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brooder

Feb 18, 2009 20:29

baby chicks need to stay really warm, 24 hours, for a couple weeks. most folks buy elaborate electric brooders for this purpose.

the single best way to raise a chick, though, seems to be with a good mothering hen. they do the right temp automatically, for free. but for larger batches, some kinda brooder helps. the amish use a box rigged up ( Read more... )

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qamar February 19 2009, 02:38:49 UTC

Oooh, thanks for the castor oil link. That's very interesting.

west_ February 19 2009, 13:26:37 UTC

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10613232?dopt=abstractplus

skyethebard February 19 2009, 04:31:02 UTC

Thanks for the tip.

I started going w/o shampoo over three weeks ago and my hair is very happy. I use baking soda and water on my scalp a couple of times a week and I did once use Dr Bronner's after a night out in a smoky place. Otherwise...I just rinse my hair out every other day when I shower. I intend to use watered-down apple cider vinegar (w/ a vanilla bean in the bottle to make it smell good) if my hair starts to look dull, but so far things are good.

west_ February 19 2009, 13:23:50 UTC

i hear for long hair you put it in, leave it a little then rinse. mine's short, i just put a tiny dab in and leave it, like once a week. :)

mysterybabalon February 19 2009, 17:33:35 UTC

I've been shampoo-free and using a BS wash & ACV rinse for over a year now, and I love it.

And I use equal parts castor oil to olive oil with a little tea tree and evening primrose oils to clean my face using the OCM :
http://community.livejournal.com/naturalliving/437205.html
It feels *great*.

west_ February 19 2009, 17:59:13 UTC

what a great link! gracias. and welcome back east!

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sienna_leaf February 19 2009, 14:27:39 UTC

Ah, so you can make a frame and put the sprouts above the brooding area so the rising heat makes the seeds happy?

Do you put any essential oils in the castor oil?

west_ February 19 2009, 17:57:43 UTC

oh, that's a great idea.

no, nothing in the oil...

gigglingwizard February 19 2009, 15:29:44 UTC

If you make this kind of brooder, could you take pictures? It sounds like it'd work fine for a few days or for a slow-growing breed, but you'd need a pretty big box to keep broiler chicks in for a couple weeks.

west_ February 19 2009, 18:00:15 UTC

there's a pic in here:
http://www.amazon.com/Handy-Farm-Devices-Make-Them/dp/1599213257/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235066380&sr=8-2

uberrod February 20 2009, 13:49:55 UTC

For baby chicks you could also just use a microwave.

Like everyone else.

:)