Sorry I should have clarified my runaway ADHD brain clearly didn't I noticed a few posts where people talked about wanting to make their own chicken feed for whatever reason and I had a file that they could use and that is what is attached above a chicken feed recipe file that will help you...
I love developing my own things and making them happen. I am currently working on feeding my chickens my own formula. I just started a mealworm farm, that’s my protein source primarily, and I bowl with a grain farmer on Thursday’s in the winter and can get very affordable corn and wheat in very...
I know this may be a little late at the moment, and I hope you found a creative solution that will service what you need. I zipped my XLS file for you, I located this a few weeks ago. Hopefully this will help anyone out that wants it. I am currently working on my own feed recipe that I will...
Wonderful information I will keep that in mind. She seems to be fine. No chicks are showing signs of distress and they all run around eating and drinking this evening. So seems ok at the moment.
Thank you for the information. He didn’t mention parasites like worms and such. I’ll check it out.
I am just curious, why should I avoid the worms exactly? I only ask because I was told by the farmer I purchased the chicks from that he lets them run around the chicken yard with the mother hens as soon as the hen takes them out of the laying box, he hatches them in a incubator and tricks his...
My 5 year old son and 4 year old daughter decided they wanted to visit the brooder in our garage. Upon the visit my son tossed a fabric hair tie into the brooder and a chick gobbled it up super fast. I have 10 chicks and I don’t know which one, none seem to have any issues. It has no metal is...
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.