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  1. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    There are thousands of threads. There are thousands of threads listed, mostly very old. Oh well. Nice idea!
  2. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    Art, can't figure out how to post in the Texas section. Would appreciate some instruction. It's probably obvious and I'm just not seeing it. Thanks.
  3. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    I'm a member of Austin Backyard Poultry and was going to post there too, just haven't gotten to that yet as this just happened today and really threw a monkey wrench into all that we were trying to accomplish today.
  4. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    I knew the person that ran them back then but she stopped the group and the tours. No longer know how to contact her. That's not an option. I'll check out that state chat. Thanks for that.
  5. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    Afraid that we don't have the funds to pay a lawyer right now after Covid financial debacles. I don't know how to fight this without a lawyer I'm afraid. Are there any backyard chicken groups in Austin that might be able to help this cause, because I think it does affect all the backyard chicken...
  6. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    THANK YOU! I just "wrote to an expert" through that website. I tried calling too, but it didn't sound like a business.
  7. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    Oh, that would take a lot of effort if even possible. We used to have a coop tour, but that is no longer happening. I just want to know if we really need to build this fence of not and deny the birds their bamboo. It says nothing about "run" just "enclosures" so I guess if I let them out of the...
  8. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    They are not "at large" but in my fenced yard. The officer said that if I let them out of the coop then my FENCE for the yard becomes their "enclosure" so I can't let them out of the coop unless I build ANOTHER FENCE that keeps them back 50 feet from the neighbors. To me, this is a weird...
  9. DorothyH

    Austin Texas Ordinance Regarding Free Ranging

    A horrible neighbor reported us. Our coops are all 50 feet away from any neighbor's house, but we let the chickens, ducks and geese out during the day in our totally fenced yard to free range. Nowhere in the ordinances can I find anything that says that we're not allowed to let our pets wander...
  10. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Sounds like you're doing great Myfivegirls! I've actually been having a horrible time. My husband got sick and after his surgery I saw a bag of Coyote Creek Organic Layer Feed at Whole Foods and thought to myself how much easier that would be while I was so distracted. I needed every available...
  11. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    You're doing great Rainey! I would use all those whey products for the chickens. Sounds wonderful as does the the offal from the rabbits, just remember that rabbits are generally pretty low in fat so you might want to add another good fat source. Maybe black soldier fly larvae if you live in an...
  12. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Fermenting seeds will pull nutrients out of water into the soak water and the bacteria will be in the soak water too. Only the soak water is then useful or healthful and the seeds are then just mostly empty calories and are to be discarded. Soaking is different than fermenting in water. Soaking...
  13. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    I soak the flax and they get goopy (for the lack of a better word) and that holds everything together. You want them to be able to break apart when you step on them or crush them somehow so you don't want there to be too much moisture, you want them to get to the point where they just hold...
  14. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Hi Cedar. I don't feed my chickens anything that is lesser of a quality than I would eat myself because I eat their eggs. Even the grass-fed ground up raw "pet food" I get them is better meat than most Americans eat. I actually know someone who has cured themselves of diseases eating just the...
  15. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Boy - do you ever work harder then I ever would God Bless you. I've never washed seeds before soaking even when I ate the sprouts. Then you sprout for so many days! That's so much rinsing. The longer you sprout the more often you have to rinse. 5 days is ages - I've never sprouted for chickens...
  16. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    OCD - Obsessive Chicken Disorder The five minutes of course does not include cuddling and loving and watching - if I included that everyone would think that my chickens are difficult! I've found that my chickens (yes - I've actually experimented carefully) prefer their sprouts not more...
  17. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Oh - and about the flax. I soak and then rinse and then there's still enough goop to use the flax to make crackers/balls to mix in the powders and dehydrate. Flax raises omega 3's but so does raw fish leftovers and the raw fish is easier. The thing that is appealing about flax is how useful it...
  18. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Ya know - everything is about individuals and goals when it comes to this stuff. You have a bigger flock and you sell eggs so need to make a profit and your time has to be taken into account in terms of running a business. You love hatching and you don't mind culling. That makes your life...
  19. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Wow - now THAT'S SPECIFIC! :D Where do you get your fish meal? Is it wild caught and unheated? Flax is awful to add to a sprout mix because it's so gelatinous and organic whole winter wheat isn't bad to add some I think and I'm confused as to why such a limited variety of seeds to sprout...
  20. DorothyH

    Is this diet OK for Chickens?

    Sounds like you are going to have a nice place to move to for your sustainability project after construction! That's nice that you will be going to be with your Mom. Your big dogs do eat more than my little ones, but still little considering their size. Big dogs are generally so much more...
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