Search results for query: *

  • Users: st4rgut
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. st4rgut

    Chickens eat from bowl. Are they spoiled?

    Hi so it's not a big problem, but my chickens tend to waste a lot of food by scratching at and swiping their beaks in their food bowl. When the bowl is empty they'll complain until their bowl is refilled, even though there's lots lying on the ground. Should I keep filling the bowl or wait for...
  2. st4rgut

    Help Identifying Bugs in Vegetarian Feed

    Hi, I opened my chicken feed today and found a bunch of winged insects inside. The feed is all vegetarian . I am wondering if this is safe to feed to the chickens, and how I can get rid of these pests. There are no visible holes in the package , they must have got in through the opening. We keep...
  3. st4rgut

    Chickens Clucking Too Much, Will a Radio Help?

    Hi everyone, we have a noise problem since our five chickens are fighting for the same nesting box. Our chickens cluck before and after laying eggs and sometimes create a chorus that makes my ears hurt. I read in a forum that one person played classical music to quiet down the chickens. Has...
  4. st4rgut

    Problems with Egg Laying Diet?

    Hi, our chickens are about 8 months old and since they reached laying age, they're have been major ups and downs in egg production. Some of our breeds are more productive than others (eg Rhode Island Red vs Plymouth Rock), but recently, it seems at times that the chickens collectively agreed to...
  5. st4rgut

    Chicken Butchering: Too much fat?

    Hi, we just killed a buff orpington that had only been laying soft shelled eggs and noticed it had a lot of fat inside. At the same time, we noticed several eggs were forming in its ovary, and were wondering if the chicken's fat had something to do with its inability to create fully formed eggs...
  6. st4rgut

    Fat chickens wont lay

    Hey everyone, we have eight chickens in our backyard about seven months old, two rhode island reds, four plymouth rock and two buff orpington. Our reds lay about every day and are by far the best egglayers. The plymouth rocks and buff orpingtons, on the other hand, are very inconsistent; while a...
Back
Top Bottom