Thank you! They were tossing a whole case of non-flavored oatmeal at my job & I took it hoping our babies could eat it. But before I just tossed it out to them, I wanted to insure their safety. Was wondering if it was anything like uncooked rice. Was worried about swelling. We are in sunny...
I have a case of instant oatmeal & I wanted to know if feeding it to my chickens is safe. I've read some other posts about this, but I'm still not sure. Can it be given straight out of the package or should it be cooked 1st? The other posts mentioned oatmeal from the feed store, but what I...
We have 4 Leghorns & they are about 4mths old. Today, my daughter found our 1st egg. It was cracked & she said our hen, Butters had pecked at it til it broke. It was slightly soft, but well formed. A few hours later, she found another egg, but it was half the size of the 1st one, tan in color...
Thank you so much! We are new to raising chickens & I had no idea roosters could look so amazing. We tried changing his name to Freddy, but my daughter won't have it. In her mind he'll always be a girl & always be called, "Queenie". LOL
This is one of my in-law's chickens (foreground) & none of us is sure what it is or if it's a rooster or a hen. It's about 2-3 mths old. (Sorry for the poor pics.) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you SO much for clarifying! I had seen pics of them on the web & was wondering if he might be one. They are such beautiful birds. I'm assuming (we're new to raising chickens) that "hatchery quality" means he may not be as handsome as the pics I've seen posted. Regardless, he's our baby...