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I think I forgot to thank you and for the snaps of your great hay bale brooder. It is too nasty-rainy-cold outside to work on my old baby coop to make it winter tight at least on 3 sides with an open pop hole on the 4th side. The pop hole goes out into a large varmint proof dog crate as their "run". Next week. I'm worried about dampness in the coop right now what with the constant rain. They seem to have enough sense to stay in out of the rain though. Surprise! : )
Hey, All this talk about "fishy" ff. Segue......I went to my local fish market the other day and they had a huge pile of fish for 50 cents a pound! I thought, "I gotta get some of that!" Well I cooked the lot when it wouldn't fit in the freezer, and made some into salad like one would do tuna fish. It was so "fishy" tasting I could not stand it, so guess who got it? My chooks, of course! and some to faithful guard dog, Paddy. (I gave them the plain boiled fish) They LOVE it! and eat every last speck of it. All that protein? Will it be bad for them? Bee, you said something about in the winter cutting back on protein. Why do we do this when usually, for some crazy reason they tend to molt, (mine anyway), just when they need their feathers most? So theoretically they would need more protein to grow them back? Doesn't "feather fixer" just have more protein than normal feed???? : ) beverly
