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I put the wheat bran in the oven at 250F for 15 minutes. I used sheet pans and spread the bran about a half inch thick. The finished bran didn't show any signs of life, so I'm hoping this method will work. Time will tell. I also put the wheat bran in a two gallon zip bag for freezing. I'll...

I recently began raising my own meal worms to save on the cost of buying them from the pet store. I've already run into a problem. Upon inspecting the substrate of my worm box, I noticed what looks like small ants. They are dark in color, the size of a sugar ant, but have two body parts, not...

We are about to enter our fifth month raising chickens. My wife and I started back in March with 10 chicks of various breeds from our local feed store. The girls are all maturing nicely, but the first egg has yet to be seen. Soon, we hope. We broke up the flock so that our grandchildren could...

I've completed my coop and am about to build the run. I used 1/2" mesh hardware cloth as predator protection throughout the coop. My plan for the run (6' wide X 12' long x 7' high) is to enclose the entire base up to about 3' from the ground with the same 1/2" mesh hardware cloth, and then use...