Its 3 days before Christmas and here in PA we have had unseasonably warm temps..today was 63, but there has been rain every morning making the ladies landscape a bit muddy so I decided since they wanted to play outside and enjoy the weather I would dump some bags of sand to mop up the mess and...
YEP MY 6 RIR STATED LAYING 3 WEEKS AGO??THEIR ENTIRE DIET IS JUST HIGHLAND NO SUPPLEMENTS OR OYSTER SHELLS AND THE EGGS ARE BRIGHT YELLOW YOLK AND VERY HARD SHELL! MORE THAN PLEASED WITH HIGHLAND!
My RIR ladies were 22 weeks this past Thursday..got my first egg yesterday and woke up to another today..not sure who is laying yet but it called for a mealworm party... those girls love their mealworms..! The first egg is the size you show in the picture assuming 2 adult hands are about the...
Sooo,I have named my Barred Rock Tizzy because everytime I go to the coop she goes into a tizzy trying to get to me and will fly into my arms to be held..if I put her down to pay attention to the others she flies right back up..I now ffeed and water chickens with 1 arm ..I also have 3 other...
My Barred Rocks are the sweetest I have to me, the sit on my lap to be petted and fall asleep in my arms
...but will bully the rest of the flock relentlessly!
Lake City,PA about 15 min. From the ohio line...at Neiger Milling and I have gotten it in Union City , PA before I found it closer to home for $23.99 a bag at thr Crawford County Co- op because I work out that way once inawhile...and yes i am lucky to be able to get it so close to home and at...
I feed Hiland starter, grower, layer, and add some Hiland
scratch for fun once in awhile..I feed Hiland from day 1 ...this is the only feed my chickens get as far as feed goes they love it and they grow well on it. I live in Fairview Pa. thats a township just outside Erie and about 15 minutes...
To be fair though I want to add I do offer live meal worms I raise myself and I allow free range on my days off and flats of organic wheatgrass I sprout and grow for the days they are enclosed...so there are some added treats
Yep...I find the feeding less to be true...I cannot attest to an exact 40 to 50 percent but it is less.. I am paying between 21 and 23 dollars for a 50 lb bag depending on where I get it, I have been lucky enough to have had a feed store carry it and got th word out to a couple others..quite...