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    Spreadsheet for nutritional breakdown of ration?

    Morning all (at least it is in my part of the world), Somewhere in my travels on this weird and sometimes wonderful information highway I have come a cross a spreadsheet (from a university, possibly American...I think) that would let you put in the percentages of your ration - wheat, corn...
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    OMG- somebody just tried to come into my house

    Yes I agree with dlhunicorn, it may also give you some peace and help you to sleep tonight or tomorrow night, whatever it will be next time you need to sleep. You need some concrete resolution here or you may never relax in your own home again. Sorry to sound alarmist but it is so far beyond...
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    When you step on one of your adult chickens do you get mad or sad?

    Try feeding the girls and boys (only if you have multiple roosters) with a child in a baby bjorn on your front. If you lift your feet too high odds are they will come down on a chook. I only get mad or frustrated if I am in a rush to go somewhere.
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    Tasmania, Australia.
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    Oh my gosh, what have I done?

    The almost final but inevitable sad tale of my 3 experimental eggs. Day 22 finishes at 8pm tonight, I have just opened the two eggs that I had not seen any definite life when candling. One egg had no sign of a developing embryo at all, I am guessing it was infertile. The other egg had a very...
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    Broiler Sire Line Male & Female

    Hi nicalandia, Rex has a lot going for him, great leg and chest development. Sonya carries those characteristics through. So Rex is a complete stand alone line and Sonya is a diferentline?
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    SURVEY.....Calling All BCM Hatching Experts......Show us what ya got!

    Quote: Hi usschicago1, yes I am guessing they are black copper marans (or brown reds). Thanks for the thread chickiemomma4, can you tell me how far they have travelled? I am receiving eggs that will have travelled quite aways to get to me so I am all ears. cheers, Dalles
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    Oh my gosh, what have I done?

    Oh my!!! I am stunned/speechless, it is akin to being told you are going to be a father, for the fourth time. I candled my eggs at day 10, you might remember, the three sacrificial eggs in my home-made incubator. Well having never incubated before and never candled before when I saw movement...
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    My french Black Copper Marans - culling done, heres my flock :)

    I agree card5640, they are beautiful any chance of some egg pics so us Marans starved dreamers can salivate some more. I am chasing a rumour of Marans in Western Australia at $10au per egg. If they were from these ones I would sell one of the kids. cheers Dalles
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    Oh my gosh, what have I done?

    The latest update on my backyard 'bator. I have been very busy building chook coops and fine tuning the 'bator. I can now add water without opening the lid, I have a turning mechanism of sorts, not automatic, may have to be combined with turning by hand. My hygrometer has arrived and is in...
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    Growing chicken greens - what seeds do i need?

    Can you get buckwheat seeds? I have grown this in Tassie from spring through to summer and it is very fast. However I have no idea whether chooks will eat it or even if they should eat it. You could take your basic free range layer mix and plant this out?
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    Does grass stand a chance in a large run??? Spring update

    Hi teach1rusl , I agree with most of the other posts, with your low density you should manage to keep your grass. I think Sitka and maybe some others mentioned sectioning off areas within your run to let them recuperate. My experience with free ranging chooks here in Tasmania over the wettest...
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    Sex-links---Help out the ignorant.

    Hi pbjmaker, I would be interested to here how your egg colour results go as I am thinking abou marans at a later date. Thanks for the posting Grampa with chickens as I would like to understand this better. If nobody chimes in I might have a search for some links on this. I was told I had sex...
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    Oh my gosh, what have I done?

    Hi walkswithdog I am not misting the eggs to manage the humidity but more to check the humidity as I am still waiting for my hygrometer/thermometer to come in the post. At this stage I am ironing out the bugs in our homemade 'bator and the three eggs I have in are our backyard girls so no...
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    What Star Sign are You?

    Virgoan metal pig here.
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    what time is it were you are ?

    guinea fowl galore you are Australian, hello. You must be as I am Taswegian and it is 10.15pm. Good night all.
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    Oh my gosh, what have I done?

    Typical picky bloody virgo, of course I am right, couldn’t wait like any sensible person would do. Hi folks, welcome to the travesty that is my life. I was in the process of fine tuning my incubator made out of an old esky with thermostat, light, pc fan and a cheap digital thermometer. I am...
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    what star sign are you?

    Virgo and used to it. Sunshine coast, I am assuming there is one in the states?
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    Do you spell it Gray or Grey?

    I am sorry but I am a picky Australian virgo, gray is not a word in my vocabulary. Maybe it is someone's name, it is not a colour, just like meter is something you put money in, but does not measure up like a metre does. I too had an argument with a teacher about meter and metre, I don't trust...
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    What to worm my chickens with?

    Hi all, is food grade DE enough on its own? If you are adding it to feed and applying it to the wetter parts of your coop or run. I just read a link from the latest winning coop entry and it seemed to imply that food grade DE would cover all bases. Is that so?
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