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  1. U_Stormcrow

    I may be growing my own food for the chickens after all, due to genetic editing

    BTi is ubiquitous. Its what is found in Mosquito Dunks. The Chinese and others are experimenting w/ adding it to poultry feed to help control flies and other biting insects as well. At the end of the day, its one of those line drawing questions - is the reduction in Malaria and other Mosquito...
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    I may be growing my own food for the chickens after all, due to genetic editing

    Well, I find them interesting, informative, and useful. and I thank you for them.
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    I may be growing my own food for the chickens after all, due to genetic editing

    Zika was identified in the 50s that's before your Gates GMOs by about 50 years. History does not support your contentions.
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    Can an NPIP breeder buy non-NPIP hatching eggs and would those chicks be NPIP certified still?

    Honestly, i looked to see if my original post was "late". Hope my answer didn't scare the OP away. I suspect it wasn't what they hoped for.
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    Can an NPIP breeder buy non-NPIP hatching eggs and would those chicks be NPIP certified still?

    I was responding to Brilliant Bantams, whose post resurrected this thread after roughly 9 months in the ground. On the off chance someone wanders by, I'd rather the thread conclude w/ the actual regulatory requirements than anonymous person's "my understanding"...
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    Can an NPIP breeder buy non-NPIP hatching eggs and would those chicks be NPIP certified still?

    I did in fact post the relevant portion of the statute in the Comment immediately before this one.
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    ^^^ this. There is no "one right way". Much of what some of we "more opinionated" (ok, ME! - but I'm not alone in that) posters do as we type madly at our keyboards is try to explore the edges, the limits, the presuppositions of research and experiences to try and figure out under what...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    "I'm Free, I'm free, I'm free!!!"
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    47.5# meat and bones, no skin, head, feathers, organs. Its rested, my wife and I are spending the afternoon reportioning into freezer bags. [Edit] that gives an approx. live weight of 65-70# for those curious. [2nd Edit] "Tommy" The Who as we package. Just finished washing and bleaching...
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    Am I doing this again?

    I'm going to recommend you use a commercial feed - its generally cheaper, definitely easier, and more nutritionally certain, which you may then supplement with whatever you can grow (or appears naturally) on your grounds. I am also going to recommend AGAINST a commercial coop. They are...
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    We are using the same words for the same things then.
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    Is this Fatty Liver Disease? (With autopsy/processed chicken pictures)

    Could simply be the genetics of the bird in question. I wouldn't make changes unless you lose more birds to similar symptoms and findings.
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    Meat Bird Comparison: Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Ranger, FR New Hampshire, Cornish Rock Cross, and Ginger Broilers

    Opinion offered, seems fine to eat from what I see in photos. And yes, that's a crazy low yield if your live weight was that high. Does processed weight include all the fat, and does it include bones? Optimally, carcass weight (skin, bones, meat, with feathers, intra-abdominal fat and most of...
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    Is this Fatty Liver Disease? (With autopsy/processed chicken pictures)

    Wow, that's "a good amount" (excessive in my opinion) of fat. But I don't see evidence of internal hemorrhaging. What cause the moon shaped cut in the photo above, your knife work, or did the liver fracture that way??? The white/yellow "speckles" in that organ aren't a great sign, but they...
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    Texas

    West Feeds. Local mill to much of TX (it is, after all, a big state), good nutritional numbers, reasonable pricing. Not sure who might stock them in the Austin area, however.
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    Neighbor is neglecting her hens

    This is a 5 year old thread, not actively monitored by the original participants. Strongly suggest you call your local Animal Control for a wellness check.
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    Update on GROUNDS Coffee Ground Bedding for your coop!

    In rainy Florida, I use an old idea. Deep litter, and deep bedding. But I have abundant leaf litter to make that possible.
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    Questions about NPIP program

    Technically, a voluntary Public/Private partnership involving no small amount of self-certification and a bit of the honor system, but yes, it worked extremely well.
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    Questions about NPIP program

    Its up to you. I am not a lawyer either, though I've worked with and for them for decades in various roles. I've also read the statues for the vast majority of States re: keeping livestock. This is the Opinion of a reasonably well read lay person, NOT legal advice. In my Opinion, most states...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    My wife (stays home, keeps things from falling apart around me) noticed he wasn't behaving right. When he wouldn't get up and waddle away from her as she approached, she knew something was wrong. Insisted I take care of it immediately. Good that she did.
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