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someone told me of using moth balls around your chicken coop... I haven't tried it since I never had a predator until last night when one of my chicken was brutally murdered and had her head bitten off... fortunately my rooster protected the other hens from the same fate... not sure if it was a...

2/21/2014 8:00pm

HI ALL THIS IS THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE I SAW ABOUT CAYENNE... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/292179/want-a-tip-that-will-make-your-hens-lay-like-its-spring-in-the-winter THEY TALK ABOUT HOW IT INCREASES THE METABOLISM OF HENS AND ALSO JUMPSTARTS EGG LAYING FOR HENS THAT ARE 2 YEARS...

CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF CAYENNE PEPPER WOULD STILL WORK WITH NO ADDED LIGHTS IN THE WINTER... MANY THANX

HI I HEARD ABOUT CAYENNE PEPPERS WORKING DURING WINTER TIME FOR EGG PRODUCTION BUT WOULD IT ALSO WORK WITH NO LIGHT SUPPLEMENT... IN COLORADO SUNRISE IS 7AM AND GET DARK AT 5:30ISH IN NOVEMBER... THANX FOR ANY INPUT

I WAS THINKING OF RAISING SOME MEAT BIRDS BUT MAYBE ILL ORDER THEM IN AUGUST SINCE IT'S TOO HOT HERE IN COLORADO. DOES ANYONE FERMENT THEIR FEEDS? I HAD SOME EARLIER WHICH WAS MY FIRST TIME AND A COUPLE DIED SINCE I WAS GIVING THEM WRONG FEEDS... I HEARD IF YOU FERMENT THE SEEDS THE MEATIES...

thanx bluemouse my wheat sprouted super Xcited that it worked... ...... now waiting impatiently for my eggs

HI EVERYONE SO I BOUGHT ONE 25 LB BAG OF BRONZE CHIEF HARD RED SPRING WHEAT AND ONE 26 LB PAIL OF AUGASON FARMS HARD WHITE WHEAT IN WALMART.I READ THAT THE AUGASON FARMS HARD WHITE WHEAT WILL SPROUT SO I OPENED UP THE BRONZE CHIEF BRAND AND I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAVE USED THIS PRODUCT AND IF...

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6-9-2013 3:00pm

WHY DI YOU HAVE TO LET IT REST FOR 3 DAYS IN THE FRIG? CAN YOU PROCESS THE CHICKEN, PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AND THAW IT OUT FOR 3 DAYS OR DO YOU HAVE TO LET THE CHICKEN REST IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU POCESS IT?

IS IT TOO LATE TO TEACH THEM TREAT TRICKS WHEN THEY ARE 8 WEEKS OLD? I BROUGHT 1 OUT AND (HOPEFULLY HE) WENT TO THE NEIGHBORS YARD... ITS GETTING DARK OUT AND THERE ARE STRAY CATS OUT BUT HOPEFULLY HE COMES BACK.

I GOT 2 BATCHES OF CORNISH FROM TSC AND BOTH TIMES HALF WERE CORNISH THE OTHER HALF LEGHORNS... 1ST BATCH I GAVE LEGHORNS TO FRIEND AND THE 2ND BATCH I'M KEEPING.... ARE THESE THE SAME LEGHORNS THAT ARE THE EGG LAYER ONES?

I bought 32 Cornish from tsc but in 2 weeks you can tell half were fast eaters, doubled in weight then the other half... few weeks later half was wayyyyy fatter then the others... we concluded (hopefully correct) that half were leghorns so tsc gave us 23 Cornish chicks and again half were fast...

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED WEST SLOPE AG HAS THEIR OWN BROILER OR LAYER FEED IN 50 LB.... THEY ALSO GIVE A DISCOUNT IF YOU BRING OWN TRASHCAN FOR 100 LB... IF ANYONE ELSE HAS INFO PLEASE POST... THANX

I have about a hundred in a purina layena crumble feed and oatmeal... should I be worried that I find a couple of mealworms skins on the top eventhough I put potatoes and cantalopes on the top?

hi dmack I use the purina layena crumble but a friend of ours told me to use flock raiser because of the higher protein content... I first bought 40 of them and regardless of the space (which was pretty big) the other half didn't have as much appetite then the other half.. my friend thinks they...

hi I was wondering if there are any co-op in Colorado ( western slope) where we can get cheaper feeds... hopefully flockraiser... I saw someone post in CA that they have one and he pays only 11.50 or so... thanx for any info :)

2 of my Cornish x died 2 days ago and today one wouldn't eat so we butchered it (only a month old).. maybe its from the layena layer crumbles I feed them but I don't think I want to buy them again.... out of the 60 cornish I bought only half was growing real fast which caused a problem since...

hey guys I feed my chickens purina crumble.. even my Cornishx... should I change to flockraiser? is there a co op in Colorado.. westernslope area where I can get the prices for flockraiser under 12.00?