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    FOOD: what are you having?

    Bison sirloin steak and kale salad Whole dinner was less than 5 bucks 'cause the bison sirloin was discounted to 3 bucks and I already had the kale on hand for another recipe
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    What made you happy today?

    Driving wind, rain, cold and I found a bison sirloin steak for 3 bucks! Having that and kale salad for dinner. Total cost for a rather fancy dinner tonight was less than 5 bucks :D
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    Do you give your birds rainwater?

    I don't go out my way to collect it nor do I stop them from drinking it from a puddle or something
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    ADVICE on my bantam

    Do you have a rooster? If not and you want her to hatch I'd get some hatching eggs. If you don't want chicks you can put her in broody jail (bare bottomed dog crate with just food, water and a perch)
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    Your 2026 Garden

    I have cabbage, broccoli, celery, greens, an absolute boatload of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and Japanese eggplant going rn and still need to get my squash and zucchini in the ground and I still need to buy Carolina reaper and Thai chili plants, might throw in a few other fun varieties too...
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    What made you happy today?

    Woke up to rain this morning and saw a rainbow on the way to work :D
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    Some pages not loading and blaming it on ad blocker (don’t use)

    A big reason to use an adblocker or the like is to prevent malware. One can get a virus just from loading certain bad ads, you don't even need to interact with them nor do you have to visit dodgey sites, even big well known sites have served bad ads. Of course you can whitelist trusted sites if...
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    Easter egger Roo or Hen?

    Cockerel, aside from what everyone else said, that color pattern is male specific
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    Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve With Mini Pellets

    It is new as our Walmart didn't have it until recently although I've seen henhouse reserve at a Walmart in another town last year, couldn't tell you if it was the regular 17% henhouse reserve or the one that's 18% as I didn't think to check it as I had no reason to think it was any different...
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    Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve With Mini Pellets

    Seems Walmart has a version of henhouse reserve with minipellets. I've only seen it in store but it seems to have 18% protein rather than the 17% regular henhouse reserve has. Anyone else ran into it in the wild? PS. Not looking for advice, I just brought it as a healthy treat for the girls...
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    Neighbor concerned about bird flu

    Your birds would be dead before she had any risk of catching it from them since they will be contained. She's at much great risk from wild birds than someone else's chickens not on her property. People *can* get bird flu but it's not *that* likely especially if you aren't interacting with...
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    What made you happy today?

    Brought a bag of henhouse reserve since it has more protein than the 16% all flock I got sent by mistake and have to use up, and the ladies love it! They think it's a treat but it's actually regular layer feed :D Also found a book of easter puzzles and a huge stick of laffy taffy in my favorite...
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    I use fermented feed occasionally as a healthy treat. I haven't noticed any difference in terms of health or egg quality but it makes them happy and I'm happy to see them happy :D Am probably going to grab a bag of the henhouse reserve as chewy accidentally sent me a bag of 16% all flock...
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    Getting chickens

    Welcome! 100% agree with avoiding prefabs, horrible waste of money, you'll be far better off with modifying a shed and as hard as it is to wait, don't get birds until the coop is in order. I made the mistake of not expanding my existing coop before getting more chicks and the day before I was...
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    Questions about fermented feed

    Only stuff available locally (in that recipe) are mealworms, corn, legumes and oats (and the oats are more expensive locally 'cause they are just the standard oats sold in supermarkets). Buying smaller quantities would up the costs. Most of crops grown here is produce, not grains and legumes...
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