Recent content by Sheila8605

I was giving them Purina organic layer feed pellets which was 16% protein. But they really wasted a lot of it. So now I've purchased organic grains (barley, hard wheat, whole oats, field peas, with some flaxseed and black sunflower seeds) that I mixed together to increase the protein content to...

I'm new to farm animals. We started with 16 birds (5 ISA Browns 5 Golden Comets that were all roosters, and a Barred Rock, Easter Egger, and Rhode Island Reds.) Eight ended up as roosters. So we ordered 15 more from a hatchery. Those are Barred Rocks and RIR's. We bought them as females but...

I've been trying to ferment grains for my chickens. I'm fairly new to all of this but I had a question. I came across an article that said feeding them whole oats is not good because oats interfere with nutritional absorption. Since I'm investing all of this money and organic feed that's healthy...