Hi, I have never tried to sprout oats but I do sprout whole wheat and I let them grow to 2 or 3 inches and my chickens love them. Very easy to sprout whole wheat..... My chicken will not eat the rolled oats so I quit buying oats.
Thank you for your input and yes it is GRIT and oyster shell.
Thank you for your input and yes it is GRIT and oyster shell. I will try very hard to find out what I need to do.
Hi everyone, I started mixing my own feed for my chickens back in November but now lots of my chickens are losing lots of feathers including a group without a rooster their saddle feathers are gone, I have 2 groups one group with rooster and 1 group without but even the roosters have bare areas...
Thank you so much, I have that Permethrin 10 and I have used it on the coop and nesting boxes but wasn't sure if I could put it on the chickens and that may be why I can not get rid of them cause I was not using it on the chickens them selfves.
Thank you for your reply
I really believe they are fleas, do lice jump? this are this tiny little black bugs that jump on me and the chicken combs have this tiny black bugs stuck to them.
I am desperate cause they are starting to lose the little feathers that start on their combs.
Help, my chickens got fleas and I really don't know how to get rid of them all......I have sprayed the coop with Permethrin 10 and put coconut oil on their comb and also dusted the chickens with Diatomaceous Earth it seems to help but they come back, what else can I do please help, them fleas...
Well I thought I had introduced myself but its telling me I have not so
My name is Maria go by Marsale
My parents had chicken when I was a kid but don't remember much on caring for them
I first bought 12 Chickens in April of 2016 and my neighbor gave me a rooster.
I now have 11 chickens (lost...
Hi everyone, need help on this one. I have checked for lice or mites or anything on my chickens and they are clean nothing I can see on them but they are loosing their feathers , the feathers on their wings are looking bare and part of their back feathers are gone and some on their head...
Well, I hatched 3 chicks and because of remembering my father saying this same thing I picked the more rounded eggs to put with my chicken to hatch, they are now 4 weeks old and am anxious to find out what I get....Hopefully 3 chickens not roosters lol
Hi Ya'll, I am fairly new to chickens.
Can someone tell me if there is such thing as too much lettuce for chickens? My chickens love it so I give then a bunch every day , I make them a Lettuce and tomato salad almost every day. Thank you in advance Maria