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  1. U_Stormcrow

    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.
  3. U_Stormcrow

    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...
  6. U_Stormcrow

    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.
  9. U_Stormcrow

    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.
  10. U_Stormcrow

    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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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Tom Turkey (not an original name, I know) broke his thigh bone yesterday. Had to leave work earlier than intended to put him out of his misery. He'd have bled out internally, otherwise. I think he jumped down from the fence and his bone couldn't take the strain of his weight. Otherwise in...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    My soil is so acidic it eats concrete. Very few plants do well near pH 5. When I get to 5.5 pH, most of my acid loving plants will do much better
  14. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Hahahahahahahahhaaahaahaahaahahaahahhaahahahaha! no. I have set about 50 fence posts, unstrung a bunch of others, hung 330' of fencing. I should be able to accomplish more in a day, but there are so many competing priorities I can't focus on the fencing. Will get more erected this weekend...
  15. U_Stormcrow

    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    You can ferment almost anything. Whether or not it benefits from fermentation is a complex and nuanced answer. The common coccidiostat used in US medicated feed (Amprolium) isn't anticipated to be affected by fermentation. Note, however, that if what you are fermenting, and how you are...
  16. U_Stormcrow

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    THANK YOU for finding this. I couldn't remember the right keywords.
  17. U_Stormcrow

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    Mine is going to look a bit more like this in concept: Only my main tanks are outside my greenhouse (which measures roughly 16' x 24', so a little bigger than the typical).
  18. U_Stormcrow

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    You are doing a single tank chop & flip, right?
  19. U_Stormcrow

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    That's not enough length for sufficient heat transfer. You will have very little geothermal effect there. Ground loops are often HUNDREDS of feet. The math is complicated. Very complicated actually - more complicated than when i did rocket science. The slower your water moves, and the...
  20. U_Stormcrow

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    There's a commercial garbage operation that composts the piles and lets chickens free range it. I'll find the links. It involves a LOT of assumptions, and you have to accept that your birds will be less productive than they potentially could be. Will benefit from choosing less "purpose built"...
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