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We do feed them whole corn. We have from the beginning but have added supplement and other grains periodiclly. We were told to take them off the supplement 1 month before butchering them so we did. And now they dont seem to be intrested in the food. They got picky on us.

We are 2 weeks away from butchering our hogs. We took them off the supplement 2 weeks ago and they are not eating like they were. The are getting just straight corn and when the supplement was mixed in the were eating 15 bushels a week. Now they arent even eating 1 bushel a day! I dont want...

Seriously have not been on in over a year!!!! All has been well in the chicken world for us until today........we are on our second round of meat birds the first round went off with out incident but our new birds are now 5 weeks old and we have had alot of trouble........we have 75 male cross...

thanks for the info I think I will just use in the yuck that drains in the back of the run that the chickens avoid and the flys love ................

If you use Hydrated lime will it hurt the chickens? My friend uses it in the dog pens and the dogs are ok with it and they have puppies too and they all seem to be fine.........if we use hydrated or any other kind of lime will the eggs be safe to eat?????

4 out of 5 of my eggs have had 2 yolks in them is this ok?????? for the chickens i mean we like it but I wasnt sure if it meant anything for the chickens?????????????

I have Red Stars , Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds and some Sex links they all lay Brown eggs or are supposed too.........we have been 1 white egg a day.......it is not pure white but it is like a real pink white definately not brown......... what would be causing this??????? we solved the...

So laying 2 eggs that are abnormal with in hours of eachother is OK???????

Since we are having trouble with the mean rooster I have been in the yard alot more...........saw one of my debeaked girls walking funny and she dropped an egg in the run........it was of course the soft squishly one like I have been finding in the coop.........we got her out and put her in a...

Thanks guys I am definatly going to try the top dog thing...........I had to go in the run this afternoon and he had a go at me I took a bucket with me and he jumped on it.......I think we are going to have a rough road here........our run is only shoulder high so you have to crouch down in...

I am having the same problem with my flock and the little ones getting pecked on .............it may take awhile........it has been almost a month and they are still in the line of fire from time to time.........

Last night or evening we let the chickens out in the yard to just hang out for awhile before we put them to bed it was around 7 not dark at all........we have about 21 chickens total and 2 roos........the oldest is Demon he was chasing Rambo the youngest around not fighting just...

Thanks for all the good word and advice.........we have only had a few more here and there since it started and yes the eggs are normal on the inside from what I can tell .........the last egg that was soft was on the ground and busted and it was ok otherwise.......I am pretty sure it is one of...

It would make a difference if the egg was fresh or not .........when eggs are older there whites dont hold up as well other than that I dont know

all my chickens that are laying now are 24-25 weeks old.........I am not sure if the vet here does that sort of thing with the fecal test ......everything looks ok as far as that goes nothing different it all looks the same......... I found the 1st one on the ground and the 2nd in the coop on...

Rubber egg I mean squishy and not hard shell. I assume it is a calcium thing lack of I mean.........it is the 3rd one I have found in the laying boxes in 3 days.........what do I need to do ?????? we feed laying mash with oyster shells mixed in and we also have a free choice oyster shell set up...

Please dont get me wrong I love the sounds that come from the chicken yard........even the crowing but not the constant crowing ............if it was once an hour I could deal with that.......but it is the freguency that has become nails on the chalk board.........I wasnt sure if there was a...

ok I am going to soon do what I said I would not if the GD rooster does not shut up........I love my chickens but the rooster Demon who is like 23/24 weeks old crows none stop.......all day..........all night........I thought he may hurt his voice or get horse but no he just keeps on and if you...

I agree ..........you can just say oh well ..........you can catch him!!!!!!!

Ok they are in there we will see how it goes they did really good yesterday...........they spent the day dodging poo..........the big chicks are sitting on the top of the little pen....and we got 2 eggs today instead of the usual 1 so who knows .........we will probably put them in the coop...