We have a coop that we have closed off one side, to allow two hens to hatch their eggs, that way they are left alone.
Well, they hatched, and now 2 mama birds and roughly 9 chicks (hard to count, mama's are being territorial). My question is this...
Do we need to get baby chick feed for them...
Ok, so I have 32 egg layers (White Leghorns), two of them being Roosters. I have about 1/4 acre backyard where they have free reign, and a coop that is 16x8 that houses them. I need to make a change, as my entire backyard is just dirt and shit right now, they've eaten all the grass, roots...
Looking to find out when you can start feeding your chicks (1 month old egg layers and 3 week old meat chickens) homemade chicken feed (corn, peas, flax, barley, wheat, etc). As long as I keep the protein level where it needs to be, is there any draw backs to getting them off starter feed and...
If I have two hens that are laying fertilized eggs, and they lay roughly 5-6 a week, how do I property incubate them using a mechanical incubator when their eggs are spread out over two weeks? I've read through some of the posts, and tried to find someone explaining this online, but haven't...
This is my second post. Still replying to folks that have been a great help in my first forum post. Learned a lot.
My second post: I want to raise meat chickens and never have to buy meat chickens again, and instead make my own.
Thinking of buying 15 Jumbo Cornish Cross from Cackle Hatchery...
My ultimate goal is to have egg layers in a coop, meat chickens in another coop, and a third coop for making new chicks so that we never have to buy anymore, we're replenishing them the natural way.
If I bought a bunch of White Leghorns, with a Rooster (for the egg laying coop for order) and a...
I'm a newb, and looking to get educated on raising chickens for eggs, meat, and also continuing re-populate my flock to keep them going. Goal is to be self-sustaining with eggs and meat, by making sure I have roosters that continue populating my egg and meat chickens. I have no idea the best...