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I want eggs but I also like the idea of not being dependent on a food source in case some emergency situation erupted. Plus I REALLY like knowing what's in my food. I more or less want something so that if I couldn't get to a feed store or they weren't available, I would be able to still raise...

I used a cloths pin today and that seemed to help so ill have to invest in a suet! sustainable as in the chickens poop, poop goes in compost, compost goes in garden, garden feeds chickens....so that I'm not dependent on an outside source of food....does that explain it? Lol

My chickens free range on most days so they get lots of goodies from the yard. I didn't know that about the feed though! I live in a pretty small town so I may have to order online!

@stake I actually read through your thread before posting to see if there was something I could learn...you are right they are very fickle and I will just have to work with them I guess :/ I just don't want them to starve! @eggcessive I will try to remember to cut the leaves up...it's just so...

They are supposed to start laying this month. I don't know how old that makes them since we got them as pullets. Well I've also tried shredded carrots, apple, pineapple, raisins, popcorn....basically anything left over that we don't eat...they just thing it's foreign and don't eat it! I just...

I've been trying to figure out a way to be more sustainable in my chicken farming and have read about ground cover but how to you train a chicken to eat REAL food? I'll put kale or spinach out in the coop and they won't touch it! Any ideas?

thank you so much! she's already starting to do much better! this is my first go at having hens and i'm afraid i'll kill them lol hopefully she'll be back out by the weekend! just in time for the next snow to blow through :/

So while moving the tractor this morning all of my girls moved but Lavender and now I think she has injured her leg...I've separated her from the rest of the hens (she's actually inside because its so cold and I thought moving her in might make her feel better), given her food and water. she...