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Alabama - https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2023/11/alabama-chicken-farm-quarantined-48000-birds-killed-after-highly-pathogenic-avian-flu-detected.html Iowa, California - https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/29288-over-a-dozen-states-report-hpai-outbreaks-in-october Oklahoma -...

Appears Tyson thinks they can make the economics work at scale... https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/business/tyson-insect-ingredients/index.html For those following as the lab science becomes the practical. I would expect that the home feed market will eventually follow suit. (Yes, I'm aware of...

My Culling Project is getting overrun (my own fault) with lots of non-chicken stuff, because I am also raising ducks, goats, and rabbits - so I'm going to try and move that stuff here (or at least, post it here in the future) and leave the culling project there. Oh, and also talking about...

This is the feed: Protein: 16% Min Fat 2.5% Min Fiber 8% Max

User @Joel Just Joel was kind enough to post the results here after user @Geena mentioned they were available. I am NOT linking to the video. This is NOT the place for conspiracy theories. This IS the place to talk about the actual lab results without comment regarding the identity of the guy...

So I had a thought. Lots of people are blaming feed for a lack of laying. Feeds have gauranteed nutritional labels - feeds that don't match the label get recalled. We've watched, during the pandemic, as a number of feeds have changed their ingredient lists to be somewhat less specific in...

I just hit 30k likes earlier this evening. Ya'll don't know me very well, do you??? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-member-interview-u_stormcrow.1544354/ Any percieved expertise on my part is undeserved. Have a good evening.

I'm always linking my own posts, this time, I'm going to link someone's article for a really well done build, from start to finish. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-coop-on-pals-acres.77930/ Its a lengthy read, lots of pictures, very well organized. If you have the space, and...

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here it is (well, what fit in the screen shot), product of one day's work. There's a lot I'd like to add to it, and some changes ("as fed") I'd like to make to some of the calculations, but its an effective crude tool.

https://www.lex18.com/news/deadly-poultry-virus-found-in-fayette-county-backyard-flock As we all feared, after going north for the summer as carriers of AI, the fall migration (of likely waterfowl) is bringing it back and once again increasing our exposure risks. Hopefully far fewer birds will...

Information gathering about the community of BYC and the ways or chicken-keeping practices are similar or different. Answer TWICE - one ABC, one 123. The handful of chicks you currently have in a brooder box are not a seperate "flock" for purposes of this poll if you intend that they join the...

I have some suspicions - suspicions I've put in print - about the "typical" BYC poster and the way they keep their chickens. A fellow poster called me on it, and I realized I had no "hard data", which makes my very common post beginning "for the backyard owner, of the typical backyard flock..."...

https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/tennessee-death-linked-to-backyard-poultry-contact/ There ARE still things besides AI out there, some reasonable precautions go a long way towards limiting risk. Don't expect reasonable coverage in the media, though - sensationalism sells.

My local mill raised prices again, and have already told their vendors to expect another increase next week. Its not just local https://www.ft.com/content/e6a28dd9-ecea-4d67-b6b5-a50301b731b2 Wheat, of course, is a common component in high protein feeds, and we all see corn as an ingredient in...

Title says it all. He's sired some kids (now wethered), but is getting on in age, plenty game-y already, and eating a lot. We got him cheap from someone that couldn't deal with him (after three days of trying to wrangle him). He's human shy, I've been unable to change that in most of a year...

Question - I am NOT seeking Tax advice, like whether I need to complete a 1065-A, or whether i need to report the value of my flock for inventory purposes on a 1065-A or not or anything like that. ASSUMING that I do need to provide a valuation... What value, if any, are you placing on a...

It's not for everyone. I'll be the first to admit that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to every situation. But wanted to make a couple photo illustrations that might be useful for people considering it. This is my native soil. Sands and hard pack clays.

from rodent-resembling predators... I buy 600-800# of feed at a time, roughly monthly. Buying a half dozen metal trash cans just doesn't seem practical, nor are thin guage galzanized steel cans famed for longevity. And of course the wasted space... I have my eyes out for defunct...

Remember, when it comes to HOAs, as voluntary contractual associations, HOAs generally trump State, County, and Municipality ordinances, insofar as they may be **FAR** more restrictive than local zoning would otherwise allow. In essence, every member gives every other member the right to have...