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Also interesting is. once you start looking and KNOW what to look for, you start seeing things. I made a comment about a week or so about my 'goofy birds' I put down some calcium gravel in the way of crushed shells and they GOBBLED them up like snacks and ate probably half a cup. I was...

But they did not do this LAST SEASON, and the characteristics of the SEASON don't change. winter is winter the weather is the same generally etc. the characteristics of the food CAN change. Aaron

I have not had this problem at all except for when they were molting. one is coming out of a molt, is over due to be out of it, her feathers are grown back and after giving her a good petting down yesterday, the feathers are pretty much in. I have not had this problem before and have had them...

We have a mill down here, and the guy who i get that feed from is a really good guy, I just was avoiding it because there is a component to it, that the girls just absolutely refuse to eat, no matter how much i try to mix it and give them no choice. I may end up going back to it anyways because...

which is exactly why i said that people need to do their own research and make their own decisions. You can pick any topic in the world, and go on the internet and find half the people saying great choice and the other half saying BAD BOY !!!! Just remember though, people selling a product...

If they are using it for water disinfection, it's done way before it hits the birds generally, like your city puts it's chlorine in your water typically at the pump / well station. If it was to be used to disinfect their living quarters, I am pretty certain the birds would be removed first, in...

I have done research and when the FDA and other supposedly respectable sources say do NOT take it as a food additive, ingest it, or use it for medicinal purposes, I will take them at their word on that. I also know what it does as well as I have worked with it in the past myself. It's...

Chlorine Dioxide is incredibly toxic. To use it properly you are supposed to activate it and leave the area. It will destroy your lungs in very short order if you inhale it. For the one who commented that it spits out oxygen when it breaks down. Might want to read the rest of the pamplet...

I would not use kitty litter. They may mistake it for food and eat it and that would not be good for them.

F french drain is basically like a septic pipe, they sell them in the Home Depot / Lowes etc stores, even TSC might have them. Think of a 4 inch pipe with a bunch of holes drilled into it. You put this around the perimeter of your coop area. The holes are small enough they don't let a lot of...

The skirt absolutely. The hardware cloth, they don't know what it is, and will dig anyways, and possibly hang up a toe and hurt themselves. Not to mention the poop and stuff will just get hung up in it as well, clog it and make a nasty mess that you won't be able to 'fix' as easily as you'd be...

is your coop going to be a closed bottom, or open, as in it's just sitting on the ground and they can scratch around etc. If it's open, they will dig, and it will compost fairly quick. If it's closed it will still compost, not as fast as open, they can't dig because the bottom is closed but...

when it comes to bedding in the egg laying area, I find that less is better. i give them maybe 2 inches of bedding max in there. I used to really poof it up, thinking it'd be comfortable for them with a deep bed for egg laying. They didn't like it as much and Id find eggs down in the poop...

so your point is? Don't feed the chickens, they won't appreciate it? sounds like a feathered teenager. Aaron

Sometimes, people just overthink things. If I change their food and they are laying again, good enough for me. ... problem solved, I don't have a million dollar budget of someone elses money to set up a laboratory to control all the variables. Id take a wild ass guess and say If you want to...

I got the one that had a bit of extra protein, said it was for feather repair during molts and to help them do better with eggs the rest of the time. so we will see Aaron https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/nutrena-naturewise-feather-fixer-40-lb This poultry feed is fortified with...

I just checked mine again it's NatureWise by Nutrena . Hopefully it gets them laying eggs again, this 3 month sabbatical is getting a bit much. Aaron

One other thing to consider, just because a food claims to have calcium, this, that, and other stuff in it, does not mean it is in a form that is easily used by the bird. I mean, I could throw scale off the toilet bowl into the chicken feed and say it has plenty of calcium but if they can only...

Well, I have been using producers pride which was 13 dollars a bag, the dumor was 18 a bag, and the purina was 25 a bag. But I read that purina may be having issues with vitamins. I went with a Natures way or an organic chicken feed to see if that has any help to get the to start laying eggs...

Mine have stopped laying for a few months now, not happy. Did not have this problem at all last winter. I have two pullets who were of age mid december, they have not started laying yet either. Makes me think the food might be the problem here. Im using producers pride, which is a TSC brand...