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    Cost Effective, High-Protein Food Sources

    Sorry, this was ignorant of me on my part. I never paid attention to the bags themselves because I thought they were just generic bags the feed mill used. Anyway, yes they do sew the nutrition label on it :confused: oops! Lol
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    Cost Effective, High-Protein Food Sources

    I don't have nutrition info for the feed, but corn is the most noticible just by looking at it...which may or may not be helpful to know! Sorry! We have 7 hens: 1 Rhode Island Red, 2 years old 3 Easter eggers, 1.5 years old 3 others are around 1 year old - 1 is a Rhode Island Red and 2 are...
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    Cost Effective, High-Protein Food Sources

    We feed our chickens a mix/mash made at our local feed mill. Their egg shells are pretty thin, and they aren't laying often. We want to up the protein source, assuming that could be the reason. What sre some of the best inexpensive ways to add crude protein to their feed mix?
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    UROPYGIAL GLAND INFECTION?

    Hi everyone, Just noticed this tonight. Our rooster has a bald bright-red spot with a white bulb/head at the top of where his tailfeathers start. Is this likely an infected uropygial gland or something else? Thank you!!
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    Swollen foot and bent (broken?) claw

    Our rooster's right foot is swollen especially his middle toe. Today the claw is bend sideways. What could this be? Is this something we could treat ourselves or should we call a vet? If we need to take a better look at him ourself, how can we do this safely without injuring him or getting...
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    Can I still eat these eggs?

    You guys are awesome! This is reassuring! Going to make an egg pizza casserole tonight to use them up fast if they check out. Thank you! P.S. - it's a keto recipe and really tasty. With the price of eggs now, it's like eating gold.
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    Can I still eat these eggs?

    We are newer chicken owners and this is our first winter with our small flock. We haven't had eggs from our 5 hens for probably 8 weeks now. We haven't checked for eggs much because of it, just peek in here and there a couple times a week. But, went out to the coop this morning and found 8 eggs...
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    Is his comb frostbitten? (Pictures attached)

    Also, just talked to my husband and he said our rooster roost under one of the vents at night. We are pretty confident that is what caused it.
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    Is his comb frostbitten? (Pictures attached)

    It's not well ventilated from what I am learning. We have a vent at each of the 2 peaks at this time.
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    Is his comb frostbitten? (Pictures attached)

    We are in our first winter with our 1 year old Rhode Island rooster. Our chickens stayed in the coop during our 0-degree / -20 wind chill temps in Ohio this past weekend. We have a thick 6" bed of pine shavings in the bottom of the coop and an electric-heated water bucket in the corner. First...
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    Help identifying these hens

    Hello, we recently acquired 3 hens to add to our flock. I thought they were all the same breed and assumed they were Golden Comets, but we are getting a mix of brown eggs and blue/green eggs from them - usually 2 eggs total a day from these 3 girls, 1 brown and 1 pale green. These are about...
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