We have never had any problems before but thank you for your suggestion.
This is our old flock we had 30 but hawks and coyottes are all around us. We have a beautiful rose/pea comb rooster who is a bit of a jerk to my baby girl.
Thanks everyone. I stopped giving them corn. We will give them corn and scratch once a week as a rare treat. I checked my feed and its 16% protein only 2 % calcium.so that ok.i have also let my small chickens out and they are mingling with the old ones. The chick kids are all different ages and...
Can i give it to younger chickens because my chickens kinda go everywhere and in each other coops as well they eat everything.also can my muscovy ducks have some ?
What else can i give them. Or should i just focus on the two? I cant realy mess around with the feed we have but what can i add to their diet. I use to give my old hens when they were sick cat food. Would that work?
I got it specially for our duck who is about to start laying.but they all like it so everyone is getting it. I am thinking because they free range more now they dont eat as much feed. So they lay less or the other hens are hiding eggs somewhere. Which happened before.all the other hens know my...
Ive never had any trouble before until these two started particularly the small one.she doesnt lay because of a birth defect. The other hens were ok all winter. Until now.
Layer feed, oystershell, scratch and corn as treat and they free range on one acre around the house. We have 60 acres in the middle of the woods so plenty of bugs grass and my flowers lol
Anyone figured out how to stop the little bandits from eating the eggs? I have two hens who do it. One is very small hen and she will pace back and forth in front of the coop when i close the door.otherwise if any hen is laying she will get in the nesting box with her and let the other hen peck...
She is a sweetheart we are going for vacation and then one of our friends promised us a few ducks so if we dont get anything from him ill let you know by the end of may.