At the same time though you don't want to over do the protein or they will molt cause its too much. In Australia all chicken fanciers and owners use cracked corn but in the US it may be a bit different. Thats ok though.
In Australia this breed is rare. I own a flock but it took me 2 years to put it together traveling far and wide to find them. They sell for a very good price and are the best chickens I ever had.
Try them on some straight cracked corn in cooler months as this is considered a hot food with lots of protein which is needed to produce an egg. There are foods that are hot and cold to chickens. Protein high foods are HOT food for chickens and will keep them going in cooler months till spring...
I have a few pure bred silver spangle hamburg chickens which are considered an extremely rare breed in QLD Australia. I had to travel a fair way to piece together the puzzle of getting a little flock of chickens of this breed. Its taken me about a 2 years. I was wanting the opinion of others as...
A pure bred is a rooster and hen of the same breed who have no cross breeding. Say you have a buff whose parents were buff and leghorns. Thats a cross. Pure bred means no cross breed the pure breed line. You can post them up here anyway and I will take a look :)
This is Just a fun online contest!
There is no prize other than the winner having the satisfaction of saying they won.
Everyone is welcome to enter their pure bred chickens and tell us about them.
Rules: Must be a pure bred hen or rooster
: Must show a photo of...