[–] 7 points 2 months ago

Mealworms, for chickens, get a 10lb bag if you can, few other animals will go for them and crows love them. Unsalted peanuts in the shell because they like to break them open, but other animals will go after them too.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    I'd remind them that, in the US, most senior citizens go through all their savings until they have almost nothing and the government can sometimes help them survive until they die or other family helps pay for their end of life care. Even if someone seems well off doesn't mean they will be able to support anyone else past their end of life. The US economy is set up to drain people's money. Your child will still likely need to work, especially if they want government assistance in their older years themselves (which they will need if they aren't planning on being able to make enough to support themselves).

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I'm not sure what you consider rich then, pretty sure I'm better off than most people on x but damn I'd rather have my taxes be proportional to money in (higher tax percentages for capital gains) and I'd rather they be spent on feeding children here rather than bombing children in other countries.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think of a penguin as semi flightless, i believe it's considered flightless. A chicken would be semi-flightless.

    I've had chickens explicitly enjoy being tossed and thrown so they could do a soft landing. They ran up to me over and over and once picked up either went for a cuddle or wings wide in anticipation.

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  • submitted 5 months ago by to c/hvac@lemmy.ml
     

    I'm looking for a hepa exhaust filter to put on a 6" inline duct fan to have an air filter. I need hepa or merv 13 or higher rating. I know this will slow down airflow, that's why I'm adding the inline duct fan too.

    Initially I got 6" to 8x8 register box to put an 8x8 merv13 filter in, but there's too much space around the filter and the register boxes don't fit together. I'd prefer avoiding the register if possible, I'd prefer an inline filter.

    Does anyone have suggestions for a hepa filter that could fit directly over a 6" inline duct fan?

    [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I prefer one that could hold a mattress about 16in up (with or without board under, i can get a board separate). Do you have a suggestion for one that won't Creek? The reviews for the ones I've found say many have thin metal or the joints with screws aren't well done and they warp or creek so I'm not sure what to look at

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    We are spending our money, after taxes, on things taxes should be paying for, so we are paying twice? No, because the things our taxes are being paid for are oligarchs to be richer. Why were we still paying taxes if they aren't primarily benefitting the population? We don't have a government for the people by the people. We have propaganda keeping oligarchs in power of a corporatocracy.

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    I have chickens, who create quite a bit of poop I can use to grow mushrooms, but I'm not sure how to pasteurize/sanitize it. I was thinking pressure cooker?

    I ordered some spore syringes and I'm not sure if i should get premade bags with injection ports or if I should make my own bags. It's the same cost to buy bags and a used instant pot, and I already have coco coir. Once I get some mushroom colonies going I was planning on keeping it going by breaking it up and mixing it with fresh substrate, but I don't want to keep buying pasteurized manure.

    How do people do this? I'm very new

     

    I have a lot of dry clay I have saved to reuse. Most of it is in smaller pieces, I'm working my way to making it into powder. I'm thinking of getting a rock tumbler to make small batches of powder since most of the pieces are pretty small anyway.

    Currently, i put the powder and sometimes granules into a bucket and pour white vinegar and very hot water over it, sometimes mixing immediately sometimes waiting for it to cool. I always let it rehydrate for at least a few days before drying on a plaster board.

    Currently I mix the clay by folding and flattening, as this is easier than wedging for me. I'll wedge smaller pieces, but for these larger ones I'll pop the air bubbles and smooth it out. So far it's been ok but I'll sometimes have a bubble I missed until I am nearly done shaping on the wheel.

    Does anyone have suggestions for how to decrease the air bubbles trapped from rehydrating? Would a vibrating paint mixer work?

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