Thank you for the quick and detailed the response. I think I will stick with what is working. It does have more protein and my chickens love it.
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Hello I'm using 20%grower kalmbach. They are 6 months old. I get about 3 eggs a day and some days recently no eggs from the same layers .
They do have free choice of grit and crushed oyster shells. Out of 11 birds only 3 are laying so far but I used to get 5 a day from other chickens.
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They graze my yard which is an acre . There's plenty of Florida sand. Is grit the same as outdoors sand ? What do I need to buy ? I do not have grit . Thank you so much for replying!!!
Well I suspected rotten crop so I had a partner have her upsidedown and all the liquid came out.i quickly put her back up. Unfortunately we drowned her doing that and she passed =( it's upsetting.
Yes I do notice her dripping clear drops of drool and it stinks . I checked for impact eggs and no egg. It's a cloudy clear stinky drool coming out her mouth . Her crop is not impacted . No food in crop just water .
Hello one of my young laying chickens I noticed yesterday being slow and not interested in grazing and pecking . It just lays there like this after walking around a bit and stays laying down . She seems sleepy. She's weak cause when I gently toss her to flap she doesn't flap much for the landing...
What's the best floor material I can dump in my chicken coop ? They have perchs and using TC shavings for the brooding box. I'm looking for something I can use on the ground in the coop.
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Hello I just got my first egg from my flock of 12 chickens. Not sure who layed it but they are about that age to almost start .
I still have 3 large bags of grower feed which I don't want to waste . Can I still feed them kalmbach 20% grower or do I need to switch now ? I have 3 new 35lb bags...