The mix I'm giving them is not reducing protien content. Wheat is 12.6%, sunflower seeds 16.6%, linseed 23.7%. These are the main things they are getting as scratch and the overall protein is not low. Corn does not generally get used as scratch over here and only makes up a tiny amount of the...
Feed - they have layers mash plus a little mixed grain as scratch (mostly wheat with a little oats and corn) with a few sunflower seeds.
Calcium they have the layers mash plus freely available crushed oyster shell.
I have noticed this week that the both of them seem to be loosing a few feathers...
I hope so. My husband said if they weren't laying by christmas he'd eat them for Christmas dinner. I told him that wouldn't be giving them a fair chance and they'll probably start in spring. Our winter days are only 7 hours long and so dark and gloomy so it'll probably take until the days are a...
Its fairly common here (ireland) for whole areas including towns and cities to be on boil water notices for months or even years. The water system here is terrible. The water gets contaminated with cryptospridium (sorry about spelling on that) and the treatment systems often can't treat for that...