Recent content by ninadeeputz

Oh, I never thought of checking the date on the bag. Good point! Thank you, I'll pay attention to that now.

Thanks so much! I think I will try soaking or fermenting it.

I was wrong, we will be processing them at about 8 or 9 weeks... The grower is 21% protein Thank you so much for the help so far!

We have about 30 laying hens that vary in age. Most are 2-3 years old and a few are probably 7+ years old at this point. We like all of them so even when they are old, we keep them on as a pet. Well, they have been eating crumbles all these years and we want to switch them to an organic brand...

My husband and I are raising about 15 broilers in a chicken tractor out in the field behind our house. They are on grower food now. I feed organic food and two of the feed stores near me only sell organic starter, grower and layer. We plan on butchering our chickens at about 12 weeks (I...

Hi, I have 2 very friendly Easter Egger roosters that are just over a year old. They were supposed to be hens and when we found out they were roosters we thought we'd see how it went. Well, 3 roosters is 2 too many. Several of my poor hens are missing feathers on their heads and backs due...

Hey, We have been feeding our flock of 28 chickens Layena by Purina which is a pelleted food. We want to switch to organic so we started feeding Nature's Own Organics. The new food is not pelleted and I think that's what the chickens don't like about it. Much of the small broken grains just...

I agree with re-homing the young roo. I have 15 hens and 2 roosters and even with 15 hens, its stressful between the roosters. I imagine it would become unbearable when the younger one tried to come into his own. As for the introduction problem... I would agree with separating the older...

I am new to chickens and acquired a flock of 19 hens and 2 roosters (the breed is Dominique). They all look exactly the same to me. I have 15 nesting boxes for them to sit in but they only lay in 5 of them. How can I tell if a hen is trying to sit on eggs? I can't tell if every time I walk...

Thank you for the advice!

My fiance and I just bought a hobby farm 3 weeks ago. It came with an established flock of 19 hens and 2 roosters. We know very little about chickens. Most of what we learned is from this site! As for the roosters, there's an older one and a younger one. Both are docile. The older one is much...