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    Mike the Chicken Vet

    You're welcome! I read several of his articles today and thought it was interesting that he says that caged chickens are healthier than cage free chickens. According to him, the more freedom chickens have the more problems they have with injuries of aggression, disease and broken bones.
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    Mike the Chicken Vet

    I was reading an article about coccidiosis in chickens and found a reference to Mike the Chicken Vet who has a blog with over 10 years of posts. It seems to be a pretty good resource for chicken health info. https://mikethechickenvet.wordpress.com/
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    Dry Egg Cleaner

    That's very interesting. Is it designed to be adjustable between different sizes of eggs? I found the patent on it if you haven't seen it. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2457324A/en
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I think I was right about my big chicks, that there are 3 or 4 pullets, 6 or 7 cockerels. I'd say three are for sure pullets, and another one I'm close to sure, so that's perfect for my needs. In addition to the wattles and the larger combs the cockerels grow long black irridescent tail...
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    Why would someone remove drywall from inside a closet?

    If you don't want that cedar chest smell in your closet, sure. Aromatic eastern red cedar repels moths that damage wool clothing and why it's commonly used in closets. Western redcedar fence pickets don't have that quality.
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    Why would someone remove drywall from inside a closet?

    You could cover the openings with aromatic cedar boards, one along the top, one on each side, gluing them in place. It would make the closet smell good too. I found this on Etsy.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I'm growing fewer things this year. One variety each of tomato, pepper, green beans, onions and peas plus kale and collards, maybe lettuce. Dark green zucchini, butternut squash, pickling cukes and dill. My fall cabbage experiment was a bust. Heads are forming but they're super loose, not firm...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    My "broody" is an incubator. It doesn't teach chicks what to eat. LOL
  9. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I tried giving the last batch of little chicks wetted feed but they didn't go for it until they got older.
  10. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I didn't look at the bag before but found that it says for adult birds. Thanks for mentioning that. I need to get another bag of all flock tomorrow, so I guess I'll get another bag of chick starter while I'm at it.
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    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    Or just weigh one dry scoop. Never mind. I reread your post.
  12. Smokerbill

    9.5 week old hens eating almost 1/2 lb of feed per day; will this go down at adulthood?

    You're not weighing the food after it's mixed with water are you?
  13. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I haven't given my chickens scratch for a loooonnnng time. They get excited enough when I throw some of their feed pellets on the ground, which is a lot easier for them than eating out of the feeder.
  14. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I ran out of chick crumbles, so I put my old Kitchen Aid grain mill to good use. Worked well at grinding the all purpose pellets.
  15. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I finally figured out an easy way to turn pelletized all flock feed into chick crumbles. I was totally out today and my chicks are too small to eat anything else. I was considering bagging some pellets and smashing them with a hammer, but this morning I remembered I have a Kitchen Aid grain...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Happy New Year! My onion seeds arrived and the seed starting mix soil is on order. I took the hinges out of my laptop today to clean and lubricate them because they were binding and it couldn't be closed up. All good now.
  17. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I tried shallower containers for onions seeds but decided to use deeper containers for starting them. Better drainage and more room for the water roots to spread out under the plants. I cut the top and bottom from a couple of cardboard coffee cans and reshaped them to make onion starting pots...
  18. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Got my onion seeds from Baker Creek today, plus a catalog from Murray McMurray chickens. Didn't know they sent out a chicken catalog.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The big zucchini I picked a couple months ago has been curing indoors. I cut it open and removed seeds from half of it. After they dry I'll do a germination test. I cooked some of the squash in the microwave, tried it with salt pepper and butter. The flavor was mild and the texture was kind of...
  20. Smokerbill

    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Grandson and I just put a nine pound spiral sliced ham into the oven, tightly wrapped in foil. We're still not sure if we'll glaze it later or just have plain ham. Not sure what the sides will be since that's not my job today. LOL My older grandson has been showing a lot of interest in cooking...
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