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Finding more extensive scratch feed - organic bulk?
I am trying to find a more multi grain scratch feed for my chickens, that is organic. I used to feed my pasture roaming chickens organic feeds, but didn't like the fact that it all contained artificial vitamin D. I could also not verify if the fish meal, in the feeds, did not come from farm...- JoeyKidd
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Duck not eating, stunting growth!
It's passed, the little one is all back to eating as normal... Now, will he ever catch up in size? -
Duck not eating, stunting growth!
It's been about a week, since the cigarette eating... -
Duck not eating, stunting growth!
Quote: 6-7 weeks, give or take, since I got them already hatched. ... Quote: No, they have seemed to not need it for a while. I guess around the 3rd -4th week I let them out and left them under a cage. More and more I let them roam, and they naturally made it to the water and by that... -
Duck not eating, stunting growth!
Hey, it's been awhile since I posted here. I'm back in the duck business, after the last learning process. I have 3 pekins that I bought as very young ducklings and now one is not eating nor keeping up with the rest. Now it could be one of two things, I have surmised. I live in a place with... -
Neglected duck...
I regret to inform that he had died, 2 days after this post. I had a huge change of heart, he had been through so much, how could I treat him as a meat bird, so I made a deal: if he makes it, he has the pond out back for the rest of his life. There seemed to be no indication he was getting... -
Neglected duck...
I can't afford it right now, spent my budget on food/supplements/care items for the duck. I was lucky a my friend, who has a chicken flock, gave me the tylan and told me what he did with his chickens (he's a member here), told me it was okay for ducks. I have enough maybe to get a different... -
Neglected duck...
I was recently given a duck, that came with some problems from neglect. Appearently it was given to a teen from a future farmers of america thing and fed it nothing but bread and left it to sit in it's own feces. Needless to say it developed ulcers on it's legs, one becoming infected. He also... -
Salutations
Hello all, I was introduced to this site by a friend who has fallen in love with harvesting eggs from a home grown flock. Indeed, both him and my second job at an organic farmer's market, have inspired me to start raising various meat birds. Nothing of what I have tasted, commercially, compares...- JoeyKidd
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- Forum: New Member Introductions