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Trying something new

Ryan Kraeger

A new batch of chicks is coming this week, and we are going to try something new with it.

We are going to keep the chick brooder in the chicken coop. There are two reasons for this. One is so that the new chicks and the old chicks will get used to the sight, sound and smell of each other before they are mixed, hopefully to reduce pecking and fighting. The other is so that we only have to feed chicks in one place at a time, instead of in two separate locations.

The down side is that the brooder is going to be a tempting place for the old chicks to roost, and they will poop on their little sisters.

Oh well, you win some you lose some. We’ll let you know how this works out.

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Published by Ryan Kraeger

"I only remember the very first part of the book where he described the man of steel and velvet and I remember the deep chord that phrase struck. I remember the image I had of a hand of living steel wearing a velvet glove, a hand that could crush or caress, strike a killing blow or wipe away tears, lift mountains or cradle an infant. The rest of the book was an afterthought." From an essay about Aubrey Andelin's "Man of Steel and Velvet".

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