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    How to hide nails poking through hen house ceiling

    Paint them. Or put a dab of paintable putty-like stuff and then paint them. They will still be visible but much less obvious. Mine bothered me a lot too until I painted the ceiling for other reasons. I still had to kinda decide not to be bothered but it became a lot easier to decide that.
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    Fermenting Feed

    They do best eating small amounts often through the day so if "feed them twice a day" means doing chores twice a day - like the morning feeding enough for them to access all day and the evening feeding ensuring they start the night with full crops - then yes, twice a day works well. But if you...
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    Osteoporosis

    I don't feel well; haven't for what feels like a long time. Not sick, just not well. It's probably SAD (seasonal affective disorder). Or synthroid too high. Or both. Or not sleeping (SAD and wrong dose of synthroid each can do that too). Anyway, I hope this comes out better than it feels like...
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    Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

    What is FMG?
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    What should I put in the eves?

    I used pool noodles cut to fit between the rafters. I wouldn't do that in your coop unless you leave the doors in your picture open all winter, though. That would make the ventilation much like my coop - works very well in a similar climate. Only one side open gives the wind no where to go...
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    Osteoporosis

    I haven't looked at estrogen or progesterone, I liked it because I happy you are thinking about it and are here sharing. Edit to add: I'm happy all of you are thinking about it and sharing.
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    *poll time* How to Pronounce Pecan?

    Peh con or pea con After considering, I think I say peh con when I'm talking about just the nuts but I say Pea con pie. I don't think I say pea con except for the pie. Odd.
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    Can I use this bone meal as a calcium supplement in my birds food?

    Is it meant for animal feed or for gardens? If it is meant for gardens, the tolerance by the producers and regulators for contaminants and/or types of contaminants is much higher. Also, requirements for what they put on the label and/or test for is less thorough.
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    Osteoporosis

    :he I went to the dr today for what I thought was a mandatory six month check up. TSH taken last May is really low; he said I need to lower the dose of levothyroxine because too much results in osteoporosis. :th That may not be very helpful to anyone else but this might... he was puzzled by...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    It depends on which parts of the time spent on that toilet count as trying to get the cap out. Anyway, it would be a rough guess. Maybe 8 hours off and on over a week's time looking at websites trying to find what could make a toilet have an intermittent weak flow to get to "might be the...
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    Frostbite?

    It is not frostbite. Frostbite would affect the comb before that area. And it takes at least days, if not weeks or several weeks for the affected part to auto amputate. It would be white and swollen, or black, first before falling off. I don't know what it is, though.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    That is what dh said. After I lost my temper when I saw them filming. Well, thought I did anyway. I'm trying to choose :lau At least they probably think we had dropped a wedding ring or something into it. Not a cheap plastic cap. So maybe they won't put it on the internet.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    It was very embarrassing wondering what the neighbors thought of us washing our toilet in the backyard. :oops: Or :lau ... I'm not sure which feeling is stronger at this point.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    We took it outside and ran the hose into it from each side while turning it every which way. And turning it every which way without the hose running. And decided it must have the hole(s) in the middle of the wall(s). We decided, again, to replace it. The day before, I went to Harbor Freight and...
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    Watering in the coop

    It is one of the things that people say because they heard it somewhere. It is logical but the math proves it is not an issue. Even an open dish waterer evaporates much less moisture than a single bantam hen gives off. Yes, ventilation is important; whether or not the waterer is in the coop.
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