Okay, thank you. I will give this a try with a higher protein intake and also cut out the snacks for them. I will keep you posted and hopefully they will be back to normal soon.
Thank you again,
I am feeding them the same organic layer feed that has approx 17% protein in it, along with their daily scratch also organic that we get through my husband's work. I have also given them such things as greens, the occasional bread scraps, vegetables etc. I have changed nothing in their diet, and...
So for about the past month or so now, I will only find 1 or 2 eggs in my boxes when I go out to collect my eggs. Before I was getting nearly 18 every other day. I know we had a very severe winter this year and thought maybe that had something to do with it.
Well, I have now caught a few of my...
Currently they are eating complete layer16 crumble. I also give them some oatmeal as a treat since its been so cold.
I will go get the vitamins tomorrow. If this is Mareks, do i need to put him down? I really hope it isnt as he is so sweet!
I hope this is the right place to post my question and concerns.
I have a RIR/Wyandotte mix, and i noticed 1 days ago, that the poor thing was limping on one foot. Today, when i went out to check on my flock, he was now lame in both feet. I have checked his legs for breaks or sprains and did t...
Thank you very much! I have been reading over so much information that I spent about 6 hours going over the site yesterday and when it came time to start dinner, our 18 year old son, who moved back home, asked if I was going to start dinner soon! LOL, I avoided that catastrophe and got the...
I too am new at having chickens, we currently have 5. I have been feeding them crumbles and some chicken scratch, along with treats like tomatoes and cucumbers, etc. Are you saying that you cook up the 3 dozen eggs for your chickens to eat??? As I hadn't thought of that before. Thank you for the...
Hi everyone,
I am in Nampa ID and have just recently joined the BYC community!
Looking forward to getting to know many of you and to learn as much as I can!!
Hi Everyone,
We are excited to be a part of BYC and learning and sharing with everyone here!
We first started our adventures by getting 8 quail, that were only 1 week old from a friend of ours. It was definitely an
exciting time for us, especially when they started laying their first eggs...