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Scratch & Peck makes whole grain feeds without corn that are supplemented with vitamins & such. the website mentions how to incorporate the "leftovers" into a moist mash. Ive seen several posts raving Scratch & Peck feeds. Im just wondering if others chickens actually consume the additives...

We have recently moved and need to switch feed brand for our flock of Dutch bantams. In the past they were on mazuri gamebird breeder or maintenance feed. All the vitamins were baked into the small kibbles. The birds ate well on it and kept them in great condition. We moved to Washington...

Were moving to Port Angeles area in WA

We are moving from WI to Wa late this summer and taking some of our Dutch bantams with us. Gotta still have chickens but 12 is the maximum making the move. Were going to need a new coop and looking to pick your brains about what you like or don't like in your coops. Right now we have all our...

We are moving later this summer to the Olympic Peninsula area in NW Washington. We are cutting WAY back on chickens and taking only about 10 of our Dutch bantams with us. We don't need a coop to tolerate sub zero winters anymore but still want a coop that is insulated with good ventilation...

Hubby built a new brooder last year, it has worked out great. We have it in a hallway just off the kitchen and we can veiw the chicks from the living room too. When I gave my requests for what I wanted ina new brooder he thought I was nuts having the clear plastic sides, the chicks love it! The...

We have been fairy happy with nipple waterers in our breeding groups and want to add them to the brooder box. Looking for your ideas for nipple water system for chicks. We have a 6.5' x 3' brooder.We usually divide it in half as we hatch out about 70 to 100 chicks in staggered hatches. The...

Several of our runs are rocky and I am thinking of adding a thick layer of sand on top of the ground. The coops are inside a old dairy barn. The ground where the runs are built is on a rock base, some soil, some larger rocks mostly burried in the ground and little rocks that just poop up from...

What age of chicken would a judge consider to be too young for showmanship? My daughter is starting a pullet to use as her main showmanship bird, The Serama hen she has used for several years is getting older and showing age. The pullet would be 4 months old and would only be used for...

Check the bath water and sink or whatever you soak him in for mite evidence. Tiny black specs, mites or mite poops. Also if you feel scabby type area on his belly-bottom area it probably is from mites. 2 of our boys had mites bad before we realized it, they lost feathers around the vent and...

One of my 11 year old daughters hens needs to be culled, she knows it needs to be done but wants to have it done in the most humane way. Snap the neck, ax, ideas please

It's disapointing how little activity there is for Dutch on the forum. They are great little birds. I will have to post some pictures of my daughters Dutch and chicks, they are very cute and sweet.

We have nipple jugs in our cops, love them. Started with 1 gallon Apple juice jugs as a trial, hubby is going to build pvc pipe system with heated water reservior for our winters. Just moved 3 & 4 week chicks out of the house brooder to a coop broader. It literally took them two minutes to...

Our oldests chicks, 3 to 6 weeks, are living in a "brooder" coop in the barn. Toasty warm and very bright with lots of room, they love it. It has been very warm and the side of our stone barn was covered with box elder beetles. I thought, wow, they snapped up the 2 beetles that were crawling on...

Share away! Be prepared for feeding frenzy once they know what they are. My 11 year old daughter got a sprout kit for Christmas for her chickens, the chicks love them even more than the adults. She has bantams and starts giving the treats about 2 weeks of age. The love them, she feeds the little...