Have my girls on purina as supplement to free range, and fresh fruit and veggie scraps. I found out one of my local feed store carries an organic feed that's soy free and made locally. Any opinions on how much difference the organic makes, also as far as nutrition??? Thinking about changing...
I have one chicken that gets constantly pecked, (to the point of bleeding) by the other girls. We moved her to a tractor with a new friend for about six months and she /they did fine. We had to get rid of the tractor, and put her back in then main coop. She has been back in there for about 3...
I have one chicken that constantly gets pecked (to the point of bleeding) by the other girls. We moved her too a tractor with a new friend for about six months. Now we have gotten rid of the tractor and moved her back in to the main coop. And the other girls are right back to picking on her...
We have two Americauna pullets, they are about 4 months old. They wont come out of the next box except to eat and drink. I think they got scared from when our two barred rocks turned out to be roosters and picked on them relentlessly. We got rid of barred rock roos, but they are still afraid...
We would like to let our girls free range, but worry about predators. They get lots of table scraps, veggies, fruits, etc. How do we get the yolks a rich orange color without free range? What is it that they get from the yard that does that? Protien from bugs, grass? I give them grass...