What are you feeding them ?
I would suggest something that is differrent that is not (as we say) politically correct ......... i have found this to really produce the eggs and keep your birds healthy , robust and give them a longer happier life !!! That is by feeding a very good "chick start & grow" from the start till they are old and gray .... making sure it has animal and/or fish protein & fat ................. and that it is made with good whole grain and seeds (of course it will be ground)peanut meal would be great. .
We don't want a lot of alfalfa meal in it( just a SMAll amount) don't need a lot of soybean meal and no need of ground cardboard like some of the popular ones contain (you can see it in the feed) iiiit does not have a feed/grain/supplement smell .
I'm lucky that i have a local feed meal that makes this good kind of feed (Harrel Milling Company=south AAlabama)
You can feed this in a wet mix also not wetting more than you need .
I feed the start&grow one day(you could feed it every day if you wanted)
the second day i feed a mixture of whole grains & seeds along with boiled beef liver & hearts or inexpensive groundbeef (chickens are crazy about it)
i use oats , wheat , corn (these are easy to get in our area-if you have other grains then use them), peas i use because i have them for my pigeon mix) also i use black oil sunflower seeds(BOSS) , also small amt of sunflower hearts , small amt of safflower seeds , peanuts(ok if broken pieces) , small amt of flax seeds , millet-canary seeds, and one could use a BIT OF quaLITY DOG FOOD inn thismix (please forgive me i have parkinsons and it is taking its toll on me) dog food that has Meat meal , lamb meal, pork meal as first ingredient ( iuse one that is 24% Protein & 20% Fat) fat is as important as protein . You want it with NO Soybeans ,
It would be OK if one wanted to feed this everyday...........
but i like to rotate the two day after day
hope this helps
shannon
I would suggest something that is differrent that is not (as we say) politically correct ......... i have found this to really produce the eggs and keep your birds healthy , robust and give them a longer happier life !!! That is by feeding a very good "chick start & grow" from the start till they are old and gray .... making sure it has animal and/or fish protein & fat ................. and that it is made with good whole grain and seeds (of course it will be ground)peanut meal would be great. .
We don't want a lot of alfalfa meal in it( just a SMAll amount) don't need a lot of soybean meal and no need of ground cardboard like some of the popular ones contain (you can see it in the feed) iiiit does not have a feed/grain/supplement smell .
I'm lucky that i have a local feed meal that makes this good kind of feed (Harrel Milling Company=south AAlabama)
You can feed this in a wet mix also not wetting more than you need .
I feed the start&grow one day(you could feed it every day if you wanted)
the second day i feed a mixture of whole grains & seeds along with boiled beef liver & hearts or inexpensive groundbeef (chickens are crazy about it)
i use oats , wheat , corn (these are easy to get in our area-if you have other grains then use them), peas i use because i have them for my pigeon mix) also i use black oil sunflower seeds(BOSS) , also small amt of sunflower hearts , small amt of safflower seeds , peanuts(ok if broken pieces) , small amt of flax seeds , millet-canary seeds, and one could use a BIT OF quaLITY DOG FOOD inn thismix (please forgive me i have parkinsons and it is taking its toll on me) dog food that has Meat meal , lamb meal, pork meal as first ingredient ( iuse one that is 24% Protein & 20% Fat) fat is as important as protein . You want it with NO Soybeans ,
It would be OK if one wanted to feed this everyday...........
but i like to rotate the two day after day
hope this helps
shannon
so..My leghorns have yet to lay eggs, and they are 18 weeks. They have been sitting on the nests where the other chickenshave been laying for about 2 hours now. I collected the others eggs already. could they be going broody at 18 weeks? or getting ready to lay? we have 2 nests.
shes sitting on the nest in the back...got photobombed.
