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    do the eggs taste funy when preserved in hydrated lime

    I haven't even started yet, and won't until these 10 start laying. At this point, I'm not getting enough eggs to do any preserving. I think what I might do is set up a web page to compile all of the different variations of using Hydrated Lime, along with the results that folks have reported...
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    do the eggs taste funy when preserved in hydrated lime

    Yes, I will definitely write up the results. There are several folks in our prep group who are following this also, so I'll be putting up a web page with the results, photos, etc. I'll be sure to include a link here on this thread (as well as a link on the page to this thread).
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    do the eggs taste funy when preserved in hydrated lime

    Excellent! I'm only getting 2 eggs per day at this point, but I've got another 10 hens that should start laying in about 2 or 3 months, at which time I'll have plenty to experiment with. I'm in Florida, so heat may have an impact here (but I don't have to worry about them freezing!). Later...
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    do the eggs taste funy when preserved in hydrated lime

    @Eelantha No, you're not "sounding grim" - you're sounding realistic, practical, and responsible. I keep hoping to see first-hand experience replies here also. I bought a 50 pound bag of Hydrated Lime, and I'll be trying this method. Unfortunately, it will be many months before I'll know how it...
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    Ancona Ducks

    Excellent information! Thank you - that's what I was looking for. Do breeders generally advertise that they breed for the broodiness trait? (I haven't seen that yet in the few breeder web sites that I've looked at) Any recommendations for a breeder with broody ducks? I'm not looking for any...
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    Ancona Ducks

    How broody are Ancona ducks? I've got three Pekins, and I've never gotten them to set on the eggs (I'll be putting some in the incubator later this week). Every once in a while, I'll get one of my Buff Orpington hens to do what mama hens are supposed to do, but it's rare. How common - or...
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    Ancona Ducks

    Thank you all very much for the replies. It looks like the decision has been made - Anconas will be the ducks in the yard. I sure do appreciate the help and advice!
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    Ancona Ducks

    I have a question that I hope someone can answer: In Carol Deppe's book, she described Anconas as "very alert and sensible about predators and make better watchdogs than the geese I used to have." Is she referring only to alertness, or is she referring to loudness in alerting? We have geese...
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    Comment by 'Colonel' in article 'Zookeeper15133s Chicken Coop Tractor'

    Excellent job, Zookeeper15133, and I'm glad to hear that you found the pictures on The Southern Agrarian helpful. I've added a link back to this page so that folks can see the improvements you've made. If anyone knows of other similar designs, I'd appreciate hearing about them so I can add those...
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    Mr. Not so welcomed friend Kill or not?

    Sure looks like the one we had here! My guess is that, unless you relocated him a long way from there, it's the same one. That's just going by my friend's experience with a return snake though - I don't have first hand knowledge of them doing that. You're just across the state from me. I'm...
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    Mr. Not so welcomed friend Kill or not?

    These first two photos are of one that most folks here don't have to worry about. These were taken last night (Tuesday, May 14). This is a spitting cobra that had been killing chickens tended by missionaries in Sierra Leone, West Africa (I am vice-president of the non-profit corporation that...
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    Unknown disease - Missionary in Africa needs help

    I hadn't even thought of getting with the Ag Center - even though I was just there a couple days ago about a garden problem. Looks like that will be my next stop, but a big "Thank You" for all the replies.
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    Refusing to Coop at night - Missionary in Africa needs help

    I am vice president of a non-profit corp. that provides financial and logistical support for missionaries in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Today, I received the following from Laura Holt and am hoping that folks here can offer some guidance. They have quite a bit of experience raising chickens in...
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    Unknown disease - Missionary in Africa needs help

    I am vice president of a non-profit corp. that provides financial and logistical support for missionaries in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Today, I received the following from Laura Holt and am hoping folks here can offer some guidance. They have quite a bit of experience raising chickens in...
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    How did your username originate?

    Quote: Sitting here on my bookshelf is a book titled Mostly Tailfeathers by Gene Hill - the author of those Tailfeathers articles. They were a favorite of mine also.
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    How did your username originate?

    "Colonel" comes from being a Kentucky Colonel (Yeah, just like Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken). It's a bit unusual for someone in Florida to be given the title of Kentucky Colonel, but it all had to do with doing work for the state and a couple of hurricanes. Anyway, the certificate is...
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    Egg Roll-out Nest Box Design

    If you have any questions on it or if another photo would help, just let me know.
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    Egg Roll-out Nest Box Design

    These are the new roll-out nest boxes that I am using. I'm sure that I'm not the first person to make such a design using plastic storage boxes, but they are working very well for me. I used to lose a lot of eggs to breakage and to egg-eating, and they used to require a lot of cleaning. Since I...
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    Best way to water the flock?

    I ended up building an admittedly over-engineered gravity feed system that supplies cups to each of the chicken coops. Here's a page with photos of the system being built - http://www.southernagrarian.com/a-water-tower-for-the-chickens/ . I have been very pleased with it. It's very flexible...
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    Best way to water the flock?

    Great review, Dick! I had used one of those Little Giant systems also, and it worked great. Unfortunately, our water has a high mineral content so it didn't take long at all for the valves to stop working. I bought a bag full of replacements because I loved that system and really wanted it to...
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