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    What did you do in the garden today?

    It rained unexpectedly so my gardening was abbreviated, but I did move my chives today and trimmed the tarragon. Got a few more pepper seedlings planted too, but still not finished there yet.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    You’ve got cardinals eating yours? That was one species I haven’t seen eating it that I wish I could see, but mine’s a suet feeder, so that might make the difference. 🤔
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    Having Fun with Periodic Cicadas as Supplemental Feed

    Bug net and shove them in a ziplock bag for later?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Beans have sprouted! 🎉 Still no sign of blooms on the domestic strawberries in my garden, even though the wild patches nearby have berries that are half-ripe. :rant I am so jealous right now. :drool Someday I will have my own cherry trees! :fl Clearly I need to get out more, because I am...
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    Found baby chick on our porch

    If you can’t get it foster siblings maybe put a mirror in with it so it thinks it has company.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I got about half my pepper seedlings in the ground yesterday. Now to find space for the other half…
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Timing would have been too convenient, they visited once after the feed change and then I haven’t seen them since. (Also I haven’t heard of anyone poisoning birds around me, though I allow that may just be ignorance on my part.)
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Have you tried safflower seeds? I had European Starlings at my suet feeder chasing off all the other birds. I switched over to safflower seed and they vanished shortly thereafter, but most of the rest of the birds were perfectly happy with it.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Beautiful!
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    Rehoming Entire Flock- Help need Advice

    I can’t help directly, but you might want to post in your home state thread too, it might help you find someone faster.
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    Please help me decide if I should let my hen hatch chicks.

    You could try grafting some day old chicks to her, then you could pick the breed and even get sexed chicks if you wanted.
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    How do you like your eggs?

    Hard boiled! But the yolks go to the furball.
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    Going to rotational graze my chickens on pasture - no dust baths?

    Maybe put a pot full of dirt/ashes/etc. in the tractor for them to use?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The sage seeds I planted seem to have sprouted at last! 🎉 I was almost to the point of reseeding them again.
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    Raising toad eggs

    Hope you feel better soon!
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