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i have a question i have some leghorn chicks that are a week old today(the 3rd) and when their 2 weeks old i should have 10 ducklings arriving from Metzer Farms and i dont like brooding chicks and ducks together so i was wondering since by the time the ducks get here the chicks will only need...

ok thanks...like said am getting the feed the 6th i think and will be ordering that bag of diamond v the 5th so it should be just a couple days before the DV arrives but just wanted something in the feed even though the hog mix may not have everything need but it'd hopefully be enough till the...

am planning on getting the feed this weekend...would it be ok to do the hog mix so it it has some vitamins and minerals added and then add the Diamond V once it arrives by just sprinkling it on top of the feed when put it in feeders? and should i do 5lb or 10lb if i add the hog mix?

my state rep got back to me and said to contact a company in MO(i'm in KS) for ordering small amount and that company should ship the stuff anywhere i want it. and i'll call the mill but i have no ma and pa type feed store only an Orschlens and if the mill is like the other i've called about...

i sent my sate rep an email asking about getting a bag of the diamond v so will see what happens

Just called the co-op that I was looking at for the feed and they said they have a hog mix mineral thing that has lysine, selenium, vitamins A,D and E and something else I don't remember he said he could add 10 lb of this stuff to the mix to make it more balanced would it be better if the stuff...

ok thanks for telling me such things....i had no i dea really....a friend geting feed this way buy with layer crumbles instead of grower and less layer. was just wanting a cheaper feed option while i had extra mouths to feed and once i had no extra mouths(extra mouths are chicks i'm raising...

i have thought of getting mix and the local mill only does 500lbs...in that 500lbs theres 2 50lb bags of 28% grower crumble, 50lb soy meal, and 175lb each of corn and milo and the place said this mix would be between 16.5 and 17% protein....i was thinking og haveing them do 3 bags of the grower...

youd only need sperate if you keep water inside you chicken coop...ducks make a mess with water and shouldnt have water in the coop for that reason just water out in the run. if you only have water outside in their run or your yard then housing them together is fine...mine share a coop a do...

anyone have any experience with the golden 300 hybrid layer from Metzers? wanting some but would like to know what their like

i dont know of their pilgrims but i have 9 toulouse from Metzers and am pretty happy with them so far

odd question maybe but are goose eggs rough or smooth?

they did...soon as i set them down they almost immediately started eating grass

my goslings went outside for the first time today and they loved it

took my 6 day old babies out for the first time today...