TSC just opened in Guilford CT thursday... I just bought 50lbs of layer crumble 10.99 then `15% off, I bought 4 bags 41$ good price sale only till sunday, AND TONS of other stuff!!
Im in CT winters In CT have been BRUTAL...today torrential downpours... I had to grab half the girls and coop them my self which didnt make me a happy camper, they started roosting in my garden , and since it was dark the couldn't see well, I looked like I was in the "dirty mudder" race lol...
As an addition to when...I have been picking them a basket full of tender grass clipping etc, and feeding it to them daily......I was getting 6 eggs out of 21 hens.... some are molting etc. but today So far Im up to 12 eggs!! keep that protein high, and their waddles/combs have suddenly changed...
LOL good luck I ve had chicken forever and Imstill trying to figure it out, thank goodness for BYC and Youtube, that help alot, cause my gma passed away 2 years ago, And she used to know everything.... Ive always bought chicks or started pullets, and processed them at about 2 years, so they...
Right??!! I just saw her she's running around reclaiming her spot on the pecking order lol.... I mean she looked like she was at death's door or at least on the doormat.... Literally lol .... ???
SO, long story short I accquired a BUNCH on 1 1/2 yr old red stars, One has Egg yolk peritinosis for sure, which is expected, I know with this Hybrid, So the next day I observed another one Acting odd, separated from flock, eyes closed, THEN she got up on her perch with her head under her wing...
I know right, double whammy, Perhaps they are mentally stressed, theyre acting like they have lived here all their lives, The guy had about 500 birds and said these were pretty much wild lol but since im off work right now and bored I been down there feeding ALOT and my family owns a bakery so i...
Oh boy , im usually up by 5, i have to manually turn it on :( ok.... I never really had a problem b/c I always had pullets* to about 1 11/2 years then to freezer camo, They NEVER stopped laying even in winter, Id get 10 or 9 eggs a day out of 12 hens, NOW a guy was clearing out his farm and I...
OK I've googled/searched, I need/want to add lighting in my chicken coop to supplement for the shorter days, I have a solar light out there which is pretty strong, When do I add the light, In the morning ... or in the evening after they have been cooped up ? And let the light die by its self...