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  1. GermanRooster

    Mold in Feed

    I go through about 1 bag of feed for 9 chickens a month. I also give them about 2 or 3 buckets of left over vegetables and garden produce a month. Sometimes the grocery throws away old bananas and the chickens love them.
  2. GermanRooster

    Plywood alternatives

    I recently read an article that plywood prices are coming down. The shortage started over a year ago and saw mills started producing to try and reap more profits. I build a small camper and a 3/4" 4 x 8 sheet was $56 in April, its now down to about $30. You might check around. If you are...
  3. GermanRooster

    Mold in Feed

    The feed store is about an hour drive from my home, so I often purchase several bags of layer pellets on my visit. They were very low on supplies most likely due to the covid related shortages on goods. I probably got old pellets because many had mold. I store a smaller amount in 5 gallon cans...
  4. GermanRooster

    Cicadas, the Garden, and Chickens

    The Cicada population is beginning to slow down here in Ohio. The chickens love to eat them. They will even jump in the air to snatch one in the middle of flight. One thing I have noticed is my garden is doing much better. Raspberries, Strawberries, Peas, Beans, Gooseberries, where are all being...
  5. GermanRooster

    How to Stop hens escaping

    Two weeks ago one of my chickens jumped my 5 foot fence and was bitten by a dog. She didn't make it. I have another one, different breed that is routinely escaping. I raised the fence to 7', adding 2' of deer fencing to the 5' existing fence. It failed to stop her. I clipped her wing yesterday...
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    How to Stop hens escaping

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    Ended 🏆Enter the 12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along & Contests - Lots of Prizes!🏆

    The Egg Tree is a custom we brought to America from Germany. We like to use Pussy Willow or Forsythia branches. I included a few close up shots of the eggs. Some of our eggs are very old but many have not survived the Cats! Their curiosity often has them knocking over the egg tree, but it...
  8. GermanRooster

    Growing Chicken Feed - BroomCorn

    Yes, Composting is very simple. You can even include eggs that have broken, but I scamble them so they don't recognize them. You don't want chickens to learn that eggs are food. Most kitchen, garden, or yard scraps, and weeds are good. Here is a video from a fellow who talks at Mother Earth News...
  9. GermanRooster

    Growing Chicken Feed - BroomCorn

    Composting isn't just vegetables. Grass clippings and leaves make up the bulk of my compost pile. The pile can get rather large in the Fall with all the leaves. The mix of grass and brown leaves in a roughly 3' x 3' area will start to generate heat. It attracts earth worms which further break...
  10. GermanRooster

    Growing Chicken Feed - BroomCorn

    Another source of free food and protein is the compost pile. Unfortunately, I would need to relocate my pile or fence to to give the chickens access. I read an article in MotherEarth News that some people use it as a major source of food without any store-bought feed. My Uncle's Farm in Germany...
  11. GermanRooster

    Growing Chicken Feed - BroomCorn

    I thought I would include a picture of it. You can get seeds all over the internet, even on Amazon. Its very easy to grows. One Seed Supplier
  12. GermanRooster

    Growing Chicken Feed - BroomCorn

    About two years ago I attended a class on Shaker Broom making. It was a lot of fun but I had difficulty finding inexpensive broom corn to make brooms. I began to plant my own. Did you know broomcorn is a type of sorgum and chickens love it. When making brooms the kernels are a waste product. You...
  13. GermanRooster

    Dogs that kill weasels but not chickens?

    We have two dogs, a boxer and a Pitbull-boxer mix. They go crazy when a wild animal enter the yard. I think the trick to our dogs is not the breed but rather that we let the chickens loose in the yard with the dogs present. We feed them snacks, like pieces of bread. The dogs like to get into the...
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