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    Do you add stuff into your commercially available food?

    Letting them forage is great, table scraps are fine in limited amounts, mixing homemade with commercial would likely be more effort and expense than it's worth and not provide much if any benefit (and possibly be detrimental), I would simply find the best quality food nutritionally and provide...
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    When do you start adding to your flock- contingency plan

    Sounds like a great plan to me, only thing I would be mindful of is the space in your coop and run
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    Do you add stuff into your commercially available food?

    Their question was about mixing in a homemade feed that they found the recipe for online with commercial feed, not about whether they should let their chickens forage or not (which most people here would agree is an overall good thing), the benefits of letting them forage or providing them...
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    Help! What do I feed my mixed flock??!

    The gamefowl feed with oyster shell on the side is fine, you can also feed everyone chick starter or all flock as long as they have crushed oyster shell on the side, whatever is your preference
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    When do you start adding to your flock- contingency plan

    Most hens do start slowing down at around 2, some stop entirely by this point (although this isn't typical). Even if you don't plan on culling your old birds, adding a few young pullets every 2-3 years or so will make sure that you still have birds laying even if some have slowed down or stopped...
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    When do hens most often go broody?

    Our whole summer is a heatwave so you're spot on about that. Basil went broody a few weeks ago and of course I had to go out there to make sure she still had food and water. of course she did and it was indeed untouched as she was too busy trying to mother infertile eggs and ceramic eggs to...
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    Ear Lobes = Egg Color?

    On an semi-related note, I loved unwrapped when I was a kid! Very cool to see how different foods are made
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    Ear Lobes = Egg Color?

    It's a coincidence, many brown laying breeds happen to have red lobes while many white layers happen to have white lobes, ear color though has no bearing on egg color it's just a myth with some basis in truth
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    Things you wish you could say

    Indeed, he was my first dog too and he was a great first dog, very easy to housebreak and despite being a pittie didn't really chew much of what he wasn't supposed to, he was a bit shy but a few outings to Lowes, tractor supply and the local Mexican restaurant fixed that
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    Things you wish you could say

    Tuesday afternoon
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    Things you wish you could say

    That Ranger (my dog) didn't slip his collar and run out in the road May you rest in peace friend
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    What to do with a rooster?

    You can also call your local 4h to see if anyone is looking for a cockerel like him
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    Silkie or did they play me?

    She's just mad you caught on and wants to cow you into accepting her lie. At the very least your bird is sweet and pretty anyways, hopefully you can find some actual high quality silkies elsewhere, I definitely wouldn't do business with her again
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    Questions, questions, questions.

    If you use bucket port feeders I would strongly recommend using pellets as crumbles will waste too much. Actually as pointed out pellets are better for cutting down on waste regardless of what feeder you use as birds are more inclined to pick up dropped pellets than dropped crumbles
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    Is my Darlene a Darrell?

    Nothing screams male to me, imma say pullet
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