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    Zone 6A Fruit Tree Recommendations?

    The height is all in the pruning! You can keep them shorter and bushier this way. Anita Get Down Farm check out our laying hen contest!
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    Outgrowing Brooder

    I would recommend you start "hardening them off" as we say in gardening. Start turning off their heat lamp for and hour the first day, 2 the second and so on until you leave their lamp off completely. If they are indoor still they should be fine with no lamp at this point esp after a few days...
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    Looking for Your Best Portable Dust Bath Solutions!

    Anyone ever used an old tire filled with ash? Saw that recently and thought it cool.
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    Can a Chicken raise Ducks?

    Yes some of the gardeners I work with have successfully put duck eggs under a broody chicken and boom ducklings!
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    Looking for Your Best Portable Dust Bath Solutions!

    Hey everyone! I'm in the midst of designing an inexpensive and effective portable dust bath for our birds and I'd love to see photos of yours. We have a sandbox that works well when the chickens are near it (photo below) but I rotate them around our pasture and it's not always in the rotation...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    I always moisturize my flocks' combs in the fall and use olive oil or coconut oil infused with calendula for added healing properties but any oil will do. In fact right now is the best time! Just look for the driest ones and do this inside the coop for best success. I have some other winterizing...
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