I read somewhere that powdered egg shells or too finely crushed loose calcium?? that doesnt sound right to me.. does anyone have any accurate information on this please?
LOL about the hens pecking your leg... I just said to my husband - Remind me not to wear thongs ( or flip Flops)into the chook house... they kept trying to eat my toes and it does hurt LOL
Mine ran for cover at first from being sprayed but we have a 2 week heat wave so 4 or 5 times a day I spray them with a fine mist and they just ignore it now .. no running away .. they continue as if I am not spraying them.. they do have the coolest place in the yard under 2 huge pine trees...
thanks .. I did that and it seems to help. I used a lot of pebbles instead of wood I also added a bit of honey by drizzling over the pebbles to attract the bees and so far there are only a couple still going to the chicken feeder - the rest are all over the pebble dish.. ( I put it just...
If by sugar free you mean the diet type jelly ( we call it Jelly in Australia) that would contain artificial sweetener wouldnt it .. I imagine that wold be detrimental to chickens ? I buy plain unflavoured pure non GMO Gelatin and put strawberry tops or other bits of fruit like banana in it..
Actually my Hyline browns wont eat ANYthing else except pellets they just wont even try it.. so what I do is put all my scraps including banana skins through the kitchen blender.. and make a " mash" then sprinkle all sorts of seeds over the top and press the seeds into the mash and they gobble...
LOL .. which makes me ask .. Can we feed the girls Monkey skins? or just put on the compost? seriously though - another question.. Can you have a compost heap right in the chicken run?
I am very new to having Chickens.. had my 4 girls for a couple of weeks now but I just read something that sort of freaked me out!! This particular site said that NOTHING else was needed except quality layers pellets and it was very dangerous to add other things? they quoted a chicken vet ...
Hi Krystal .. I'm a Banana Bender too.. I was born in Queensland .. raised mostly in SA though.. Nice to meet you.. hope to see you around the forum to.