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Author Archives: lppaintedponys
DIY Recipes
These are natural recipe’s that have been collected by Natural Chicken Keeping and myself. Names are credited to the recipes that I copied. I will be adding other recipes as I find and utilize them myself.
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Tagged acv, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, apple cider vinegar, borax, castor oil, dakins solution, diy, ear mite solution, laundry soap, making ointment, nu-stock, olive oil, pine tar, recipes, salve, wheatgerm oil, white-wash
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Info about Sprouted Oats (for birds & other livestock)
I have been studying ways to feed the chickens and even the other livestock animals that we have. Here is some info (written many years ago) that is available regarding Sprouting Oats (or feeding Fodder as it is now called).
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Tagged Chickens, feeding cickens, fodder, oats, sprouting oats, sprouting seeds
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Pros & Cons of Hoop Coops – 2
2nd portion – showing how I did some blocking of the sides/back of the hoop coop to protect some bantams.
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Tagged bantam chickens, cardboard, hoop coops, recycled haystring
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Pros & Cons of Hoop Coops
I wrote this up in response to a ? posted in Backyard Chickens.
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Tagged backyard chickens, cardboard, cattle panels, chicken wire, combo panels, feed shed, hardware cloth, hoop coop, pallets, pony wall, recycle, recycled haystring, reuse, tarp
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DLM – 3
another post by myself to the original post on DLM with ducks.
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Tagged breaking down materials, composting in run, deep litter method, dlm, leaves, pine flake bedding, pine straw, sawdust, shredded paper
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DLM – 2
Here is a continuation of my thoughts with pictures of our hoop coop floors. I posted this originally in Backyard Chickens.
Posted in Chickens, Ducks, Livestock, News
Tagged breaking down materials, composting in run, deep litter method, dlm, leaves, pine flake bedding, pine straw, sawdust, shredded paper
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DLM
A post to Backyard Chickens regarding my take on DLM.
Posted in Chickens, Ducks, Livestock, News
Tagged breaking down materials, composting in run, deep litter method, dlm, leaves, pine flake bedding, pine straw, sawdust, shredded paper
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Horse Dentists
My response to a post by Marsha on Miniature Horse Talk (forum thru Little Beginnings).
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Shetlands – Trail Companions?
Here’s another post from me with my thoughts. Original post is by Golden Tree in WA state.
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