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  1. PapaCharles

    What breeds of chickens do you have?

    20 Buff Orpington hens, 1 Buff Orpington rooster, 1 Black Brahma rooster. I lost my second Buff Orpington rooster in shipping.
  2. PapaCharles

    First chicks in 30 years.

    I don't think it would work here. I'm in a very rural area. Pleasant Plains, Arkansas. I think it's probably too far from any population. But, you never know. 🙂
  3. PapaCharles

    First chicks in 30 years.

    If somebody needed eggs hatched, and don't have an incubator or brooder, one could sell the time. That's all I'm saying. Mine will sit idle for months each year. I know people order eggs. Maybe leasing incubator/brooder time would be less expensive than buying an incubator/brooder. I'm not...
  4. PapaCharles

    First chicks in 30 years.

    People have been good to me. People are going to need hope and compassion. There's a dark storm brewing. They need light.
  5. PapaCharles

    First chicks in 30 years.

    There's a farm store up the road that will take my eggs and fruit. When I have eggs, I generally eat four to six a day (my cholesterol is 110 at 62) Then my two growing grandsons and their mother live 15 miles away. The boys can set up a stand on their street in town. I don't plan on turning a...
  6. PapaCharles

    Hello from north central Arkansas!

    My gosh, I posted that a long time ago. I'm just now getting chickens. :) It's been rough. These two acres are clear now, but wow. My little cabin still isn't done (335sqft), there's insulation on the walls, but no drywall yet. Still peeing outside and driving to a nearby rest area for the...
  7. PapaCharles

    First chicks in 30 years.

    Next week I receive my first chicks in 30 years. I went with a heritage breed for both meat and eggs. Buff Orpingtons: 20 females, 2 males, and 1 mystery chick. Between now and then I'll be building an outdoor brooder, 4'x8' with 2 heat lamps and a digital controller. I'm shocked at what this...
  8. PapaCharles

    Anyone Want to Test my Suspected Bad Feed on Your Egg Laying Hens?

    Yeah. I scoff. You have absolutely no evidence of a conspiracy, only the paranoid rantings of internet conspiracy theorists. That's it. Dude, it's February.
  9. PapaCharles

    I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

    Let's say a person doesn't trust the lab analysis on a bag. Ok. So distrustful chicken keeper sends off for a private analysis... assuming the private analysis must be accurate. The fact is that we have no idea which one is the right one or more accurate one. Then consider how lab samples are...
  10. PapaCharles

    I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

    Well, I don't delve into conspiracy theories, and I've deduced that parts of this thread are based on those. If you think I've cut anyone or told anyone what to do with their flock, you are wrong and probably one who can't handle the expression from others that doesn't lock step with your own...
  11. PapaCharles

    Hello from north central Arkansas!

    Naw. My odometer broke. Too many miles. ;)
  12. PapaCharles

    I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

    I don't believe I've cut down anyone's methods. On the contrary, I think it is far easier to switch feeds than go through the expense of testing. Every single bag of feed I have ever got gives the lab analysis right on the bag. Right? So, unless the person who mailed the test and gets the...
  13. PapaCharles

    Hello from north central Arkansas!

    I'm an older man (59) at the edge of the Ozarks who just bought his very first piece of land (2 acres). It's not much land, but it's beautiful and all mine. Thankfully, it has been protected for decades by a loving, six foot tall canopy of briars, so there's good bare land underneath. I've...
  14. PapaCharles

    I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

    Yup. Unless all those variables are controlled, testing feed seems silly to me. One data point does not a conclusion make. Even variability within batches. Why don't people just buy another feed?
  15. PapaCharles

    I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

    As long as the feed causes the birds to self generate sweet n sour sauce, I don't care. ;) Way back in the 1980s we had about 30 layers. I always felt like the shorter days caused it, so I put a light in the coop. Conspiracies are fueling things these days. It's easier than thinking. A hen's...
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