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  1. Garden Betty

    I just got my first egg!!

    Thank you! I think I'll dip my first egg in gold leaf to put on display... sort of like how restaurants frame their first dollar.
  2. Garden Betty

    I just got my first egg!!

    Needless to say, LOTS of excitement around here! Especially since the first egg was laid on Thursday, the second egg on Friday, and the third egg today! They all came from my Easter Egger Gisele, who is about 29 weeks old. So far all the eggs have been found in random places... she hasn't quite...
  3. Garden Betty

    Sand vs. Deep litter. Let's solve this

    Quote: Mine is called washed plaster sand, and looks and feels like medium-grain beach sand. There have been a few rainstorms in the last month, and the sand would dry out in just a day or two (I also live on the coast which gets pretty humid at night). I rake it every week and have never...
  4. Garden Betty

    What key elements do you love about your coop?

    Favorite features of my coop: Poop tray filled with diatomaceous earth Slide-out linoleum floor On-site storage Sand-covered run Its personality!
  5. Garden Betty

    CAN I SWITCH 17week PULLETS TO LAYER FEED?

    Mine are about the same age and I'll be switching them over this weekend too. I was told by the farm where I got them, that they may not start laying until spring because of the shorter days... but I hope it happens sooner!
  6. Garden Betty

    can chickens eat citrus

    Quote: Citrus turns alkaline during digestion, so it actually decreases acidity in the human body. I'd be interested in knowing if this is also true of a bird's digestive system. But anyway, I have read elsewhere that the misconception with not feeding citrus to chickens comes from an old...
  7. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Thanks for everyone's input on this. I went ahead and got a bag of the Royal Racing 16%. I compared the vitamin premix in this pigeon feed with vitamin premix in poultry feed and they look to be about the same, minus the calcium, which I'll add in the form of oyster shell. Not too worried about...
  8. Garden Betty

    Storage, Anyone?

    I have a walk-in coop, but my storage is actually accessible from the outside: http://www.gardenbetty.com/2011/11/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-the-tiki-coop (about halfway down the page) The space is about 6' tall, 5' wide, and 1' deep. It easily holds bags of pine shavings, food and scratch, plus...
  9. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Quote: I hear ya. I'm gonna give it a try and see how the ladies like 'em. They get plenty of other food besides crumbles at the moment (forage finds, kitchen scraps) so I think the whole grains will balance it all out. Not too much or too little of one or the other. Interesting that you say...
  10. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Quote: It is the ability to possess all nutrition from a whole grain compared to a ground grain. Feeding too much whole grains to soft feather fowl tends to "harden" the feathers and making them more brittle and fray easily. Where the feather structure of a hard feather breed are stronger and...
  11. Garden Betty

    I don't like my feeder. Show me yours.

    I like what I'm using so far: http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/3457/trough-and-wall-mounted Mine is propped up on a cinder block against the wall, but you can also hang it.
  12. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Quote: I have a Barred Rock, Cochin, and Easter Egger. Do you suggest 70% mash, crumble or pellet because of the nutrient content in these feeds? The whole grains won't be my birds' only diet. They free-range in my yard most afternoons and I give them garden greens, kitchen scraps, and yogurt...
  13. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Quote: I plan to start mixing in some whole grains with their crumbles over the next few weeks. Is this a good way of gradually switching them over?
  14. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    Quote: Thanks for this. I know that a lot of the soy-free commercial feeds (Modesto Milling, Countryside Naturals, Scratch and Peck, etc.) use peas in place of soybean meal to up the protein content. The general consensus in the forums seems to be positive.
  15. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    That's what I figured. The girls are on crumbles right now but I want to start switching them to whole grains. Do you think I should mix in some crushed oyster shell with the whole grain mix, or just leave them as free choice? They're not laying yet, but are 17-18 weeks old.
  16. Garden Betty

    Can I use pigeon mix to feed my chickens?

    I've been looking into a whole-grain diet for my chickens and found this local mill that mixes pigeon food: http://www.leachgrain.com/pigeonmixes.html Royal Super Race 17% Ingredients: whole corn, winter red wheat, Canadian peas, milo, kafir, maple peas, Austrian peas, safflower, vetch, rice...
  17. Garden Betty

    New chicken mama in Los Angeles!

    Thanks all!
  18. Garden Betty

    New chicken mama in Los Angeles!

    Quote: Thanks for the tip! And thank you everyone for the welcome!
  19. Garden Betty

    New chicken mama in Los Angeles!

    Hello, I'm Linda. A lot of people mistakenly call me Betty, but that's okay. Garden Betty is the name of my blog. I've really been enjoying browsing these forums the last couple months! My new hens (Barred Rock, Golden Laced Cochin, Easter Egger) just moved in this month, and I look forward to...
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