At the beginning of this hatch I knew two of the 12 eggs were not fertile. Out of 10 eggs 9 hatched. All were taken to their forever home last night. Only one roo in the mix. Not bad.
Took in a dozen Backyard Chicken Eggs for a customer. First one hatched yesterday morning, by this morning five more were out. I just love this way of life.
So good rule of thumb for feeding your up and coming layers,( most breeds won't start laying until around 5-6 months of age) after you are done with the starter you can move to type of maintenance feed I use Purina Organic Flock Raiser. This is a complete feed. In month 5 I moved my girls the...
Greetings- I am new to this sight so thank you for having me, I have been resourcing from this sight for a while but now I have questions and might have some help I can offer the newer bird people, so win/win. We hit retirement two years ago and I believe I started off on a run. My first...