I had a farmer friend of mine offer me some MILO, and after reading some of ya'll comments, Im thiking Im really crazy. LOL I have been spending 60.00 every month to feed my flock of 24
I didnt even know what Milo was, however I do know, I need to keep my feed as cheap as possible, as you know...
Okay I believe I may have a prob and need advise....I do deep clean every 3 months in which it contains, dirt chips, a lil hay .......when I do a clean every 3 months it goes into our cement compost that used to be used for horse trough....Now, I do not cover it, and Im like the rest of you it...
Thankyou so much. I just couldnt believe she just started laying but im not that familiar yet with everything. We just brought home 20 new chicks about 10 weeks ago....and they are in a different coop...im selling my egg small business to help supplement my disability. Thankyou so much for your...
hey guys.....I have a small chicken 1 year old, She is from my first flock...we bought all pullets, so I dont know what kind she is, but I thought she was a bantum....she tan colored, very small waddles when she walks, and has hair on her lil feet and lil legs. thats why I picked her. Anyway, I...
I just posted a pic of a very small egg like your blue one. it came from my bantum and she is a year old, and I have never seen one this small, does anyone know why?
Hey Ya'll....Speaking of bantums....I have had "Capri" for a year.....I have been getting regular sized eggs from her...at least I thought so...I also have rhode island reds. pullets, ammericana.....I went out a couple of days ago, and I find this midget egg...and Im sure it came out of Capri...
Im starting my 2nd flock and would like to have 4 ee but Im in K.C. having a hard time trying to find somewhere I can just get 4....because Im get 20 more, and Im getting black barred rock, Rhode Island, Black pullets Astrolop and americanas (Which I believe do lay colored eggs right) and brown...
What colors do you get...I would like to get 4 however Im having a hard time finding any around K.C. that I can just go p/u 4 at.....so I may have to just wait on the easter eggers
Someone pleaase HELP me, I put alot of money and time into my gardens flower etc. only to have my flock tear it up! UGH what can I do...so keep some color around the farm...thanks peeps. (no pun intended) LOL
Oh my gosh, thankyou so much, thats what I was figuring, I may be adding different things to my business, Im on disability just trying to make a living.....God is Great, Ive been through quite an ordeal the last couple of years, and God sent me home to live on my daughters ad her husbands...
Hey guys, I started with 12 chickens last year,. 2 of them were taken out by dogs that were brought onto the land, and they were taken before we realized what happened...Anyway I shed some tears....Im now starting to get more ppl stopping for free range eggs, and Im getting some more in a few...
Betty is limping as she walks....I cant see that anything is wrong with her leg....????
Capri, has been in her box in the coop for 2 days, she just started laying a couple weeks ago....and I looked at her, and her chest looks like it was a lil red, and rashy lookin, she is not laying or hasnt...
I have 10 laying chickens right now, and am planning on getting 10-12 more in January.....
I have no idea how to introduce these new chicks to them?
Do they have to be separated for some length of time....
Im also going to be using a part of our barn, that is not in use right now....
My...
I have a full grown flock now, but want to get 10 more in January.....We have a coop for 12...but are planning on making another in the barn...not being used right now...
Im wondering the correct way to introduce chicks to my flock I have already....do I need to keep them separated from the...
Thankyou very much, this is part of my business as Im on disability, and have had to turn ppl away cuz of no eggs....I figured I would have to keep them separate, we have a coop, the girls free range, however we do have room to fix a part of the barn up for the 2nd flock....so when they are...
Okay, here it is, almost 10 months later, I love all my chickens, however I was very upset to loose 2 of them by family dogs., which will not happen again, one happened about 3 months after I got the 12 to begin with, then one last week by my daughters dad's dog....Yes I cried and bawled....so...
I have a flock of laying hens and Im thinking about getting more laying hens and also getting a few for meat....does anyone have any tips on how they need to be kept? can they all stay together when they have grown?
do the laying hens have to be separated from the meat chickens?
If you sell...