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Silkie & Bantam Silkie - Strange behavior
Hello, My boyfriend came home about a month ago with a 1 week old silkie and a day old bantam silkie. We have 12 chickens but the behavior is so different in these two breeds that I needed to reach out to you guys for some help. First question I have is about the older Silkie (the orange-is...- tayjamieson
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whole Grains mid Ohio valley
Does anyone live in the Mid Ohio Valley, around Belpre, Marietta, Parkersburg that know where I can get whole grains for my flock. the current mixture that I have doesn't have enough protein. Right now I can find Cracked corn, sunflower seeds, whole oats. I bought a bag of layer pellets and the...- jessedl
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- feed feed guide ohio protein percentages whole grains
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Lower protein for Cornish Rocks?
First time raising meat birds. We've lost 7 so far. Crows (grrrr) and coccidiosis. They are 8 weeks and not as big as they should be, but only one with a leg issue, and even that one was very active. I have fed them variable feed. Two weeks of 18% organic with plenty of dried worms....Then...- UluLaté
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- feed guide finisher meat chickens
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- Forum: Meat Birds ETC
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Does anyone feed meat birds grain?
I know typically you want the high protein count, but does anyone feed grains to the meat birds? How does it change the taste and texture of the meat, if at all? What grains would you recommend?- EggMan207
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Companion Hens - What do I feed them?
i have rescued hens that i do not use for meat or eggs. they were on layer pellets, however since i don’t need the eggs i switched them to cracked corn, full veggies and veggies scraps so as not to put uneccesary stress on their systems. A few weeks after the switch i noticed that one of my...- Poppy123
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- companion companion bird don’t want eggs feed guide layer feed losing feathers pale comb pellets types of feed
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Hatching Eggs question
I feed my chickens klamback hi-omega chicken feed as they are for eggs and pets. My ducks however are pets and I incubate and hatch their eggs. Would I be able to feed the ducks the same hi-omega feed? Would it help or harm the babies in anyway? I feel like it wouldn't cause any harm as there's... -
Newly born baby diet & rest of egg Hatching
Today I observed one baby is finally outside the shell. But I have no idea to feed him because the issue is that all the eggs by his mother are saved under bunch of dry sticks(for shelter). I tried hard to reach. Once his mother moved from this place and went outside for water/feed. But the...