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Decisions on Meat Chickens
The question of which birds we will raise for meat has been hotly debated here on the Half-Acre. Cornish X are out because of altitude restrictions. My thoughts then went to Freedom Rangers. After...
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First Rabbit Harvest
Well, it’s done. I’m exhausted, as I am writing this about an hour after the fact. After a one-month streak of weather in the 50’s and 60’s, the temperature nose-dived into the 30’s and the wind blew...
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An Unfortunate Acquisition
Well, I just reluctantly inherited five more chickens. I’ve been renting run space to our nephew for the past nine months. As of late, he has been a busy boy. What are teenagers busy with? I’m not...
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When a Boy Mans Up – Looking Back
I wrote the following piece for The Sharpened Axe last March. As posted in a recent article, I kicked my nephew, L.J. out of the coop he was renting from me. He had fallen behind on a lot of things...
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The Brooder Bin
It’s January, but I have spring fever. Last year, I found this incubator on the dump. It works. It is a little old, but I think it will hold up for a 22 day run. I’ve been thinking about...
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Spurs
- Check out our Etsy store. I recently added a few things. – MOH Mr. Feathers has become a better rooster. He now watches over his girls, makes sure that they eat and breeds with them regularly....
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Oh, No! The Cock Doth Crow!
Oh, no! The cock doth crow Into the stew pot He must go He croweth at the break of dawn He maketh messes on the lawn He struts in pride the whole day through He doth sink his spurs into you A rooster...
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A Follow Up on the Freedom Ranger Questions
I got a few replies on the last post and thought I’d give an answer. This answer is my understanding, based on knowledge I’ve gleaned from reading a few different sites. The Freedom Ranger is a hybrid...
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Running Out of Grass
We’ve done well with the rabbits this summer. It is the first year that I’ve really relied on feeding the rabbits natural materials in addition to store bought pellet feed. For example, I used to...
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Carbonaceous Diapers and Symbiotic Relationships
I picked up five new hens tonight. The couple that I got them from was nice and their coop and run were well designed. They had some sort of an Egyptian rooster that was one of the coolest birds that...
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