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  1. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    I'm with @FrostRanger on this. Scratch is energy at the expense of nutrition. With a good feed, there is absolutely no need for it
  2. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    In Florida, the weather forecast is "Written in Mud". Sounds like yours is similarly reliable
  3. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Hopes the weather people are wrong about the rain for you as well. I just finished surveying the property, we finished our second mid 20s unscathed, didn't even need supplemental heat for the well pump. Will have an electric heat strip in the coming days. There's a warming trend, so not...
  4. U_Stormcrow

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Lunch. Commenting. {Caveat - I've only been doing this a few years now, and my flock of chickens has varied from a bit more than a dozen to almost 80 - so Anecdote, not data} I have 30 acres, but only a small amount of that cleared. A barn in the middle where I feed the birds, and where they...
  5. U_Stormcrow

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Reminder to self. Comment here during lunch.
  6. U_Stormcrow

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    It is (for Florida) COLD. "Feels Like" 20. Finishing my coffee before I go forth and feed the animals. Had to separate a opossum from my birds at I don't know what temp last night. Not sure if he was looking to share warmth or make a meal, didn't really take time to ask his purpose in gate...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    When we get wet, we get WET. Drainage is a necessity.
  8. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Added to my watch list, thank you!!! (and my culling project is on hold till its warmer. I'll start back up in Feb for a March hatching).
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

  10. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    So of course it's raining. Not gonna ruin a bunch of brand new power tools.
  11. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Please, keep up apprised. If you start a thread like this, you know I'll follow, as will many others.
  12. U_Stormcrow

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    We all learn by doing (and redoing). It looks good!
  13. U_Stormcrow

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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    One wall of the greenhouse up, another wall half up, panels already cut to size. Then the final wall and start roofing. Just in time for it to get REALLY cold. (OK, FL cold, not actual cold). Mid 60s overnight tonight. Mid 20s overnight tomorrow. After walls and roof, I still have to mount...
  15. U_Stormcrow

    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Sadly, I don't, I understand a lot of cattle.Ranchers got caught upside down recently with replacement calves being worth more than the grown cattle brought in for processing. My wife and I looked into it, but we just don't have the sort of pasture we would need for raising cattle. So we stopped...
  16. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    almost everything I've learned about feeding chickens I either read on BYC, read because someone on BYC recommended the resource, or looked into because someone on BYC asked a question I couldn't answer, and was curious... Everyone here could do the same, w/ time and inclination.
  17. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    and this is the sort of informative post I come to BYC for. THANK YOU!
  18. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    and this whole page is why I like more time when I post. @NatJ Good catches! Yes, not sure why they are bothering to add Ca, given the low rate of inclusion in normal use, unless they intend it to be added to a "layer-type" formulation, where the "extra" CA, at normal inclusion rates, just...
  19. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    and correction, I found Fertrell's "Poultry Show and Breeder Supplement" It has added Ca, definitely not good for your breeding Roos, a bunch of added Met (more than the standard, see above re: legal limits) and twice as much Lys as Met. The differences matter, but its similar enough to the...
  20. U_Stormcrow

    Need input - would this mix + Kalmbach work?

    I'm also going to note that the Kalmbach Flockmaker is already close to what you want, in terms of Met and Lys (in target), without need for all the mixing. Providing free choice Ca addresses the Roo/Hen difference in needs, while the "extra" CP is ALSO an energy source, (almost) just like fat...
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