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[kajira]

@kajira , are you a gamer?

-Kathy

I am, I play world of warcraft, and a first person shooter, called counterstrike GO. lol

 

[Pensmaster]

My test results: -Kathy

Here's the iPad

However this has the best server as Kansas City MO and only 130 miles away from me so I'm not too sure how accurate it is.

 

[casportpony]

My test results: -Kathy

Here's the iPad

However this has the best server as Kansas City MO and only 130 miles away from me so I'm not too sure how accurate it is.

Looks faster than mine, lol. -Kathy

 

[Pensmaster]

Looks faster than mine, lol.

-Kathy

Which is sad, because I consider this extremely slow. We bought a better internet service which made no difference on the ipad. Son however says games work better now on his phone than before.

 

[Pensmaster]

Looks faster than mine, lol.

-Kathy

Ok I got it to use the server in Auburn. The result on top is from Auburn.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm 400 posts behind. Hope I didn't miss too much.

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Argh. I was going to try to order turkey feed, from TSC, and they don't have *anything*

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/dumor-chick-starter-24-50-lb?cm_vc=-10005

This is the closest their website has, and I think I have to go into the store in person, to order it.

So, it looks like this 20% crumble starter feed, is what i'm stuck with. I'll need to figure out how to add extra grit/protein to the turkeys. I need to re-read the niacin on the bag, but I *think* it's okay for the ducks as is.

I need to get everything all organized this weekend, and push comes to shove, I just won't order the turkeys and ducks until next spring if I can't get everything set up in time for them to come next week.

Anyways. Just figuring it out since the requirements for ducks and turkeys are more complicated then keeping baby chicks alive and happy. haha

There ought to be another feed store around.
There's an old privately owned feed store by my house but they only carry layer and start&grow and the latter is usually stale.
I have to drive to Illinois to get to a TSC and a Farm&Home. The latter has a much better selection. There are also Orscheln's and other feed stores but those are farther yet and in the opposite direction.

Another thing about reading the bag that's very important in addition to checking the freshness is to verify protein and calcium percentages on the guaranteed analysis label.
The bag of game bird chow that Kathy posted a picture of is almost if not identical whether it is starter or maintenance feed. Unless you read the analysis label, there's no way to know.
Game bird starter is 30% protein and the maintenance feed is 12.5%.

does it matter if a broody raises them and the broody is super people friendly? or... does it no longer matter once they are wild?

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Catch them with food!

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The problem isn't being broody raised. In a brooder, you are always talking to them, touching them, and changing their bedding, food and water.

LOL

Calm friendly broodies will pass that behavior to an extent and vice versa. Same goes for chicks in a brooder. If some chicks are schizoid, they'll teach others to be thus.
I don't play with my chicks so they're very wild and it takes till they're about a year old before they trust I won't eat them (yet).
The breed makes a difference too. There are only 2 breeds that I've been able to walk up to and pick up in the yard that weren't tamed as chicks. Those were Jersey Giants and Orpingtons.

You pet poultry people would be amazed it I would post a video of these wild birds.

I know mine really do love eggs, but are they really that high in protein? As in what percent protein are they?

-Kathy

At 6 grams for a 50 gram egg that makes it about 12% protein. However, there's a lot of water in an egg (about 90% water) so I don't know how to actually compare it to dry foodstuffs cause nearly everything has some water content.
Am I overthinking this?

 

[BullChick]

I'm 400 posts behind. Hope I didn't miss too much.

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There ought to be another feed store around.
There's an old privately owned feed store by my house but they only carry layer and start&grow and the latter is usually stale.
I have to drive to Illinois to get to a TSC and a Farm&Home. The latter has a much better selection. There are also Orscheln's and other feed stores but those are farther yet and in the opposite direction.

Another thing about reading the bag that's very important in addition to checking the freshness is to verify protein and calcium percentages on the guaranteed analysis label.
The bag of game bird chow that Kathy posted a picture of is almost if not identical whether it is starter or maintenance feed. Unless you read the analysis label, there's no way to know.
Game bird starter is 30% protein and the maintenance feed is 12.5%.

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Calm friendly broodies will pass that behavior to an extent and vice versa. Same goes for chicks in a brooder. If some chicks are schizoid, they'll teach others to be thus.
I don't play with my chicks so they're very wild and it takes till they're about a year old before they trust I won't eat them (yet).
The breed makes a difference too. There are only 2 breeds that I've been able to walk up to and pick up in the yard that weren't tamed as chicks. Those were Jersey Giants and Orpingtons.

You pet poultry people would be amazed it I would post a video of these wild birds.



At 6 grams for a 50 gram egg that makes it about 12% protein. However, there's a lot of water in an egg (about 90% water)  so I don't know how to actually compare it to dry foodstuffs cause nearly everything has some water content.
Am I overthinking this?

As I said, the doves are more docile than my chickens. Only one duck (the drake) is docile.

 

[kajira]

I'm 400 posts behind. Hope I didn't miss too much.

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There ought to be another feed store around.
There's an old privately owned feed store by my house but they only carry layer and start&grow and the latter is usually stale.
I have to drive to Illinois to get to a TSC and a Farm&Home. The latter has a much better selection. There are also Orscheln's and other feed stores but those are farther yet and in the opposite direction.

Another thing about reading the bag that's very important in addition to checking the freshness is to verify protein and calcium percentages on the guaranteed analysis label.
The bag of game bird chow that Kathy posted a picture of is almost if not identical whether it is starter or maintenance feed. Unless you read the analysis label, there's no way to know.
Game bird starter is 30% protein and the maintenance feed is 12.5%.

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Calm friendly broodies will pass that behavior to an extent and vice versa. Same goes for chicks in a brooder. If some chicks are schizoid, they'll teach others to be thus.
I don't play with my chicks so they're very wild and it takes till they're about a year old before they trust I won't eat them (yet).
The breed makes a difference too. There are only 2 breeds that I've been able to walk up to and pick up in the yard that weren't tamed as chicks. Those were Jersey Giants and Orpingtons.

You pet poultry people would be amazed it I would post a video of these wild birds.



At 6 grams for a 50 gram egg that makes it about 12% protein. However, there's a lot of water in an egg (about 90% water) so I don't know how to actually compare it to dry foodstuffs cause nearly everything has some water content.
Am I overthinking this?

The nearest big feed store, that MIGHT have it in stock, is 3+ hours away in one direction. I'll be up there on tuesday, so I can swing by and see if they have ANYTHING suitable.

The local feedstores are all smaller than our local TSC store, and it's smaller than most. It has like 3 small aisles of food for animals, and it's mostly chicken, goat, dog and cat food. (and horse supplies.) It has a tiny mini-fridge style vaccination boxes, and their needles are usually sold out, too in the right sizes. They also don't carry any chicken vaccines or materials to vaccinate birds.

I've pretty much resigned myself, to trying to buy a 50lbs back while up in SA, and hope it lasts until I can wean them to a more common feed that my local TSC can order.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The doves here stand on the ground as I walk toward them until I'm about 5 feet away.

Once the chickens are over a year, I can get within a couple feet of them but I still can't pick them up. Roosters let me get closer.

 

[kajira]

The doves here stand on the ground as I walk toward them until I'm about 5 feet away.

Once the chickens are over a year, I can get within a couple feet of them but I still can't pick them up. Roosters let me get closer.

Our easter egger chickens love my daughter, and our adult flock loves her too.

Our new batch of babies, with our polish crested are absolutely neurotic. She can pick up all the cochins and sex linked babies, but our polish scatter and act really flighty. She spends a lot of time with them, so I hope they outgrow some of that flighty-ness, or I probably won't get anymore of that breed in the future. I'm not a fan of flighty birds.

Her silkie is a little skittish after seeing it's mate die in front of her, but she's warming up to my daughter, and the incubator hatched baby imprinted on me at birth, I was the first thing it saw and it likes me and my daughter and has no fear of anything. I'm making sure it stays safe to encourage that behavior. LOL It's a cochin from our two adult cochins, and even our rooster is super sweet.