Eggy question
Apr 3rd 2014, 12:34 pm
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Re: Eggy question
You buy an automatic chicken feeder. 
Will this work?
I like the DIY one for shorter periods. The $100 machine could feed the chicks for months & months, the manual says--I don't think we'd ever be away that long, but it's good to know it's possible.
Still might need a chicken-minder to check that they're alive (and collect the eggs?), but that perhaps would be easy for a neighbor or local teen to do....
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Apr 3rd 2014, 2:13 pm
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Re: Eggy question
mass produced eggs are yukky here, we had our own chickens in AK and the eggs were wonderful.
We have a coop ready and a couple dozen chicks on order some fancy (Laced Polish and Cochins) some for eggs (New Hampshire Reds and Rhode Island Reds) 4 ducks and 4 turkeys.
We have a coop ready and a couple dozen chicks on order some fancy (Laced Polish and Cochins) some for eggs (New Hampshire Reds and Rhode Island Reds) 4 ducks and 4 turkeys.
Apr 3rd 2014, 4:10 pm
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Re: Eggy question
a) ponder random questions
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Oh and whilst im at it cant get me any decent bread but that's a whole other thread!!
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Apr 3rd 2014, 4:15 pm
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Re: Eggy question
ahh lovely - I now want chicken tho in a teeny tiny apartment I guess it wont be any time soon
Apr 3rd 2014, 5:05 pm
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Re: Eggy question
Both of these are brilliant solutions, thanks!
I like the DIY one for shorter periods. The $100 machine could feed the chicks for months & months, the manual says--I don't think we'd ever be away that long, but it's good to know it's possible.
Still might need a chicken-minder to check that they're alive (and collect the eggs?), but that perhaps would be easy for a neighbor or local teen to do....
I like the DIY one for shorter periods. The $100 machine could feed the chicks for months & months, the manual says--I don't think we'd ever be away that long, but it's good to know it's possible.
Still might need a chicken-minder to check that they're alive (and collect the eggs?), but that perhaps would be easy for a neighbor or local teen to do....
To feed them for a few days a standard feeder is fine they will hold enough feed depending on how many chickens you have of course.
Apr 3rd 2014, 8:38 pm
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Re: Eggy question
I'm sure I saw a BBC or C4 programme recently called The Truth about Taste in which a few people were trying to reproduce seeds from the past as apparently tomatoes, and I dare say a lot of other stuff as well, no longer taste like they used to. I can well believe that the goodness and taste is bred out of current crops so they uniformly look and taste the same!
