This is what I use on MY chickens I do not ever use chemicals or Antibiotics,, Just a word before I tell you about Essential oil use..PLease Please Know that I only use Doterra Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade Oil, these are the best quality oils in the world.. I feed them 5-7 drops of Oregano...
The Best Oil to bug is Doterra bug repellent Blend it is not expensive, no fillers , chemicals or any other things in it, beyond organic and affordable. mix 50 drops in 6 oz water shake shake shake and spray it every where in the coop also on the hens feet for mites works great
If You want to have some of all I have rainbow of layers and after 18 months I know what I would get again and what I wouldnt. I think it depends on where you live what you feed and really what your overall goal of keeping chickens is..I have a cuckoo marans and I love her I would get a marans...
How old are they ?? If they are about a year then One buff is a roo and the red one is a roo,, If they are a year old you will see eggs soon when the days get a bit longer the last week of jan or first feb..
I have a poop board I cover it in DE and every afternoon go out and scoop it into a 5 gal bucket, and then bag it up and toss it out.. no smell I use a 14'' flat putty scrapper for drywall to scrape
I notice that when they want something out a treat they will bawk bawk bawk very loudly..like a group of preschool children they will stop after a bit...they are just testing you to see if you will give in.
My leghorn started laying at 21 weeks and she is doing great that was 2 weeks ago and her eggs are starting get bigger, be patient, they will start laying when she is ready....
I was wondering I have a 22 week old partridge rock she seems to very slow to mature very slow,,,barely a comb and slight waddles is this normal and what age is the first egg for this breed.
Ok so I did it $30 for Kibble and then mix with the scratch or homemade scratch it cost ,,,, Feeding farmers helper Ultra Kibble Cost $0.40 Lbs.. that is more than the $0.30 per lbs I was paying for Layena 20% but they say it goes farther and less stinky Poo! Happy mommy Happy Hens We will...