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When my chickens were just chicks, I only had 1 that would eat worms. I've now noticed that my pullets who have started laying are all really fond of worms. Their interrest in worms was very sudden with the production of eggs so I'm guessing they just want the extra protein. I have one holdout...

Why don't you order a bag or two and see if you and the hens are happy? I supplement the Cascade food with some sprouted oats and chopped spinach every day. My pullets are doing great but you need to be the one to judge the results for yourself.

Newbie in Screamer Al, : I ditto the Collards. x3 I let the chickens clean up the garden last fall. The collard greens were the first thing to go. They had access to spinach as well but much preferred the collards.

I believe that chickens cannot taste hot or spice. I know that is the case for wild birds as people put hot spices in the bird food to make it distasteful to squirrels.

Quote: And Azure delivers into the Rocky Mountain/northern midwest states too! The food is well worth the money - an excellent product.

My BO Cashew is a bossy top dog of the flock. I'm not too fond of her but she is a good layer. When she has something to say, she is LOUD about it (like "what took you so long to get out here?"). Quote: Keep in mind that the Black Australorp is so dark that they reflect green. They are really...

Quote: Oh yes. One of my chicks suffered a major vitamin B deficiency episode using that cr*p "food" (chick acted "drunk - search here told he about mega vitamin b therapy and, due to quick intervention, within 36 hours he was able to walk again). For commerically made foods, I believe that...

I allow my girls to access Redmond Conditioner , which I bought at a feed store. I put it in their dust bath area - which is also where they get their treats, thus they consume some when they scratch around the area. Some people use Fertrells Nutri Balancer but my girls have free access to kelp...

Quote: Count your lucky stars. My BO, Cashew, doesn't know how to shut up! She is the head honcho and talks all the time when she thinks anybody is listening. And she hasn't even laid an egg yet but is squatting for me. I should have named her Chatty Cathy but didn't want to offend the Cathy's...

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I mix chaff 50/50 with shavings. It works great! I'll do anything as an excuse to go to my favorite coffee roaster and get a great cup of coffee - I mean bag of chaff! Oh, and while you are there, ask your roaster if they have any extra burlap bags from the beans. I've gotten hundreds for...

Quote: I would say that I'm jealous of your place - until I read about this one. I wish I had acreage but will have to do with what I have here. To the OP, make yourself as self-sufficient as you can given your resources. Grow a garden (in ground, raised beds, or containers), plant some...

Quote: This was my thought too. Is there somewhere else you can trim your budget? In my mind, it's garbage in, garbage out. I feed all my pets very high quality foods and cut costs elsewhere. It's better for their health - and mine. The organic soy/corn free feed I use is abot $30/50 pounds...

I couldn't have missed the eggs the first time; they were right in the middle of the run floor (not very creative!). I just have no clue who the second layer would be. Is it impossible to get 2 small eggs from one chicken within 3 hours? I know the eggs take 26 hours to form so my question is...

I got my first egg(s) today! But I'm also puzzled. I know that my Black Australorp, Blackberry, laid one. She's been showing signs for about a week that she was close so that's a given. None of the other girls are showing the same "any day" signs. However, this morning I had 2 eggs on the run...

My EE roo, Toby, was always one of the first to sit on my lap or shoulder when I was in their run. One day he did fly onto my shoulder while free ranging (supervised, of course). Kinda startled me! My Buff Orpington hen, Cashew is the top hen and she, too, is the first to fly onto my back when I...

Quote: I knew better than that. I should have said that I got stung by an underground nest of wasps. BigDaddy'sGurl : Anyway, if you do HAVE to get rid of them for the danger to your chickens, my Dad always waited until after dark and poured about a 12 oz coke bottle's worth of gasoline...

Quote: Me too. We obviously shop at the same store and use the same product. Check Concentrates on SE 8th in Portland. They have: Buxton's 4-Grain 16% (Local, Much OG, No GMO, No Soy) 50# 25.00 (Buxton's is a small grain mill in North Plains) Cascade Org 3 grain scratch (local) 50# 19.00...

There are lots of bees that live in the ground and they aren't all vicious (although I did get stung two years ago 5 times when I disturbed a nest in the ground). When my chickens saw their very first bee, it became a prized morsel of food. There are very few places that a bee could actually...

Quote: You hen will thank you if you DO rub their back and then give them a light pat on the butt. They will immediately stand up and fluff out all their feathers, content that their favorite rooster made them feel so special. The only reason I know this is because my very first hen did that...