We keep feeding the chicks the grower feed, until they are 16 weeks old. Then we start mixing the grower feed with the layer feed. At 18 weeks old, they go in with the older hens.
We also use the "deep litter" in our night coop. In the winter months we gather our eggs three times a day. On the 2ed time ( around 2 or 3 p.m. ) we give our ladies cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds. The last two nights have been very cold, with wind chills under -17 below, and the...
This is why I just came to this page.. all of our hens are Rhode Island Reds, and have laid all brown eggs,, until, yesterday,, we got a pure white one, and another pure white one again today.. Confusing ! We had one hen that laid regular shaped eggs, then one day.. boom,,, ROUND ones ! For...