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I'm most likely going to keep my sweet herbs, and switch out to a crumble/pellet feed. I do have some fake eggs and I've tried using them and not using them. I'll put a couple back in the nesting boxes and take out one of the wooden box dividers and see if anything changes. I'll get some...

I think that is what I did, just trade out their regular food for the wet stuff. Probably I just plopped it on top. Then it sat there for a few days until I threw it out. Ick. I think I will do that. Mile Four has both the crumbles and pellets so maybe I'll just switch to theirs for the...

I do prefer the crumbles or pellets, actually, but yes, I've been giving them the mix with separate grains and seaweed powder, etc. I did try the wet mash version a couple times and they looked up at me like I was poisoning them, then walked away. I will need to slowly introduce it, I'm sure...

Oh man, NO treats can be "enough"? Argh! Just kidding, I'm sure I'm projecting my desire for chocolate cake onto my hens. But I'm certainly willing to give it a try. I never sought out being a chicken mom but once we adopted them I was/am loving it. When they've been out free ranging...

No herbs in the boxes? Aw, that seemed like so much fun. But of course, it's probably not necessary, I just like it! Ha! But I'll try. I feed them Mile Four layer feed, which I believe is a very good all around feed. I may try the no treats route for awhile, as something needs to change...

Thanks, SandyRiverChick, I think I must be giving treats too often, so I'll just cut back on it. Also, these treat cakes aren't suet, they're just a variety of seeds and meal worms pressed into a cake shape. (These are made by Happy Hen, in case you haven't seen them. The chickens go crazy...

Hello y'all, just checking in with everyone, updating some of my chicken's behavior. First, we had a death in the family, my beautiful black hen was killed by something we never saw or identified, we just found her limp body in the run. The other 3 hens were acting really undone, like they'd...

Hello all you backyard chicken people! My family and I live in the Olympia/Lacey Washington area. We inherited four chickens from a neighbor who liked the idea of raising chickens but soon realized it wasn't for them after all so we adopted them. We never thought we'd raise chickens but we...