Search Results for: label/poultry/2011/04/making-it

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Hen Pecked in Missoula

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Animals, Chickens
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...Apologies, for the poultry fixation this past month, but we had to link to this story. It seems Missoula Montana is currently in the midst of a urban chicken controversy. New West Network’s Anne Medley and Jonathan Stumpf profile the dust-up in this video....

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052 Listener Feedback and So Much More

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Podcasts
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...Fork Radio Podcast’s love letter to toilet augers, listen to a comment on poultry health, debrief on Kelly’s sewing projects and go off on a rant about Erik’s plantar fasciitis problem. During the podcast we mention: The Idler and Tom Hodgkinson’s book How to Be Idle: A Loafer’s Manifesto The band Calexico (you can download a free song and see a concert on their website). Hencam.com Architectural Graphics Standards Barefoot Ken Bob If you want to...

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More Araucana Egg Colors

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Animals, Chickens
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...Still got the flu, so another short post today. We got another beautiful Araucana egg this morning. For those who like to be precise about your Araucana egg colors, we present the chart above, painstakingly crafted by British poultry enthusiast Frank Decmar and available on ebay....

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Your Thoughts on Treadle Feeders?

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Animals, Chickens
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...seases such as virulent forms of salmonella. One of the suggestions at the poultry seminar I attended last week was using treadle feeders. Think of it as a Skinner box for chickens. Chickens walk up to the feeder, step on a treadle, and feed is dispensed. It beats having to wake up at five in the morning to put out food in a conventional feeder. You have to teach your chickens how to use a treadle feeder. One of the veterinarians suggested putting...

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Everything Must Go Part II: Books

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Cleaning, Domesticus, Tidying up
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...at I had gotten rid of The Food Journal of Lewis & Clark that he had gifted to me over the holidays. A lot of the books that I purged can only be described as 90s geek-boy paranoia. If you’d like some of those 90s books plus a few outdated poultry care books, get thee to the Edendale library book sale on Wednesday. That’s assuming our local hipsters haven’t scooped up all my books in a fit of 90s nostalgia. Have you done or are you considering a b...

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