tho
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    Crushing Corn?

    i only did it corn a cpl times, i usually do barly and wheat, but it does break corn up into 3-5 pieces. i have a heavy duty bag but a feed bag should work great. by the way the kids really enjoy doing it, just kikk back and watch.
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    Crushing Corn?

    my chickens eat whole corn to just make sure they have grit. ok now if ya want to crack it heres a simple deal i use to do for crushing grains for making beer. get ya a plastic bag- fill with grain and put it on a peice of plywood out in the driveway. put another peice of plywood over that. now...
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    What is happening here?

    i started out with 10 roosters and slowly gave away or sold the aggressive ones. i have to left and there very freindly birds [ eat out of your hand ect. ] and take good care of there ladies. they heard them in at nite and watch for danger while the girls are scrathing around during the day. i...
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    how often should i worm my chickens?

    Quote: it doesnt matter if there laying or not when you work them. dont eat the eggs for about 2 weeks. i use wazine for worming but there are other wormers out there.
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    how often should i worm my chickens?

    i dont no about other people but i worm mine [ wazine] when there not laying eggs anyway. in the late summer - fall during molt. whoops i thunk you said worming ---whats working them? id like to put mine to work shoveling chicken poop.
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    Wormer for laying hens

    i use wazine twice a yr. mix with water and dont eat the eggs for 2 wks.
  9. dakotasnake

    will putting in a heat lamp.......

    in a word no. not one that would work very good
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    will putting in a heat lamp.......

    you can safely use a heat lamp IF it is properly secured. i use one on a 5 gal. waterer during the winter {minus 0 to -20 } i secured it directly above the waterer on a board that is screwed on and i screwed the lamp to that then used wire to further secure it. it would take 6 men and a boy to...
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    Peeing Outside

    i do at least 50% of the time, i think its been dunn for 2 1/2 million yrs. just not in the garden.
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    Opinions please... I'm prepared for honesty...

    pateince there little lady
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    ok to feed spent grain from brewing beer

    the fact is that grains that have there starch coverted to fermitable sugar have a higher protein to weight ratio than non fermited grain. it is fine to feed for any livestock.
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    sweetfeed for chickens

    ok so i had the brillant idea of buying a 50# bag of sweetfeed for horses, cracked corn,wheat , oats and MOLASES. i tryed a beer recipe that i didnt care for that much. so now i have about 47# of sweet feed and no horses. can my chickens eat it if i dole it out a little at a time? or should i...
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    a green egg

    I have RIR hens and SLW hens and to silkie hens. the silkies went broody this summer so i let them hatch out some eggs from the other hens. [ have a rir roo and what i thought was a slw roo] anyway one of the pullets started laying green eggs now. is it possible that one of the roos has a...
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    Uncracked corn, is it safe to feed?

    i bought about a thousand lbs of whole corn at the local elevator last fall and used it for a supplement all winter. as long as they have plenty of cruched rock [ grit ] they will be fine
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    fresh cab

    has anyone used fresh cab does it work? i got a few rats in the barn with my chickens and they need to go.
  18. dakotasnake

    Can you breed a brother to his sisters?

    i would;nt do it. along with some desireable traits there is the possibility of very bad traits. for instints did you ever see the movie ' Deliverance ' ? altho a banjo playen chicken would be interesting
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    Chicken waterer heaters

    here in south dakota the winters can be brutal, often -10 to 20 below zero. i tryed the heaters you have mentioned here and found very hard water the next day. i rigged up a red heat lamp, the same one used on raising the little chicks. just secure it firmly with screws and wire so theres no...
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    what are screeinings?

    I picked up some corn at the local elevater the other day and noticed they had screenings listed on the bill of things they carry. what is screenings and would that make a good feed supplement for my chickens. they now get a good comercial feed and i give them alot of corn now just before winter...
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