Dear Egghead_Jr,
I follow your advice and egg production is back up normal! I am getting 1 egg per hen, per day. Thank you so much for your reply!
Time for Christmas Omelets :)
Hello everyone,
I have a question about winter egg production. My hens (3 RIR & 1 Golden Laced) are 6mths old and began laying at roughly 41/2 months old. During the summer months I was getting 3-4 eggs daily, it was wonderful! However, since the time changes took place and it's gets darker...
Hello everyone,
My question pertains to the use of Permethrin products around my hen house. I went to Tractor Supply Co. (i.e. Heaven) yesterday for Sevin Dust, but the man who helped me recommended Y-Tex GardStar Garden & Poultry Dust (with Permethrin) saying "it's safer". As a kid, my...
Gosh,
Thank you guys, that's what I thought as well. I usually have total confidence in my local feed store...I wonder what happened in this case? I will buy grower ASAP. I might take the afore mentioned advice, and freeze the layer until I need it. Anyway I'm glad that I didn't proceed with...
My flock is only 8-9 weeks old. When I last visited my local feed store the staff recommended that I buy layer feed. I was looking for grower feed (at the recommendations of BYC members) to begin mixing that into my starter, but the feed store staff stated that my flock was ready for layer...
Hello,
My name is Annabel and I am a 23 year old "urban farmer". I live in a garage apartment in Florida and I have turned the garage area underneath into a Aviary for my birds. I currently have 4 pullets. (3 Rhode Island Reds & 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte). They are coming along very nicely...