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  1. Betsy G.

    How warm is your cookie tin water heater? Looking for

    I don't have specific temps for you, just personal experience. When I put an old-style incandescent 60-watt bulb in my warmer (same size as yours), the bulb overheats and burns out. The exception to this is when the temps drop into the single digits. I have the most consistent luck with a...
  2. Betsy G.

    Straw or pine shavings in coop?

    I'll put in my own 2 cents' worth here... My chickens are pastured, so I don't put anything outside the coop. I use a base of wheat straw, then put pine shavings on top. The chickens make a huge mess of the coop for the first few days, digging through to find every last wheat kernel. This has...
  3. My diverse little flock!

    My diverse little flock!

  4. Betsy G.

    Ideas on how to make a little cash off of what I got on my farm...

    I make angel food cakes and egg noodles with my excess eggs. I am planning to sell them at local farmers markets this summer. If you don't have time to set up at a farmers market, you might try advertising on Facebook or putting up flyers saying that you have homemade goods available for...
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  6. Betsy G.

    Lethargic, Bloated chicken with foamy, yellow poop - help!

    Hello all, I am new to this site, so please excuse me if I'm asking a question that has been answered elsewhere. We have a good-sized broiler flock of Freedom Ranger chickens that are 5 weeks old. DH informed me tonight that one of our birds is lethargic & bloated (but has really skinny legs)...
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