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[ronott1]

SCG -- Well, at least on ice you know the suet won't go bad!

We're dropping degrees quickly as a storm front is moving in. The apricot trees got fooled into early Spring and we're going to get some lovely pictures of blossoms in the snow.... Sigh.... There goes the fruit crop.


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re: Mareks

The chick(s) in question haven't ever been outside of the room they've been hatched in. Would they still be exposed? Not that it will matter because, yes, I will still get the Chick Days chicks. Just curious as to the possibility that they could be exposed in a closed environment.

Yes, they are exposed. It is on you, your clothes and etc. From what I have read, chicks are exposed as soon as they leave the incubator if not before.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

what about sprouted BOSS?




I love this idea using chick starter, no mess to clean up when they dump the food. You could use a kitty litter scoop to clean up the clumps. LOL

What happens with sprouting varies from seed to seed but in general sprouting doesn't create new nutrients but makes nutrients that may be latent or bound up more digestible. If new minerals are present in the soak water, that would be the only way to increase mineral content. The protein content isn't increased, but the bio-availability may be increased by up to 30%. There are anti-digestive constituents in most seeds that are broken down by sprouting. ON the other hand, new toxins can be released sprouting certain seeds like alfalfa kidney beans and sorghum.
Carbs are converted to other nutrients so decrease by about 15%
As the sprout grows, there will be an increase of some vitamins like B, A and C.

http://freshsprouts.dk/toxins

I saw that a couple days ago. I have a couple concerns but my biggest is:
1. This will attract bees when you start harvesting. Lots and lots of bees. And not just bees but wasps and yellow jackets. And ants. And quickly. When I harvested last year I put the utensils and the frames outside to be cleaned up. I made a mistake. I should have put them back on the hive to be cleaned up in a protected environment. Putting them out in the open caused a giant swarm of bees, plus natural flying insects, and there were many casualties and I was terrified to go out there.
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I was wondering about your bees and if oxygen is getting in the hive under all that snow.

I got my computer yesterday it's a Dell Inspiron with a 1TB HD and 8 gig of ram. I decided to go with a tower computer and a separate monitor. I got all the specs I wanted with this computer and it was less than the AIO so I got a new printer that was on sale for 70.00. I am so happy to have a computer again.
On the other hand my washer died yesterday morning. I told DH it needs a timer and the belt broke. So hoping it won't cost a fortune to fix it hoping for 30. price tag.

congrats
not for the washer though

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks CC it felt like forever with out one! lol

 

[Bunnylady]

I'm curious about what else the chicks may have been vaccinated against. I bought a few hatchery chicks last year, and had them in a brooder next to a few home-hatched chicks with some wire between them. The home bred's died a few days later - I suspect that the inoculated chicks may have been shedding something that became virulent enough to kill birds that hadn't been exposed the "right" way?

 

[ronott1]

I'm curious about what else the chicks may have been vaccinated against. I bought a few hatchery chicks last year, and had them in a brooder next to a few home-hatched chicks with some wire between them. The home bred's died a few days later - I suspect that the inoculated chicks may have been shedding something that became virulent enough to kill birds that hadn't been exposed the "right" way?

I have seen options for having hatchery chicks inoculated for mareks. Commercial chickens are vaccinated for the respiratory illnesses and those can be passed on if you rescue a hen.

I doubt that a feed store would have them vaccinated though.

added: I can get a free necropsy here in California so I wold have sent in a couple.

 

[tntchix]

What happens with sprouting varies from seed to seed but in general sprouting doesn't create new nutrients but makes nutrients that may be latent or bound up more digestible. If new minerals are present in the soak water, that would be the only way to increase mineral content. The protein content isn't increased, but the bio-availability may be increased by up to 30%. There are anti-digestive constituents in most seeds that are broken down by sprouting. ON the other hand, new toxins can be released sprouting certain seeds like alfalfa kidney beans and sorghum.
Carbs are converted to other nutrients so decrease by about 15%
As the sprout grows, there will be an increase of some vitamins like B, A and C.

http://freshsprouts.dk/toxins

Thanks for this CC

 

[bamachicks8]

I saw that a couple days ago. I have a couple concerns but my biggest is: 1. This will attract bees when you start harvesting. Lots and lots of bees. And not just bees but wasps and yellow jackets. And ants. And quickly. When I harvested last year I put the utensils and the frames outside to be cleaned up. I made a mistake. I should have put them back on the hive to be cleaned up in a protected environment. Putting them out in the open caused a giant swarm of bees, plus natural flying insects, and there were many casualties and I was terrified to go out there. I'd love to stay and chat but the snowblower and I have a date. And perhaps one day again soon the suet feeder will be reunited with air.

Better stick with the old way.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I was wondering about your bees and if oxygen is getting in the hive under all that snow.

I try to go out after each storm and brush them off. They're under the electrical wires, which the company comes and trims the trees and cuts down saplings every other year there... so they get a lot of wind which reduces the amount of top snow.

I went out today and brushed them off...

 

[ozexpat]

I'm curious about what else the chicks may have been vaccinated against. I bought a few hatchery chicks last year, and had them in a brooder next to a few home-hatched chicks with some wire between them. The home bred's died a few days later - I suspect that the inoculated chicks may have been shedding something that became virulent enough to kill birds that hadn't been exposed the "right" way?

its more likely a virus

those chicks from a feedstore get exposed to all the chicken bugs that customers pass on from their chickens

biosecurity is key but if you are buying chicks a companions to your chick, you take the risk.

 

[bamachicks8]

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