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Here, Al!!

Yep - another reason to listen to the wise old A(w)l on this thread! Since I upped the protein in my feed and started top-dressing with animal fat I have NO, absolutely NO feather picking whatsoever amongst my birds. They were never really bad about it, but I saw it happen regularly. If they...

Yep - I have soaked up everything I can from y'all! Now if you'll excuse me, since YOU seem to be on Fred's naughty list right now, I'm gonna see if I can convince him to send ME your pretty pink 'bator with thh blue pony on it...

And Jeff - it was somewhere back in this thread a few hundred pages that Al discussed the top dressing - liquid gold he called it. The difference in my birds was almost immediate! they were obviously happier, healthier, shinier, and their feathers are like silk now. Yeah, they are now pretty...

Thanks!! Good to know!! They free-range all day long and are very active so that's covered! I've been top dressing ever since I read your thoughts on it, and boy-howdy, does it work just like you say it does!! I'm telling you, these birds SHINE - in the sun they almost look like their...

Morning Al! I have a quick question on top dressing for you! Can you top-dress too much, really? I mean, as long as I'm not pouring half a gallon of oil on their food each day, is a little left over fat from a meal given several times a week ok? Let's say I roast a chicken on Sunday, and...

Oh, GOOD LUCK Rachel! So exciting to be taking the next step forward!! I hope you get exactly what you are hoping for in the spring! Be sure to let us know when you hatch!

BTW Delisha, I meant to tell you that the picture you posted of the '$300 bird' was just GORGEOUS, so is her 'intended' I had so many pages to read to catch up, I forgot I wanted to say something to you about her!

Boy howdy, and I'm so glad I've got you OTs around pounding this in all the time. It got down to 18 or so around here last night - good grief, you would have thought the Siberian snows and winds were coming the way some people were acting - and wanted to know if I needed to borrow a heat lamp...

Funny how life goes around. Both the Mr. and I grew up in farming communities with families that farmed. Circumstances in life also took both of us away from the farm for a while, and all that time - me down south and him up north - we were both yearning to get back to farming someday. My ex was...

CCC, I don't know how long ago it was, but my condolences on the loss of your man - sounds like he was a real keeper. I, like you, knew from the day I was born that all I wanted was to live on the farm. Both sides of my family farmed - Mama's side were all cabbage farmers in Florida, and...

That sounds great, Fred! Y'all have a great day!!

Good Morning, Fred! Thank you again for the quiz, and then for your explanation of the scenario and answers. Like I said, you've really given me something to think about and a situation of my own to watch carefully. I thought that my cockerel chasing that pullet out of the coop each evening...

Fred, you have my FULL attention on this lesson - even more now than before!! My BOs are all good sized, good looking gals for hatchery stock (I have 5 of that breed). But there is one in particular that the roo I posted pictures of has chased out of the coop every night this last week if she...

whew!! We've had thunderstorms here most of the day and our internet was out - didn't know if I was going to be able to get back on to do the quiz or not. I know we were supposed to quote the quiz to answer, but to do that I'd have to go back and find it and that would mean seeing other...

My Mr. has just been wonderful through all this chicken business. He's a keeper for sure! Bee, I want to take the quiz, but I don't know if I have the confidence to or not. I've been staring at those birds all morning and while I can see some obvious differences in them, I don't really know...