My chickens are a bunch of ingrates, too, haha! And they also blame me for bad weather. Thanks for sharing the story. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only crazy chicken person who goes worm hunting for their girls.
I guess I fell into this habit of giving all the treats a couple months ago when...
Wow! Okay. That sounds like I'm way overfeeding them with treats. I'll cut back on the volume. But I assume I should keep up with the high protein treast during the molt, right?
They have full time access to their feed. I'm mixing it at the moment because I recently made the switch, and I don't want to toss out the remaining layer formula that I have. They will eventually be on All Flock only. Do you think it would help her to just do All Flock during the molt since...
I'm in the process of transitioning from Layer formula to All Flock, so they're currently eating a 50/50 mix of the two formulas. They have egg shells, oyster shells, & grit. They get treats 2-
3x a day and I generaully rotate through scratch, mealworms, oatmeal, eggs, Greek Yogurt, suet-treats...
I have been rotating through Greek Yogurt, mealworms, eggs, and high-protein table scraps. And since we have a construction project going on, I've been salvaging the grubs and worms that are getting dug up in the yard and saving those for her. Poor girl is still losing feathers, and still...
Hi all,
My silver-laced wyandotte is the last of my girls to molt, and the one having the toughest time. I think she had a hard molt as it looked like a massacre happened in the coop just the other day. Now the poor thing has a bare bottom, no tail feathers to shake, and she leaves a trail of...