I let my chickens free range for a year but they decided they liked to hang out on my porch, on my stairs to the workshop and in the open garage - everything was covered in chicken poop and nobody was happy stepping in it all the time, plus my dogs found it to be a delicacy (gross) - so now they...
Can I add dried lentils to the fermenting mix? I know that you should cook them first to feed as a treat on their own, but can I add them dry to the fermenting mix without cooking them first?
One of my chickens has been awesome, laying eggs in the freezing temperatures we have been having but in the last week she dropped 2 eggs in a row overnight (twice), from the roosting post, and they were broken and frozen. Normally she lays her eggs in the nesting boxes which are all clean, so I...
Thanks - I read about the wet food and tried it with warm water on a very cold day and they didn't seem to like it. I'm going to stop with the treats. Live and learn!
I am a first time chicken owner. I've been reading about all kinds of treats you can give your chickens: cracked corn, peanuts, flax seeds, split peas, sunflower seeds, etc. and I give a handful in the morning to my 6 chickens, throw some on the ground for them to scratch at when they come to...