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  1. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    eudyptes- thank you for that info, very helpful! Organics North- YES YES YES YES!!!! everything you said! We sound one in the same!
  2. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    Quote: Is the chicken feed pellets? Of course the goats are gonna eat that stuff. Its fake, just like human processed boxed food, which is highly addicting and very unhealthy. Is it bad for a goat to eat their grains, fruits, bugs? If its not on their natural diet, I bet they would not touch...
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    for the self sustained homesteader

    Quote: I was thinking how I could sprout outside in the summer. I just bought some whole oats and spread a lot them all over our rotated garden/chicken area "system". Its mulched and stuff. I hope that the chickens miss some of the oats and get the sprouts instead. not bankin on that, but at...
  4. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    I dont know how to quote multiple people. Quote: This gives me another excuse to get a cow!
  5. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay : Sammi<3chickens : I'm not an expert/scientist on feeding/nutrition but.... Nope you don't need nutritionists like me. :-) I'll go tell my wife I need to get a new job then. :-) Jim Not true! I did not mean to offend anyone. Remember this topic is for the self...
  6. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    Oh my gosh, I was not expecting such great responses! Thank you all for your in depth response, which was exactly what I was looking for. I want to respond to everyone, not sure if I have the time at the moment.
  7. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    I think it would be important to offer everything that they could need. I'm not so sure that scratch is unhealthy...Because besides it being crushed which can make it actuly go rancid quicker then whole, and as as soon as it is cracked it starts to loose some of its nutritional factor, scratch...
  8. Sammi<3chickens

    for the self sustained homesteader

    I'm not an expert/scientist on feeding/nutrition but... Do we REALLY need them? I mean yeah, it is convienet, and good for the people who just want animals, and have no desire to free range of feed natural foods and such, just open a bag and feed, no questions asked...not downing that person by...
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    Compost and table scraps?

    I am glad to see others who put everything in a compost. I have always thought of that, though I havent done it yet, i'm not set up for that (ill explain that in a min). Think about it, a dead animal in the woods will decompose. My cat brought up a squirrel that she killed and left it under my...
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    Meat Birds with regular birds

    Wait, are these dual purpose roos or CX? I dont know anything about CX, but my assumptions are that they dont truly free range, so dont even try. I dont know your situation, but here is mine. Hope it helps. I have hens and dual purpose roos. They are truely free range with the exception that I...
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    First butcher today: questions

    *sigh of relief* Butcherd our first two roos today, and we got through it alright. Its funny because I had the worst anxiety gutting them out. I thought hubby would kill and gut, I would de feather and clean. Well I could not deal with killing. DH ended up feathering because our son woke from...
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    Few questions regarding roos

    Thank you all for your comments. I was able to make an area where they are all in the fenced in garden (rotating veggie gardens every other year) So for the most part, they stay in there. Some fly out, but its not the end of the world. I hessitated to keep them in the garden during the hot hot...
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    Few questions regarding roos

    I guess this is not really questions but more for the sake of conversation about the issues for my education I guess. I have about 35 heritage roos for meat. They are about 15 weeks old now. There are some that are driving me absolutely bonkers, which I want to do away with tonight! They are...
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    electric fencing

    I am thinking about electric fencing for my garden rotation and chickens. Basicly I am going to have a 50' x 50' garden split in the middle, so each section would be 50' x 25'. Every other year, I plan on switching the chickens with the garden. I dont really care about keeping the chickens in...
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    When to put chicks out in the new coop

    I am a rookie at this, but wanted to share what I just did. We have seven 6 weekers and 38 2 weekers. the 6 weekers went out in the coop first obviously. But I desperately needed to get the youngens out, we just did not have the room. Well, what I did was made a "hover" brooder in the coop. We...
  16. Sammi<3chickens

    2 weekers in with 6 weekers?

    They way my coop is designed (sort of along the idea of a solar room to let in heat in winter) I am afraid that during the day when it gets to hot in there, and I am not around to open windows/vents and shut off the heat light to cool it down, they will become lil fried chickens. So I am...
  17. Sammi<3chickens

    2 weekers in with 6 weekers?

    I have 38 2-3 week chicks, and the coop brooder design I am thinking about will end up letting the small chicks out and in with seven 6 week old chicks. My gut says it will be okay, seeing as the 2 weekers are active and running around great. I would def not do it 2 weeks ago, but I have a much...
  18. Sammi<3chickens

    brooder in coop

    I copied this from the raising chicks section, but thought I would post here just in case. I was hoping you could give me some ideas or advice. We made a coop, obviously for the grown chickens in mind. It has windows on the south side to let in heat/sun in the winter. Well we made a section...
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    chicks in a coop brooder vs change of temps

    I did think of that, and I think I may. I'm just not sure if it gets TO hot, the windows/vents need to be open to let out some of that hot heat.
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