I'm thinking of using Nutrena 18% chick starter and adding Organic Feather meal and a pinch of Organic bonemeal (for minerals.)
I would need to use a ratio of chick feed to feather meal of 3:1 to get a protein content of roughly 33%. Is this enough nutrients for growing quail chicks?
My chicks...
6 of my 11 cortunix quail have developed pink-eye. I've put 2cc. of Tylan in their water container to kill the pink-eye/any other 'bugs' in them.
(Their water container holds roughly 4.5 cups of water.)
How long should I continue adding Tylan to their water and are the eggs laid while on it...
I have 11 Courtix Quial I've bought from a breeder.
He makes his own feed and grows his own grains for them.
I'm feeding them 4 parts Faithway "SUPER" 22% Layer, 2 parts Nutrena All Flock, 1/2 part cracked corn, 1 part PP All Grain (barley, oats, cracked corn, & molasses), 1/2 part oyster...
I would like to get 2 poults and raise them for fun.
I have a brooder and all that but my question is, is a coop that's 10'x12' big enough for 2 adult turkeys?
It's around 5.5' tall. I'm modifying it for the turkeys now.(stronger roost, bigger feeder, bigger waterer...) It's an old chicken coop...
Do ducklings and ducks beifit from having animal protein in their feed?
I have 7 ducklings and 1 drake.
I live in Roswell, Ga.
I can get Purina, DuMOR, and Nutrena Naturewise, but they are all vegetarian feeds.
I'm not sure where else I can go to get poultry feed.
I go to TSC and North Fulton...
I've been using Nutrena 'All Flock' as my duckling starter.
It's 18% protein, 2.5% fat. Is that sufficient?
I've heard that ducks need 20 but I've raised 7 ducks on it and they're all thriving now.
I give the ducklings a vit/min/electrolyte supplement every other waterer fill up.
(I also give...
Do female mallards only lay seasonally?
I have 5 mallards I'm raising. :)
I plan of clipping their wings to prevent them flying away.
But, will they lay consistently if raised in captivity and on a good diet?
They are only around a month old now.
(One duckling is 2 weeks older than the others...
I have 2 baby mallards and I'm feeding them Nutrena 'All Flock.' They love their feed, but I'm wondering if it has too much Cotton Seed Meal in it for them?
The ingredients are listed as: Whole Cleaned Corn, Cotton Seed Meal, Soybean Meal, Processed Gain By-products, Marigold Extract...
Is...
I ordered 5 Hybrid Pekins, 5 Runners, 5 Khaki Cambells, and 5 Buff Orpgtns from Metzer Farms. Im curious if the Hybrid Pekins make good layers? Is this type of Pekin more for meat purposes?
I have a 3 year old standard Pekin drake, Guy. He will be the ruler of the flock. ;)
I ordered 4 Runners, 5 hybrid Pekins, 5 Khaki Campbell's, and 5 Buff Orps.
Which breed(s) should lay eggs best for me?
I ordered eggs to hatch for my old bio teacher so she'll hatch them (with my supervision) and I'll take the ducklings when they get larger.
I can only keep 5 ducks and my...
I have a hovabator incubator. Its about 2'x2'. It has the heat cable at the top of the inside. It is a styrofoam box. Do I need an egg turner for the 20 duck eggs I'm going to order or would they get enough 'all around' heat from the top heat wire? If I need one where is a good place to order...
Has anyone else ever stood an egg straight up on it's fat end during the Solar or Lunar Equinox?
I did it during last summer's Equinox and just re-found the cool picture.
It's sooooooo awesome!
I did it... just wondering is anyone else has too?
My first eggs to chicks experience! I was given 11 'thougt-to-be fertile' eggs 3 weeks ago. Today they hatched! :D
(I've only been given hatched chicks before.)
I have the 11 chicks in a 3gl clear Tupperware container. This should work for right now?
I herd some where that I should leave the...
I just purchased 9 crsh rk chicks at TSC yesterday. I totally forgot that they're a meat bird and they won't let me return them. :/ Can I use them as layers? I'm feeding them Dumor Chick 20% 12 hours on/12 hours off. Is 20% protein okay? Should I feed them the 24%, or is that only for super...
My male duck, Guy, isn't a layer (duh) so I don't wanna feed him Layer Pellets b/c of their high Ca levels. He just turned 1 y/o. I was wondering if I can feed him DuMOR Grower/Finisher as his complete feed? I'm feeding soybean meal and DuMOR layer to my 7 chickens so I like the brand DuMOR...
My personalized chicken feed only has around 11% protein. :/ Is there an easy way to increase the protein content? Where can I get meat meal/protein in Atl, Ga? Can I use blood meal?
My home made diet includes- Producers Pride 'All Grain', & whole corn, whole oats, soybean meal, some Manna Pro rabbit pellets, and Manna Pro Oyster Shell. Dose this mix contain enough nutrition for my 7 hens? I also give them a vit./min. & electrolyte supplement in their waterer every Friday...