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Some treats I give my freeranging hens to supplement are crumble and scratch grains, a handful of catfood on occasion, dishes of plain yogurt, cooked bits of pasta, tomatoes(favorite!)and other veggies, watermelon, figs when in season, cooked oatmeal and barley.

MDH built this with little experience, and I think he did a nice job! I don't have a run, my 3 hens have the run of the whole back yard while the sun is up! I'm still waiting for my husband to build nesting boxes, so we are using a new hooded cat litter box!! They like it so much my younger...

Penny loves her some pasta!!

When Pearl was finished with her young-uns and started laying, we found this clutch in the dog house on our back patio! She now lays in the coop in our version of a nesting box...a new lidded cat litter box!

You have been blessed once again-how wonderful!! You do as much as you can, but God will provide. It may even be more of a blessing than you realize at this point. Although you think it is a hardship right now, it will probably make your family closer to overcome the difficulties together, and...

Liz9910: My Pearl lays most days...misses maybe 4-5 days a month. What color is your Aseel hen, and do you have any other chickens?

Thanks for the welcome everyone, and I know what you mean by "chicken math" now! I think I am a likely victim, because I've only had my flock for 6 months and I'm thinking about adding a couple more of different breeds! However, I'm not sure how they will get along with my Asil girls. Thanks...

What is....chicken math?

Thanks for the welcome! How many chickens do you have, and what breed(s)?

I have 3 hens that I recently found out were Asil's. Pearl(black) is the Momma, Penny(6mos-wheaton) and Snowy(6mos-white). However I think they are mixed because while I see some known characteristics, Pearl is a good layer. From what I've read the breed is not known to be good egg layers...