I feed producers pride 16% layer pellets mixed with a little bit of scratch grains, meal worms and food scraps. I do not feed oyster shells because I thought that was just for grit and they are free range on a ton of land.. does that help for eggs?
My hens just started laying a couple weeks ago and everything has been fine although one unknown chicken laid a huge egg 2 days ago. Today I check on them and one seemed kind of lethargic so I brought her inside to cool off and check her over. Her bottom was dirty and it looked like she was...
I have 10 5 week old chicks that I ordered. I’ve noticed some different diarrhea the last few weeks and showed my vet and he said it was fine. Now the only diarrhea I see is a chocolate brown but it bothers me that they aren’t all just pooping normal and it’s messy. Is this just normal, can I...
I have some new chicks and I was hoping I could get some peace of mind on what gender y’all think they are. They are Rhode Island Reds and Golden Comets. 9 of them matured exactly the same and 1 of them has stayed smaller and didn’t grown tail feathers as fast (last two pictures)