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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Liver and onions, sea salt caramel ice cream topped with almonds.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I'm satisfied with the 40% fertility rate of the five eggs, considering the circumstances. I watched the RIR pullet lay an egg today and it was just like the 5 I'm incubating, kind of long and skinny.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I just candled the eggs that are on day 5 of incubation. I saw a black spot inside two of the eggs that I assume is the start of development. Three of the eggs looked like clears, but I'll candle them again in a few days to make sure. Incubation started January 23rd, 2PM. The last time the...
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    Coffee Grinder

    I have, and mixed the powder into wetted chicken feed to give the chickens extra calcium when needed.
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    I ordered a Nestera coop, never received the third package, and they refuse to refund me!!!

    It might jog the company into action if you post an explanation of what's happened on their Facebook page if they have one. Unhappy customers spilling the beans in public can make things happen.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I need to do that too, and just set the frozen food outside while the freezer frost melts.
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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    So the ground beef isn't seasoned with taco spice?
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    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    That sounds good!
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Frosty Frosty here and 20 degrees. Gave all the chickens liquid water to drink. Today might be the day I start "rearranging" the flock. The 6 week old chicks are looking like there are 6 pullets and 3 cockerels, a pretty good ratio. I might have a few New Hampshire pullets to sell soon.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Same here. 6 months if I count the beans and rice.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Same here, so I hope they're fertile.
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    Still making a mess with port feeders

    My cockerels don't seem to like the port feeders much although the pullets do. I'm guessing the cockerels' combs make it uncomfortable to stick their heads into the ports. For my chicks in the brooder I made a feeder out of some stuff I had laying around. They were wasting LOTS of crumbles...
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    Still making a mess with port feeders

    Thanks, good to know. I've been wondering about that since I separated my two big cockerels from the pullets. It seems like they've been eating very little since the separation.
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    Still making a mess with port feeders

    Ignore roosters? Would you elaborate?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I started a third batch of eggs in my incubator yesterday, just five this time. They're all from my only RIR pullet, one that's been laying eggs regularly since she started a few months ago. I also have five New Hampshire pullets that have pretty much quit laying after having a good start a few...
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