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I'm raising my chickens Jewish.

If it hasn't already been said, buy a hundred pack of blank cd's (they'll probably run you 3.99 these days) and string them up in your trees. Birds don't like them. It's not all there is too it but it's a super cheap preventative. A livestock guardian dog is about the best you can get, but I...

I have cerebral palsy so I've tried it all. Gabapentin works ok but makes me nauseous. The only things that ACTUALLY work are booze and Somas but then you're a vegetable. (I've never tried heroin but I'm guessing that'd work too) The BEST all around, still able to function and be relatively pain...

I've been toying with diving into aquaponics but the scale! So I've seen people make cool systems out of something as small as a 5 gallon blue water jug and an aquarium pump. It's great nutrients for the plants, but what to do with those tiny fish???? I was wondering if I could make myself a lil...

Deep bedding is a method you could research and use if you want the chickens to be able to dig around within their confines but still utilizing a cement floor. I can't attest to the longevity of concrete under the weight and decomposing nature of feet of bedding though.

I would pour the slab if you could. Drainage sure but if you put all structures on that pad (ram set your walls into the concrete) nothing can dig through that concrete floor to get to your birds. As far as shade, buy a roll of shade cloth. It can be found on Amazon, Home Depot, etc. Shade cloth...

I am attempting to make a 20% protein/5.5% fat recipe for my exhibition Ameraucanas. I started with an Azure Layer Recipe at 16.5% protein. I went corn and soy free on purpose; therein is the challenge. Here it is 48.58#s 19.6% Protein 5.3%Fat Peas 22# Wheat 8# Barley 4# Sunflower Seeds 4#...

That is EXACTLY the answer I was looking for. 5%. Thank you!

Rare breeds more than that. These eggs are just my backyard ragtag gang (I've got a 5 acre {beginning} chicken farm) that mow and keep bugs down. They used to be pullets but are becoming hens....sigh...time flies....anyways I've been so busy with my actual breeding stock I forget a dozen regular...

So I'm juuuuust beginning researching selling extra eggs. I understand that U.S rules say eggs must be washed for sale. Since I personally think this is ridiculous and since each and every one of my eggs is fertile and could very well hatch (I have a half dozen Roos) can I just sell unwashed...

I use millet as treats for training. Sunflower seeds work too or similar. They don't know it's just another seed if it's not one they normally get and seems like a 'gentler' treat than some of the pre-made gimmicky treats. But yeah, 10%. At 1/3# per day regular food that's around a half and...

I have a set of NN's I'm breeding this spring. They're just unique. People like unique.

I train exclusively with millet. Guinea Fowl LOVE it and chickens like ANYTHING that they know they don't get too often. As far as it messing them up nutritionally, I mean, sure. You eat a bag of Lays you're gonna feel like crap. You know how much 'regular' food they eat. Treat the millet like...

Everyone seems to love Azure for homesteady-stuff. I have been trying them for 5 months now and what I've noticed is that they are ALWAYS out of 20% of my 'regular' order. I feed my birds a specific mix of ingredients (no corn, no soy, organic) and when Azure is out of sorghum, for instance, I...

I don't recognize that name. I'm pretty new.

I almost decided on Copper Marans as my dark brown layers but went Welsumer because I'm Dutch. I mean, I'm a euro mutt but my last name is Dutch haha

I'm in! I decided after my first batch of chickens and after watching "Chicken People" that i want to strive for APA perfect birds. Just what I latched onto about this hobby!

Thank you! That's the conclusion I'm coming to as well. They are pullets and I'm not worried about having hatching eggs day one or anything haha. It's 90% I love chickens and 10% I have too much invested in this hobby to NOT try to make some $$$ back!!

Not in TX at least. I can't find Blacks hardly ANYWHERE. I'm not even talking show quality. You can't find them on Craigslist or through neighbors or local feed stores. I've only been seeing them through major online hatcheries and as some have suggested, those may not be real deal A's.

I HAVE been able to suss that out from between the lines on these sites. Why do I have to like the Black ones? They seem to be the hardest to get.