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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    Ok, it’s nice to know I wasn’t totally off the mark! I might just play around with all my different options since I don’t know what will work for my flock and the last thing I want is for the hens to get sick. The only reason I have chickens is for eggs and maybe a little bit of meat on the side.
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    Thank you, I’ll try that! I really want to butcher the roo, but my little sister was literally crying in her room because I packed him up to be taken with our other five Roos to be butchered. I’ll see if I can coax her into letting him go 😓
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    I’m pretty sure they are eating it all because there is never more than a few crumbs on the ground from messy eaters, and I’ve watched them eat the feed. They just gobble it up with their mouths. The feeder also has high walls so they can’t scratch it out. I’m not sure if you can see from the...
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    It is getting pretty expensive to have to fork out $20 a week to feed them
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    Thank you! One last question. Should I limit how much the chickens are eating? They go through a whole 50lb bag of grower feed in a week. I let them before because they are supposed to free feed at that age, but I can’t find any specific information as to when and how much to limit their feed.
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    Do they need grit to eat oysters and egg shells?
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    So I don’t need layer feed at all?
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    The chickens are all crosses I got from a local farmer, and it’s been freezing lately. The highs were 30-40s and the lows were in the teens. Lots of snow, but it’s finally warmed up and now it’s just rainy and muddy.
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    How to feed a flock with roosters?

    Hello! I am new to chickens, and I have finally grown my chicks out to about 19 weeks. I have four roosters, 3 I want to keep, and 1 my sister is attached to (He’s mean and I don’t like him). Anyways, I was wondering how I should feed the roosters? I have 19 chickens total and they are all...
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    Introduction

    Wow, thanks! What a warm welcome! I’ll post at that thread then
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    Introduction

    I just joined byc to ask questions about rabbit genetics since I breed them and I would like to talk to people who know more than I do. The welcome page said to do an introduction, so I hope I do this right. I do raise chickens. I have 19 of them. They are all “mutts” I got from a local farmer...
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