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My nesting box is at an incline so after the chicken lays, the egg will roll back. However, my leghorn went in and tried to get the egg back to sit on it. She wasn't broody or aggressive. But was distressed and looking for her eggs after I took them away. Is that normal...
The early summer flow of honey is much lighter in color and sweet.
The late summer nectar is darker, thicker and less sweet.
Different times of the year different flowers blossom, that that results in the difference in color and flavor of the honey.
I live in CA, but is it hard to come...
I don't have anything specific in mind. But curious on what other people around this area pay and what they have discovered being the most economical options for organic feed etc.
Hey everyone.
This place is the best price, quality and convinience deal that I would find!
http://eco-sf.org/program/feedstore
Let me know if anyone found something better, but for SF standards, this is not bad!
I thought I already edited that! woops! Gonna update it now.
I found a mill in CA that provides to local-ish feed stores. I think that's my best bet because honestly, I don't wanna feed my chickens the Purina brand.
I have a small flock. Only 7 birds. I plan on buying a 50lb bag each...
Even looking up local feed stores all I get is supplies for dogs and cats. Where I live, people like to put dogs in diapers and dresses.
The azure drop off locations are also an hour+ away. Paying just the bridge toll is $6. I'll still do more research to see what's the most economical options.
I am in CA. I am sure the minimum order requirements would not be an issue in this area. I will fiddle around the website to see where the possible drop points even are. Would definitely still be closer than and feed stores. :)
I live in a big city and when I ask about chicken feed in pet stores people look at me like I'm crazy and offer me rabbit food instead!
Buying in bulk was what I did in the past but just wanted to know if any online sources would an option. :)
After hearing this lovely advice repeated it finally sunk in all the way! It totally makes sense. Will definitely do that from now on!
Also, I went on Azure to order the feed which was a better price than this company feed. However, the shipping came out to
be $23! Does anyone know where...
My chickens aren't even laying yet.... but for a laying bird:
the average Ca in this feed is 4.75%
If adding 20% scratch and spent grains then ...
4.75 x 0.8 = 3.8 which still exceeds the upper limit of what a laying hen should be consuming... by 0.3%
Plus I already give them tons of...
I agree, that is way too much Ca+. I am already suspicious of this company because how can the vit/mineral supplement be the first ingredient on their list??? I am new to keeping chickens, but I am sure the ingredient list should list ingredients from most numerous to least amount.
Even so...