Honey from different sources will crystalize at different rates; clover first, but crystals melt down at a low temp. As long as you are not "cooking it" it is all good when melted. Fabulous liquid gold!
Thank you all for your reply. My first batch of FF is set up and cooking. My guess is my girls will like it. I will be monitoring their egg laying but really with the inevitable warmer weather- who is to know all contibuting factors! Since my original post with the question about FF, I have...
Tks, I have found "ACV" and "Mother" listed in reading these threads. But I do not know what they are. I am a regular consumer of Kefer and thought that rinsing the bottle out with the water I am using to start the FF there would be a few pro-biotic cultures ready to grow!
I am new to BYC, and only 8 months into my first chicken flock. I have 8 hens; 5 EE, 3 Aussies, 1 polish hen and 1 polish roo. They have slowed down with their egg laying any I am trying to find new "treats" for the girls. They have a dry crumble laying feed that is in hanging feeder and...
Oh, 1 of my Aussie eggs looks just like that 1 is medium beige and 1 is quite light. Those with my EE and polish - who is doing 4-5 sm white per week, make a nice looking basket,
My coop contains the following ladies: 3 Aussie, 5 EE, and polish - plus 1 polish roo. They are 8 months, they are all getting along well - eggs are good, getting 5-8 per day. 1 of my Aussie's got broody for awhile, broke that by just removing her from the nesting bucket at night a few times. I...
Thanks for the welcome - have been reviewing all the info on adding young chicks to existing flocks. Have 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Australorps, 1 hen and 1 roo Polish. They are all 8 months. I have 20 chicks ordered for week of 3/30; 4 each Buff Orpingtons, Golden Laced Wyandotte, RIR, Partridge PR...