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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Aw, ladies, I'm so sorry.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am so sorry. Fly high and free, beautiful Tull. Henry is waiting for you.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I owe tax, but have no way to transfer pictures from my phone to my computer right now. So here's an oldie, but a goodie. It looks like Widget is cussing out Snowbird, but actually she was preening him.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am VERY grateful that my doctor is not a pill pusher. We have discussed this more than once, and he is happy to not prescribe pills. I read the book Outlive. The author said that the 4 most important ingredients for a long, healthy life that are at least somewhat under your control are...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Being with you, I'm sure these past 3 1/2+ years have been the best of her life.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Aw Jen, I'm so sorry to read this. Fly high and free, Breezy! Hugs for you and your family. :hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I miss Aart's knowledge, her dry humor, and even her pithiness and occasional snark. I learned early in my time here on BYC that praise from her was high praise, indeed.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    In the US, there are "fence in" and "fence out" states. Fence in means that it is your responsibility to contain your animals on your property. Fence out means that it is your responsibility to fence out any other animals that might come onto your property. Most states (like Michigan, where I...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I'm not sure. Some minerals, maybe? I do know that not all pollen is equal. At a bee meeting, the lecturer told us that early blooming trees, like maples, had what the bees were looking for. Other trees' pollen was eaten only in case of extreme emergency and had as much nutrition for honeybees...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Pollen and nectar. And water. A lot of people don't realize that bees drink water as well. They need shallow places of still or dripping water. Beekeepers often feed their bees in late winter as the weather gets warmer and the bees are starting to become active, but nothing is yet blooming...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It is honey bees' source of protein.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I swear, stones "float" up to the surface in my garden!
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We are looking into leaving our acreage to a nature conservancy. It's something we've wanted to do to make sure our land doesn't end up with a bunch of houses on it. About 25 years ago, one of the farm fields on our road was for sale, 60 acres. We didn't have the money to buy it. Who usually...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Same. Welcome back, @Shadrach.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Sending positive waves and hugs. :fl:hugs:fl:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Congratulations!
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That was a LOT of work. :bow
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you! I'll try that. Though Little is doing her best to do that for me. Their shells have gotten thinner, and I'm concerned I'll be dealing with EYP.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This is the stuff I ordered. I hope they fall in love with it. Oh, very true. My girls' eggs have been somewhat thin-shelled for the past few weeks. In the last week, I've gotten two that had just membrane with a thinner-than-paper shell on them. These are all mature ladies, not pullets.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No, I had to order it. Which I hate doing, because UPS/FedEx tend to deliver it to the neighbor, or can't find us, etc. I haven't seen signs that the ladies like this. Lots of it billed out on the ground. They're looking for eggshells. The stuff at TSC is the pelleted stuff. They aren't a fan...
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