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  1. tjalred

    Fodder seed

    We buy ours from a local feed store. We also buy it from a farm store (they carry seeds for farmers). I'd call your local feed store or an IFA. Good luck!
  2. tjalred

    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    We have a chick starter that we got for the ducklings I don't remember what the protein is on it. I'll look when I get home. Noted on the 15 minutes of feed. Would you recommend fodder for them at all?
  3. tjalred

    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    We currently feed our layers 2x per day they get fodder and grain - will that work for these guys also? Should we keep them in a different coop?
  4. tjalred

    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    I just ordered our first batch of Cornish Cross Birds, any tips some of you "seasoned meat birders" could share? We're not new to chickens, just meat birds.
  5. tjalred

    Fodder seed

    We are currently using Barley and BOSS for fodder. We're looking to add Alfalfa and Wheat to the seed mix. How do I determine how much of each to use? The girls still have access to lay mash and about an 1/8 of an acre to play on. Thanks!
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    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    Perfect! Thanks so much MillarMeadows. I let the master builder know he has to build them a box of some sort. We use hay in the chicken coop, so that will be easy enough to do for the ducks. In the fall it all goes out to the garden.
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    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    Since this is our first time with ducks, do ducks need nesting boxes like our chickens do?
  8. tjalred

    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    Good to know. Hopefully by the time their big enough to go outside it will be warm enough. Otherwise, they will have to live in the basement.
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    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    I just ordered our first batch of Silver Appleyards on Thursday. I'm so excited for them to get here. They get to live in my daughters bathtub for a few months.
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    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    We have about an 1/8 of an acre that has been predator proofed for our chickens to run in. The ducks would be in the same area during the day. I will get the book you have recommended and add it to our library. We've talked about doing mealworms (just haven't decided to do it yet), we do have a...
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    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    Also, can mature ducks eat chicken lay mash? We give our chickens an 18% lay mash, fodder and they free range during the day. We also add homemade plum vinegar to their water (when the plum is all gone, we will go back to ACV) Will this be acceptable for the ducks? I appreciate you sharing your...
  12. tjalred

    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    Thanks for all of the info. Does keeping a light on in the winter affect they're bodies at all? We have chickens and we don't have a light on during the winter because it can cause health issues (prolapsing and what not).
  13. tjalred

    Duck Breed Focus - Silver Appleyard

    I stumbled across the Silver Appleyard breed and am thinking this is the breed we want on our little farmstead. What is the laying lifespan typically?
  14. tjalred

    Fermented Feed

    They get lay mash - I believe it's 16% protein (I can't remember off the top of my head).
  15. tjalred

    Fermented Feed

    We've been giving our hens fermented grain for a couple of months now and I have some questions. We have 40 hens we've been giving them approximately 2 gallons of wet feed in the mornings and and a big old scoop of dry grain at night. We are only getting about a dozen eggs a day. Any thoughts on...
  16. tjalred

    Feeding new chicks....

    Pros and cons of medicated feed?
  17. tjalred

    Feeding new chicks....

    What is the best thing to feed new chicks? I am new to this and want to be ready when the chicks arrive. Any help appreciated. :)
  18. tjalred

    Utah!

    I'm in Kanab, anyone down here???
  19. tjalred

    Where to buy?

    so the red star is the same breed as a red sex-link? We will def. need docile personalities with as many kids as we have. Thank you guys for all of your help so far.
  20. tjalred

    Hello from Utah!

    Thanks guys, I am sure we will have lots of questions.
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