You have to get this perfectly level for the water to work and then sometime it still leaks. You have to monkey around with for it to work.
The handle is welded cheaply and busted off...
Leghorns are great egg laying chickens. They are friendly to other Leghorns and can easily fly. The only problems is that they are bad in the pecking order and they can make a mess of the yard....
I will start by saying that I love Australorps. In fact, my very favorite hen is an Australorp. She is such a sweet chicken and just let's you walk right up to her to pick her up. She doesn't run...
seem like a good breed, if i had the room i would probably raise a batch of them they seem like they would be a good 4h starter show bird...considering i dont see many of this breed in my class...
its a feed scooper it cant be perfect but over all when every thing is said an done i love mine its great its starting to show a little wear an tear but its to be expected i have had it for 4...
I would like to start offering them other foods. I gave them eggs last week but it resulted in some loose stool. So I was wondering when would be a better time to start trying to give them new things, and what things should I start with?
I don't offer any other foods until 4 weeks. And, I start with very finely cut fresh grasses with a shoe box of nice clean sand for them at the same time. After they start to eat this and their poop is ok I give them oatmeal and yogurt.
La Donna 1 husband, 1 son 23, 2 Whelsh springer spaniels, 60+ chickens addicted to gardening, education specialist
I don't feed them anything other than chick starter until they're at laying age. Then I switch to layer feed and at that point I start to give scratch, breads, a few table scraps, greens, etc. I've always been afraid to mess with their diets prior to laying age.
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Breeding Large Fowl Single and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds to APA Standard
"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares." –
NPIP # 31-516 Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities http://sppa.webs.com/
Breeding Large Fowl Single and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds to APA Standard
"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares." –