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  1. dakotasnake

    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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    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.
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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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    how to not clean up the chicken poop

    i put plenty of chicken poop in the garden last fall after harvest. after a long winter in the barn [ deep litter method] i wasnt sure what i wanted to do with this springs massive amount of manure [35 chickens] . i put the word out at work and on the local freecycle for organic fertileizer and...
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    prairie dogs as pets

    im thinken on raisen pd's for sale as pets, has anyone got any advise ,knowledge or comment on that subject. i know very little about them other than i use to shot them in western s dak. i do have the room and the emty buildings i could use. thank you
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    stupid , but gotta ask

    i want to plant sum sunflower seeds this spring for my chickens. are the seeds you buy in a 50# ok for that? are they fertile and will grow or do you need to find an buy seed made for planting. ok i know its dumb, but im even a worse gardener than a cook. thank you
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    christmas tree lites in the hen house?

    ok , this is really stupid but a friend told me if i hang tree lites in the hen house this winter when there closed in for the season { the ones that blink] on during the day and off at nite, it has a calming effect on them, { less likely to peck and fight and other bad chicken behavors] maybe...
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    gentleman rooster

    I have 7 roosters rite now { far to many ] and will thin the heard a bit for the 30 or so hens. i was undecided just which 2 or 3 to keep untill i opened up the mostly harvested garden for them to pick thru. one rooster [ a spangled hamburg, smallest of all the roosters] found a nice fat worm...
  10. dakotasnake

    rooster attacking red bandana

    i got a rooster that will attack anyone wearing a red cap or bandana, he is otherwise a gentle shy bird,blue or yellow etc is ok with him, has anyone had any exp with this? aparantly they can see color, let me no any thoughts on this.
  11. dakotasnake

    soy beans and hay

    i know that chickens shouldent be given raw soy beans, i have access to soy beans and i heard that roasted is good for them, can i roast my own soy beans at home { im a very bad cook ] also will they eat alfalfa hay in mid winter while locked in the barn?
  12. dakotasnake

    cracked beak

    i have one rooster that had a huge curved upper beak and a normal lower, he had diffeculty eating so i used a drummel tool and trimmed it back and reshaped it. i noticed a split in the beak at that time also that has now grown larger, is there a repair kit or super glue i can use? if he was a...
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    3 silkie roos to give away, se south dakota

    i have far to many roosters here, i need to thin the heard. have 3 white- red silkie roos to give away in s. e. south dakota in the tea area. help me out , i dont want to dispatch these nice birds.
  14. dakotasnake

    feeding green apples?

    I have a cpl. of green apple trees on my property, i seldom eat apples, particurly the green type. can i feed { chopped or liquified } these to my free range chickens? the trees a located a considerable distance from the barn, so they likely will not stumble on them by chance...
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