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Chicken Nipple Waterering Systems

Mr. Homegrown
Chickens
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s Network blogger Stephanie Dayle has instuctions for making a bucket and pipe system here. You can purchase the nipples on Amazon. And the bucket and pipe system pictured above is being sold on Amazon here (I have not tested it). Ideally all the parts should be food grade as IR17;m not a fan of PVC. Of course the zinc in the galvanized waterer is probably not so great either, so itR17;s probably another case of not letting perfection be th...

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Clicker Training Chickens

Mrs. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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s because chickens are 100% food motivated and learn fast. Also, using hens takes away the potential mind games that occur between dog and trainer. Free of that distraction, the trainer learns the correct rhythm for training. ItR17;s pure stimulus-response–reward. HereR17;s a video of a chick learning the basics. You can find others of this sort on Youtube: You might be able to find a chicken training seminar in your area, probably...

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Back on the Yogurt Train: How to Make Yogurt

Mrs. Homegrown
Fermentation, Food, Recipes
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...what I can. Lately IR17;ve realized that one consistent source of waste plastic in our kitchen comes in the form of yogurt tubs. This is a little silly, because we know how to make yogurt. In fact, I do believe we covered it in our book. Thing is, back in the day when we made yogurt, it was ErikR17;s job. When he slacked on it, I didnR17;t even consider picking it up. Chalk it up to the mysteries of division of labor in a household. An...

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The Skunk Whisperer

Mr. Homegrown
Pests
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wing the IPM approach, just like the Skunk Whisperer, I made sure the chicken coop was well fortified and I got rid of a water feature that was a nightly raccoon attractant. Our Doberman is the icing on the anti-raccoon cake. ItR17;s easy to see how preventing points of entry into our homes is one important part of fending off critters. Judging from the voluminous photos on the Skunk WhispererR17;s facebook page they focus on screening out...

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Sunday Spam: Automatic Chicken Cage

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens, Picture Sundays, Thoughtstylings
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We interrupt the usual picture Sunday feature to bring you the best and most misdirected spam email that has ever graced the Root Simple in-box: Dear Sir or Madam, Liaocheng Dongying Hengtong Metal Manufacturing Co.,Ltd here. Glad to hear that you are on the market for Automatic chicken cage. We are a professional producer of the complete sets of equipment for raising birds. At present, it is an enterprise which has the import-export license an...

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How to become the chicken coop Frank Gehry

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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HavenR17;t laid my hands on a copy yet, but it looks like author and publisher Llyod Kahn has another winner, in this case a painstaking reproduction of a turn of the century catalog The Gardeners’ and Poultry Keepers’ Guide & Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactured & Supplied by W. Cooper Ltd. Kahn says, on his blog, “It’s hard cover, linen-looking finish, foil stamped, printed on off-white paper — a book lovers’ book — t...

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Talkin’ Chicken

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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One of the Homegrown Evolution Hens taking care of our termite problem last week WeR17;re in the Los Angeles Times today “clucking” about chickens. We share mention with fellow Los Angeles urban homesteading bloggists Dakota Witzenburg and Audrey Diehl, who write Green Frieda. Witzenburg designed an amazing coop, complete with a green roof planted with succulents that you can see on Green Frieda here. In other chicken related new...

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2008 . . . a year of luxury

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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2008 began with the sort of absurd juxtaposition weR17;ve come to expect from life in Los Angeles–loading 25 pounds of chicken feed into a $70,000 Jaguar (not our car for those keeping score). It was all part of a combination run to the feed store for chicken supplies and trip to the Getty Villa to scope out their Roman herb garden and ancient tchatzhahs. The reason to hit the feed store was a return of schoolyard bully behavior from ou...

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Poultry Outlaws: Chicken Laws Around the U.S.

Mr. Homegrown
Animals, Chickens
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snappy vélocouture). Considering how loud our perfectly legal Doberman is compared to the hens, these laws are ridiculous. YouR17;ve gotta fight the Man if you want this–backyard eggs with homegrown Swiss chard and Italian parsley served on home-baked wild yeast bread:Reviewing the laws, itR17;s obvious that the Man wants us to shop in his crappy supermarkets....

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