ShianRainDrop
Chirping
Hello. I did a search for my question but didn't find what I was looking for. This is my first post outside of my intro post so please move or delete this if I am posting in the wrong place, or if I am asking something that has already been answered despite me not being able to find that answer.
I have 9 chics ranging from 1.5 weeks old, to 2.5 weeks old. They are currently getting chic starter feed but I'm curious about the two things in my topic title.
1st, I'm getting ready to place an order for a 50lb bag of adult layer feed (guessing I'll probably have to buy way more than that once they get full grown), so I can go ahead and mix in a canister of the pelleted top dress poultry booster to be ready for them to eat. I've been using whatever they have at Tractor Supply (something that starts with a D), but do you guys/gals know of a 50lb bag of something I can get from Amazon or elsewhere that may be better? Since I have so few chickie babies, I don't mind spending a little more since they won't go through it as fast as if I had 20+ chicks.
2nd, when do I start going to adult layer feed for the little ones?
Oh, and another question, how do you folks store your food? I am thinking about buying some sort of bin that will store 50-100lbs of food so I don't have to worry about running out too soon.
Ohhh, and also, maybe I should have said I have many questions because now more are popping up. My apologies for my ignorance of chickens. I've been watching videos for months and thought I knew most things but I'm always coming up with more questions. LOL!
What is the difference in chicken scratch mix and laying feed? Should I be giving one or the other, or maybe mixing? Or is scratch mix something to throw out in the run for them each day to go after and eat? I live in a sandy climate so I'm pretty sure they will tear up most of the grass fairly quickly so they'll be living on sand. Thankfully it has great drainage so mud shouldn't be a problem.
So sorry for all of my noob chicken mommy questions. Just coming up with more and more as I see my little babies growing and one day being ready to go to the mansion coop I built them. Jeez, I went OVERKILL with the coop I think. I have pictures here if you are curious to see the mansion. I can't believe I went that complicated on it now that I know that it didn't need to be as such. #facepalm. These aren't even updated. The whole coop is closed in right now and all I have to do is finish details... and the run. Ooof on the run. It's going to be big. shorturl.at/cuvWZ To see the pictures, just double click on the first one and you can scroll through from there. <3
Thank you so much for your feedback and sorry this ended up so long. I type a lot and have the attention span of a peanut. Hahaha!
I have 9 chics ranging from 1.5 weeks old, to 2.5 weeks old. They are currently getting chic starter feed but I'm curious about the two things in my topic title.
1st, I'm getting ready to place an order for a 50lb bag of adult layer feed (guessing I'll probably have to buy way more than that once they get full grown), so I can go ahead and mix in a canister of the pelleted top dress poultry booster to be ready for them to eat. I've been using whatever they have at Tractor Supply (something that starts with a D), but do you guys/gals know of a 50lb bag of something I can get from Amazon or elsewhere that may be better? Since I have so few chickie babies, I don't mind spending a little more since they won't go through it as fast as if I had 20+ chicks.
2nd, when do I start going to adult layer feed for the little ones?
Oh, and another question, how do you folks store your food? I am thinking about buying some sort of bin that will store 50-100lbs of food so I don't have to worry about running out too soon.
Ohhh, and also, maybe I should have said I have many questions because now more are popping up. My apologies for my ignorance of chickens. I've been watching videos for months and thought I knew most things but I'm always coming up with more questions. LOL!
What is the difference in chicken scratch mix and laying feed? Should I be giving one or the other, or maybe mixing? Or is scratch mix something to throw out in the run for them each day to go after and eat? I live in a sandy climate so I'm pretty sure they will tear up most of the grass fairly quickly so they'll be living on sand. Thankfully it has great drainage so mud shouldn't be a problem.
So sorry for all of my noob chicken mommy questions. Just coming up with more and more as I see my little babies growing and one day being ready to go to the mansion coop I built them. Jeez, I went OVERKILL with the coop I think. I have pictures here if you are curious to see the mansion. I can't believe I went that complicated on it now that I know that it didn't need to be as such. #facepalm. These aren't even updated. The whole coop is closed in right now and all I have to do is finish details... and the run. Ooof on the run. It's going to be big. shorturl.at/cuvWZ To see the pictures, just double click on the first one and you can scroll through from there. <3
Thank you so much for your feedback and sorry this ended up so long. I type a lot and have the attention span of a peanut. Hahaha!
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