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How much to feed free range hens?
Our 7 hens are free ranging every day in a wooded and semi-grassed area with lots of bugs and so on available. We also feed them layer pellets. However, in recent months, 3 of them (Maran cross Rhode Island Red) have gone broody several times and we wonder if we are feeding them too much? I read...- crackers
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Mystery illness in 3 yr old hen
Our Lohman Brown, approx 36 months old, has been ill for a week now and we keep thinking she's getting better then she seems worse again. We do not think she is still laying eggs.The hens are not due for worming. They eat layer pellets but are free range and have access to plenty water and...- crackers
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures