I make a homemade blend of scratch for my small flock of four chickens. I use pearled barley, green split peas, yellow split peas, lentils, black eyed peas, and some wild birdseed that contains millet, wheat, and a few sunflower seeds. They love it. All the grains are fed whole and I've had no...
I got them from someone local who had about 65 of the black sex-link and RIR's. He said he could stand to part with a few. And yes thoughts of expanding the flock are already creeping inot my head. LOL
Been looking for some hens for about a month now and finally got four Black Sex-Link hens the other day. Been getting four eggs a day for the last two days so hopefully they're good layers. I'll get some pics up later. Oh yeah great site you have here! I've learned alot from browsing it!
Hi I'm new to the chicken scene and was wondering if the pullets available at online hatcheries are young hens not far from starting to lay. Sorry if this is a dumb question. LOL And do you think it's worth it to buy them this way as opposed to buying older chickens locally. I'm really not...