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Ok I've been feeding FF for about 4 weeks now and they love it. But in the last couple of weeks 10 out of 18 of my hens have gone broody. Has anyone else notice an increase in broody hens? The ones still laying insist on laying with the broody girls :barnie. I attribute this epidemic to the...

My meat birds love it. Started feeding it to them at 4 weeks. Many people say they seen a difference in their poo. Maybe less smelly but still runny. Will be butchering the end of week. These birds seem bigger than my last flock of meaties.

Hey Baylybreeze! I'm on the north end of Elk River.

I so understand your mom. When my daughter was 15 she asked for chickens. Her wonderful dad build her a grand coop. We went to the feed store purchased 8 chicks. The next day got a few more. This continued for a few weeks. We had 24 chickens that first year. Then she discovered Craigslist...

I have a rooster whose feet look the same way. His feet started looking bad late winter. Thought maybe frost bite. Then thought mites so treated him for that no change. Soaked his feet in alcohol for a bit each day for a week with no change. He's walking around taking care of his girls...

Yes we have. We put him in a pen for a week where all the girls could see him and talk with him. Then for a few days let him out on supervised visits. The hens were happy to have a Roo.

New to BYC. Live in Elk River. Currently have about 30 chickens. We also have more hens broody this year than ever. Hoping they add another 15-20 chicks to the mix. Went out to check on one to see how many eggs they were sitting on (collection counts were way down) one little Red was trying...

I've have not had any go broody in the last 5 years that we've had them. We keep a couple Silkies for hatching some of our eggs.

My name is Crystal I'm married and have 2daughters. My oldest daughter started raising chickens about 5 years ago. The youngest will only step into the coop if threatened. This last January my eldest moved out and left all 37 of her chickens (had as many as 50 at a time)behind. Before I only...

I save my egg shells put them in the microwave for about 45 secs crush them up and feed it to my girls about once a week. They no longer eat eggs.