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[CapricornFarm]

We are having great weather. The chickens are loving it. Not too hot, and it cools down at night.

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How congested with people is it there? I went to town yesterday and could hardly wait to get out of there.

 

[CapricornFarm]

And it's fairly successful? The office's big old windows have a fantastic ledge to hold a bunch of plants/cuttings/starter seed pots.

Couldn't you just keep them in pots and bring them in for the winter?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Couldn't you just keep them in pots and bring them in for the winter?

I, um...never got anything started OR planted outside this year.
It was my intent...but my fairies and gnomes went on strike.

 

[Arielle2]

Nope the pressure is above 30 when it pees

Yo u definitely live in a world of animals......

You can bring in a few animals to heat the bedroom, we called them 4 dog nites, and get baking to heat the kitchen.....

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yo u definitely live in a world of animals......

You can bring in a few animals to heat the bedroom, we called them 4 dog nites, and get baking to heat the kitchen.....

I am happy when the wood stove is burning.

 

[getaclue]

micro, years ago, I bought a hen, and a pullet from a couple. Of course I quarantined. The pullet was fine, but the hen was wormy. I dewormed. Nothing more was wrong with her, but she had very poor feather quality. The first year she molted, she lost every feather at once. She was totally bald. I was concerned about sunburn during the day, and her getting too cold at night.

I moved her onto my screened porch. She had the run of the porch during the day, and was protected from the sun. She went into a large dog crate at night. I set a heating pad under the slide in tray, so a section was warmed. My BA's got Manna Pro Gamebird/Showbird feed mixed in with their diet. Well, I decided to feed that mixture to my poor bald hen. It was amazing. Within a few days, she resumed laying, and you could see the beginning of feathers. In a couple weeks, the feathers had grown in enough she had the spiky look. It didn't take long for her feathers to grow back in, and they were good, strong feathers. I was also treating the chickens to canned mackerel, and cat food, which I still do sometimes. She never went totally bald like that again, and her feathering was always good. I've never had that problem with any of my others.

 

[getaclue]

scg, I would be nice, but let them know they better fix it, AND adjust the bill accordingly.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am amazed at people who think corn is a suitable diet for livestock. I knew a farmer in TN who fed it exclusively. He had problems with the goats. And he never bothered with feet or anything for maintenance. They seem to think livestock are like wild animals, put them in the pasture, feed them some corn and they are all set. P's me off.

 

[ronott1]

I am amazed at people who think corn is a suitable diet for livestock. I knew a farmer in TN who fed it exclusively. He had problems with the goats. And he never bothered with feet or anything for maintenance. They seem to think livestock are like wild animals, put them in the pasture, feed them some corn and they are all set. P's me off.

There are some that think it is ok to feed only corn in the winter. The Farmer I was hatching for did this. Pretty much ruined the chickens and many did not make it over the winter

 

[chickisoup]

And it's fairly successful? The office's big old windows have a fantastic ledge to hold a bunch of plants/cuttings/starter seed pots.

yep. I always do two of whatever (if I need 2 I start 4) "just in case". I prefer to do mine in water but if you want to stick them straight into the dirt pick up some rooting compound.