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  1. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    Nope. Before it wasn’t letting me use my old password or reset it. Worked tonight for some reason.
  2. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    Haha, thanks! Been trying to login for a couple years now. For some reason, it worked tonight.
  3. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    :frow Hi everyone! Is there anyone here I would remember? It’s been awhile.
  4. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    Just a drive by posting. For some reason, I started getting BYC notifications this morning after a year of nothing. My PM box is jammed with old messages. I hope everyone and their birds are doing well!
  5. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    Beautiful portrait!
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    Aquaponics

    I'm not around much, but occasionally an email notification to a subscribed thread gets through. I never did get prawns. Oddly enough, I had issues with the water temps staying high enough for long enough to grow them out. I'll need to set up a separate grow bed just for the upper tank where...
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    Aquaponics

    Composting red worms in the grow beds are extremely helpful at reducing solids.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hi everyone! Just checking in to let you all know I'm still alive. I've been unable to log on to BYC since June! Got everything fixed and now I'm back.
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    meal worms. alive or freeze dried??

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    Mealworm farming

    Bummer! I hate it when that happens and you usually don't figure it out until you get home with the product. It's hard to know whether they came from the manufacturer or the retailer. All it takes is favorable environmental conditions for a population explosion in the presence of any grain...
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    Mealworm farming

    First of all, I'm not sure how many times I've addressed this issue, but I can tell you it's been quite a number. The first step is by prevention, as aart has noted, by heating the bran (or whatever substrate you're using). This will not, however, eliminate the risk of grain mites from...
  12. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    As the others have noted, most of the grapes will be out of chicken jumping height and the few that they will be able to reach during the short grape season won't cause problems. That's been my experience.
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    Have I poisoned my mealworms?

    First of all, I don't think you'll have a problem with the medicated feed. Amprolium is a thiamine analogue for protozoans and I don't think it will affect the mealworms. If you do have a problem, you'll likely notice it during pupation. Switch to wheat bran or non-medicated feed if...
  14. Gallo del Cielo

    Arizona Chickens

    That's interesting about your peaches. We were noticing the same thing last weekend--similar abundance as last year but somewhat smaller size (although not as small as apricots). Ours are not quite ripe yet, so we're still holding out hope that they will get a bit larger.
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    Aquaponics

    I don't think your problem is lack of nitrogenous nutrients. In my well aged system I typically have nitrites at <0.25 ppm, nitrates <5 ppm and ammonia ~0 ppm. I get lush growth with values as low or lower than these. What you are describing with the yellowed leaves is commonly seen with...
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    Chickens and Shade Plants

    Snow shouldn't be a problem since you more than likely will have them pruned back before the snow flies. Water weight might be a problem, I just don't know what your set-up looks like or how strong it is. There shouldn't be a problem with the chickens pecking them outside; read what I posted...
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