i normally feed this chow from the mill, i noticed a few months ago my egg production had been dropping (blaming it on the heat) didn't think much of it, once i called the mill and they let me know they just changed the formula yet again, now i clearly want to add something to give them more...
Normally when i have a rooster, sure they are young, OK temperament, but once they attack you and see they "like" attacking you...they don't really stop. what i can tell you is
1) Do not run, don't back down...once they get into that little lowered walk they do, Eyeballing your feet, feathers...
when it comes to Price and quality for online coops it almost never matches up, you can get a pretty nice looking look for under $200-shipped on Ebay, however will it last? probably not, but i dont know for sure, i just cant really think that a coop that "cheap" is going to last, Check ebay...
Hello everyone, trying to come up with easy to clean/work in breeding pens, my coops will be 4x8 long, filled with only roosting bars, i have read up on this "sand" in the coop, some make a bin or pan just to hold the sand under the bars, the chickens use the bathroom then the next morning you...
i have not read any of the comments, so sorry if this gets repeated,
Use 6 foot wielded wire fencing...chicken wire is awful, will only last a short time then fall apart its Way to easy to break, anything that tries to go after your chickens can/will break it, also your chickens will dig...
OK am trying to make a blue print plan for 4 large coops, 4x8 coops, with bars inside for the birds to roost on, No lay boxes, am planning on putting the lay boxes within the runs not the coops, they will be up off the ground, No able to walk inside, but will have double doors to open and reach...
i am looking for Olive egger hatching eggs, not the "Easter egger" Eggs you know the kind the hatcheries sells?
am looking for a line someone has been working with to be a deep olive color. or green, but not the light green that the "F1 Easter eggers" lay. i want to order them around February...
i have been googling all day and looking on this page but many of the photos are old links and i cant even view them, so please so me your breeding pens!
Ah, thank you for the tips, i will change out that Water dish i put in. i have him locked up in a cage away from all my other birds (i tend to stay clear of any other birds unless i hatch them out myself or order them from a known company) just to be safe of any sickness everything is...
How much are pigeons? i take it he/she needs a friend. how much could another one of this one be? also should i find out if its Male or female first before i bring in another...Are they like chickens..if a male see's another male they will attack.
its a bad photo, it was the first time i ever held him so i was kinda Quick before putting him into a cage, he seems healthly the beak is Normal i will try to get a better photo of him today.
I checked with my neighbors no one owns any pigeons but we did have a livestock auction Saturday about 5 miles away and am wondering if this guy got out of his cage and flew to my house Sunday morning i came out only to notice this guy in my goose pen but when i walked in he flew into a near by...
really impressed with McMurray Hatchery I did end up getting 2 defected chicks out of 47.... one is blind the other only has one eye, Being such a HUGE hatchery i didst want to throw up a red flag at all, all the chicks seem very healthy But this morning i checked on them and 2 completely...
hey everyone!! i got a chick order in today!!! i already own Easter eggers and black australorps i ordered them a little over a year ago when we first started the this "homestead" and i really wanted more breeds to look at rather then just my 2 kinds of chickens.....so0o0o for months i have been...
i normally keep my chicks on chick starter when i do start to give "treats" its when they are feathered out and can go outside....I love the chick order! i myself just placed a order for the 11th 25 rainbow pullet pack and Blue laced red wyandottes and Speckled sussex chicks from mcmurray cant wait!
i love it when i can order a pack of meat birds, One thing is they grow FAST...higher protein the more meat you get BUT i would Highly recommend once they are past 3 weeks do the 12 hours on off feeding system...Why? because they really grow fast...i mean over night fast...more feed means your...