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[BantyChooks]

I keep thinking about that. I have a total of two real trees. They are awfully close to the road. Don't think I would get much sleep. I do have a futon on the sun porch. It is comfortable for naps, but I can't stay asleep there through the night.

I would sleep outside more, except the coyotes are terribly close- much too close for comfort. And don't even get me started on the bears and bobcats....

 

[DwayneNLiz]

This is duckweed. I know my chickens LOVE it and it's loaded with protein, but i didn't want it, didn't plan on it. I had it in my fish tank about 6 months ago and thought I had eradicated it. I was wrong. Friday, my tank looked like this...



This morning it looked like this...




I had thought about growing it in outside buckets, but the trouble I"m going to have getting rid of it in my tank is not worth having it anywhere near my house...

You can almost WATCH it duplicate.

i think i had some in my freshwater tank, but got rid of that tank
i still want to try this for my ducks/chickens

Do ducks like it?

it is called duckweed

Talk to Benny; he probably has a salad built around it

It looks good. Did you read the ingredient list and guaranteed analysis? It says it is for ducks.

If growing in buckets, be wary of mosquito larvae.

Thanks!
are mosquito larvae bad for chickens?
i dont have any but just asking

cutie

True. Peanut butter's not healthy for them, though, is it?

Good to know about duckweed. I suppose an incomplete food like that would decrease the amount of eggs I get?

why not just give them some broken peanuts?

Alright, change of plans! I don't have purina flock raiser, but instead manna pro poultry conditioner, which has 80 mg of niacin per lb. This can only be up to 25% of the ducks feed, though. So .... I'll do the math and see how much niacin that would be, but is this ok?

I also have nutritional yeast, but I read on another thread that there's way more niacin in that than in brewers yeast. I'll see if I can find the link. Why is nutritional yeast the wrong thing to give ducks?

I might be able to get plain niacin or brewers yeast tomorrow, but who knows?! This is not going well at all. Who knew plain old regular niacin or brewers yeast was so hard to find?!!!

try amazon, they have organic on prime fairly inexpensively

Hi everyone im new to this. I had a dozen ccl eggs and a 13th the breeder threw in for free of a copper maran mixed with a ccl. I had PLANED to gave my broody hatch them like she did ny last batch a month ago but she wasnt taking to these so i had to dust off my never used incubator plug it in an hope for the best. Thankfully i had found someone who had the same incubator. There doing good as far as i can tell. Last nigbt i put them in. Then today i found one of my month old chicks with wry neck. If its not one thing its another right!

Wry Neck post #60013
do you need help with the bator??

GOOD LUCK!!! keep us posted!

DIS as far as I know.

I just candled those 12 eggs.....100% fertility.......some of the air cells are big some are a little small....so I rotated the eggs to compensate for any possible cool spots.

awesome!!! Good Luck!!!

I wonder if I could send you some!!

i'll take some!! i think they sell it in pet stores, as a 'moss ball'

morning, sent 10 of the 4th hatchers to a farm, kept 2, they are kinda staying huddled in the corner of the brooder, guess they are afraid of being next

maybe they are cold/hot??

What's is going on with BYC?

X2

For those of you that process extra cockerels do you feed them anything special the closer to butchering time they get to get them to add a little extra weight on?

i think benny said yogurt

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

 

[Chaos18]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

Morning

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Morning

having a productive day?

 

[Chaos18]

having a productive day?

Define productive.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Define productive.

pro·duc·tive
prəˈdəktiv/
adjective

1. producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
   "the most productive employees"
   synonyms: fertile, fruitful, rich, fecund
   "productive land"
   
   • relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, or other commodities.
     "the country's productive capacity"
   • achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
     "a long and productive career"
     synonyms: prolific, inventive, creative;

 

[Chaos18]

pro·duc·tive
prəˈdəktiv/
adjective

1. producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
   "the most productive employees"
   synonyms: fertile, fruitful, rich, fecund
   "productive land"

1. 
   
   • relating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, or other commodities.
     "the country's productive capacity"
   • achieving or producing a significant amount or result.
     "a long and productive career"
     synonyms: prolific, inventive, creative;

By that definition..............nope.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

By that definition..............nope.

oh well, just sit there and pretend and look pretty doing so

 

[Chaos18]

oh well, just sit there and pretend and look pretty doing so

What if I ain't purdy?