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Thanks Fred! I switched them from crumble to pellets and I think the chicks may still be too young so I'm mixing it with a crumble. But I like the idea to not feed any extra calcium if it isn't needed.

There was talk earlier about feeding an all flock feed instead of a layer feed because there is no need for all the extra calcium. So I took your (not sure who's) (FRED I THINK) Advice and now am feeding them 18% all flock feed. I always offered oyster shell anyhow but now I make sure I have a...

I have these and they are awful!! I thought ohhhh boy how neat this would be but no such luck the Inside of the plastic egg leaked in water and so you had half wet eggs that were squirting out the seems. Also these tiny little "Eggies" have like 4 tiny pieces per plastic egg. I was a mad mad...

I BROKE MY BROODY!!! I'm super excited. I don't need her having the ideas and running off and coming back with babies lol. I have enough mouths to feed :) I just keep her in a cage in a spate area with the youngsters and by today at 2 I let her out and she didn't even try to go into the nest...

I have tried hosing her down with some cold water but I didn't dunk her head first r anything. Her silly butt went right back to being broody.

I agree! People are way too careful these days! You need to be exposed to germs to build immunity to viruses. Anytime someone comes over to see the chickens they act like they are going to leave my house with bird flu or salmonella and it makes me want to scream! These chickens have the life...

Hey OTs it's me again!! I'm having a heck of a hard time trying to break a broody hen! She is a 9 month old golden comet and she is showing all the signs. I I'll her off the nest and put her in with the teenagers and she finds seem way to get back over there. So I made her a seperate cage inside...

That's awesome! My chickens better start catching mice cause when they do the harvest we will be overrun with them!

Dangit information overload!!!! I have been following this thread but haven't been taking notes now I don't know where certain information is.....noooooo this needs to be converted into a book so I can highlit certain things I know I need to deal with in my flock ASAP! Thanks everyone for...

Thanks for the answer. He tries really hard but these girls are just so darn mean :P. Also the girls are not a year old yet but there are 40 hens and only one rooster all this time. So I noticed the older rooster would have his few girls and he never even bothered with the others. So I think...

I looked into that and the only breeder nearby (45 mins away) hatches silkies. So that's out. You wouldn't believe how few people around here sell chicks. I have looked into hatching eggs but I must find an incubator first and then I will need to learn how to hatch eggs lol. I would prefer to...

I'm wondering.....my flock is fairly new and I'm a 9 month in chicken owner. So my question is this. I bought my chickens from hatcheries because hey I didn't know any better at the time. So now I know from all the wise chicken raisers that this isn't a good choice because of the mass...

I'm a newbie and appreciate your straightforwardness. My young roo is a hatchery bird so he isn't the smartest but he is learning and he could be worse. BUT he can't be too smart because he mounted a poor hens face Hahahahahahahhahahhaa:lol: Just a little laugh for ya. But the only feather as I...

Oh heck the boys can take it. I'm sure they have been hearing us hens gripe for years... :P.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAA uh oh that's gonna start up some debate. Ha ha ha I can't wait for the following comments :D

I kept him out of all the others because he was timid to the older gals and also because he didn't try to challenge my tophat rooster who was the only one I had with 40 older gals lol. But I gotta say he is a slow learner dang....l :lol: So the fact that some of my gals have a halo of feathers...

I'm no OT but I have a 6 month old EE roo and boy he is NOT good at the mating thing. He is ripping feathers out of their necks and man he is getting beat up by my year old girls. I'm not sure when he is gonna learn what to do but I hope it's soon. Good grief. These poor girls look awful. Also...

So u think as long as I switch out my feed I will be fine to mix these folks lol? I feel like the chicks need more room and hate having them in a kennel.

Fred do u think I can mix them now if I switch to grower food for all the chickens in that coop? Or should I just keep the 2 monthers away alltogether and continue feeding them the chick feed?

Ok I have a question. I have about 20 two month old chicks. They have beeb seperated from both my other coops by fencing so they have seen everyone for a month. Can I mix them in with my bantams and tophats now? I let them out today to run around with them and they are doing just fine so my only...