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		<title>What sun? What solar?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I read back through some of my chicken stuff I previously posted and I must look into that solar waterer I mentioned.  This is the second winter with the chickens and this winter it is mighty cold out there for Texas.  I really like that solar waterer, but what if the sun just isn&#8217;t shining?  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpacatex2008.wordpress.com&blog=3060327&post=778&subd=alpacatex2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was looking for information on shows where textiles and fibers like alpaca are shown and sold, within driving distance for us.   I would really like to start attending and learning more about the textile industry. I am not a knitter, weaver or spinner, but my dad handcrafted for me a pretty and traditional, and functional, spinning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpacatex2008.wordpress.com&blog=3060327&post=769&subd=alpacatex2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year with alpacas and chickens in Texas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just went out at 11:30 p.m. and closed up the chickens for the night. A little later than I should, but it&#8217;s been cold and rainy and hard to get motivated to go out.  But I saw a skunk scurry across my path and probably was looking for a chicken dinner so I may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alpacatex2008.wordpress.com&blog=3060327&post=766&subd=alpacatex2008&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Composting chicken litter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also, today in the ATTRA newsletter was a question about composting chicken litter.  Here is the link.
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		<title>Safe Egg cleaning and handling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lots of different informative email subscriptions I signed up for.  This informative small scale egg handling booklet is from ATTRA; you can subscribe to a free email subscription too.
Here is the free egg handling booklet in PDF format:
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/egghandling.pdf



 
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