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    Thanks Kiki!
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    so I just went to the store and they had pellet and crumble. I went with crumble, but when I filled up the feeder it was mostly powder, the gal at the store called it "mash" but insisted it was the same as crumble. Any opinion if mash is the same as crumble? TIA!
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    The information on that feed says " Complete ration for laying hens which does not need an additional calcium supplement" Does this mean I don't need to keep oyster shell out? Is there anything else I should provide my hens access too besides food and water? Thanks!
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    Thanks again KikisGirls, you have been a tremendous help!
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    Just thought of another question, can excess grains like we are suspecting, lead to runny poop? That seems to be what's going on with that Plymouth Rock, she has a bunch of clumps on her lower feathers.
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    They also said it's very common for the hens to pick out the treats like you folks suggested. Now that I think about it, when I check them each night I always lift up the feeder to see how much is left, even if it's dark they go crazy and jump down from their roost to start eating, very much...
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    Just called - they carry soy free organic pellet feed - YAY! Thanks so much!
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    The only thing I need to verify is if it's soy free. Thanks for the input!
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    Thinking of going to this place and buying the organic layer, pellet ( Natures Grown Organics - 16% Organic Layer (Ph. I) Any thoughts on this? http://www.spikesfeed.com/farm-animals/chicken.html
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    No problem there, we don't fee many treats to begin with, a few worms on the weekend to get them back in the run if we need to go into town but I can stop that. Thank you!
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    Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and experience! This gives me hope. My fear was they were crowded in that small coop. Sometimes in the winter they don't get out of that coop for days because of snow.
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    Thanks so much KikisGirls, I'll give it a shot. Please let me know if you think of something else to try.
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    And she is a rather large bird, pretty fat in my opinion. So is the Rhode Island Red that is having prolapse issues.
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    That I can do, I'll get some tomorrow. Do most country stores have those? Is one better than the other (pellet or crumble)?
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    Hmmm, I'm wondering if maybe I'm feeding them too much? They have a feeder where they step on it and it lifts a flap and gives them access to the feed but keeps it protected from mice / weather when they aren't eating. Is that a possibility? We use that feeder since we are not home during the...
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    I struggled with going away from the country store feed because they have a specific breakdown of the feed in terms of protein, grains, etc but they seem to like this locally produced one. It is produced by a feed company but I don't know the dietary breakdown of it.
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    Here are a few pics of the feed
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    We did not, the vet felt a very large growth when he examined her through her vent. The other hens started to really pick on her so we decided to have her put to sleep and I buried her. She was an ISA Brown so a production bird, I wish I would have had a necropsy done though.
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    We use a locally produced feed, we used to buy organic layer feed from our local country store but we found they had more health issues with that, the locally produced one is much grittier, the country store one was like a powder almost. We feed them happy hen treats for worms and I keep a...
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    They go up via the nesting boxes, they jump to the top rail, then go up on top of the nesting boxes, then to the roosting bars.
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