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  1. ChickChic00

    Self sufficient feed

    Can chickens live off of a compost area and free ranging and some veggies from the garden? And the occasional fish and guts I go catch?
  2. ChickChic00

    Butternut squash

    How many butternut squash would it take to feed a flock of 12 for a day? 2-3? 3-4? And only adding about 4-5 cups of layer pellets and they are also free ranging if that helps any. Just want to know how many butternut squash I would have to feed 12 chickens/per day in order for them to be...
  3. ChickChic00

    Fermented Feed

    Would Fermented Feed that includes, Whole Oats, Corn, and Sunflower Seeds be a good whole diet for my chickens? Hear me out please.i have over 200 chickens, most are free ranging and go in a house at night. I give them grit and oystershell on the side for them. Could I cut costs by feeding them...
  4. Veiji

    Food for Flock

    As I am starting my own flock, we had added Cockerels. We know the hens NEED calcium, so we provide them with Layer feed and offer Oyster Shells in a dish 24/7 access, BUT now that we have Roosters, what do we feed the whole flock? We have Layer Feed, Scratch Grains, and Oyster Shells. Do we...
  5. A

    Feeding Chicken eggs to quail?

    Hi all! Newbie here ! Very happy to have found this community online! The support and knowledge I'm reading is amazing 😊 Here's my question; I know I can feed chicken eggshells to my quail as long as they're baked to remove pathogens and crushed so they're safe for ingestion, but can I feed the...
    • assenaV
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    • chickeneggs feed quail
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  6. Crazy Duck Lover

    Good layer feed?

    Hello everyone! Currently I have a few sets of duck eggs incubating but I was wondering if y’all could help me pick out a good quality layer feed for top notch eggs. I plan to sell eggs once my ducks can lay! Also, what would be a good food for drakes? Can they eat what the ducks eat, or do they...
    • Crazy Duck Lover
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    • drakes ducks feed incubating layer feed quality eggs
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. PeepOverlord

    MILE FOUR *Taste Test Guarantee* on Non GMO, Organic, No corn/soy meal Feed

    Mile Four Feed is offering a "taste test" guarantee on their feed. For $9 you try it, your chicks/chickens don't like it - they refund you. Here's the link The 25 chicks I got on 3/11 love the Mile Four feed, and prefer it to any 'crumble'. It ferments well, smells great and there's no junk in...
  8. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Neighbor's Chickens Trying to Join My Flock

    I'm having an issue with my neighbors flock storming my run and eating like they're starving whenever I let my girls out to supervise free range. It wasn't always like this: a few of the neighbor's hens who were always getting bullied would come down and snack/hang out (I also saved one from...
  9. F

    How do I tell the difference between a prominent keen / too skinny quail?

    Any advice on how to differentiate a prominent keen from a quail who is too skinny? When I place my fingers on the chest of one of my quail I can feel their keen very clearly. I do not have to really search at all, and it is most noticeable when I hold them. How should I encourage them to eat...
    • faymine
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    • advice eat feed help keen quail skinny
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  10. ChiknforME

    Bulk feed in central KY

    Looking for suggestions on bulk feed for CX. Would prefer yo get from feed mill. Or if you have a good recipe. Going to have 70 birds.
  11. flamingmenudo

    Would you use this chick starter?

    I bought a couple small bags of organic chick starter crumbles at the feed store. I didn't notice the dates on the bags: Manufactured May 2020/Best by Feb 11, 2021. Obviously it's not much past that date, but do you think the vitamins/minerals would have depleted significantly sitting on the...
  12. Cole_unger

    Electrolytes

    I feed my girls a whole grain ration blended with wheat, barley, crushed peas, boss and canola meal and have some teenagers about 6 weeks old im wondering with this feed not having added salt or minerals would stress aid be ok to be used long term i understand there are concerns with the salt...
  13. Reiki Rooster

    Rain proof feeders

    Hello, I am try to figure out how to protect the chickens feed during rain storms. Currently I place their feed in their house during bad weather but I need a better way badly. Thank you for your time
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    Had to make their containers cute🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
    • Celia87
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    • Category: Brooders, Incubators, Feeders & Waterers
  15. C

    Flock Raiser? Please help an Aussie out!

    As per the title - I'm in Australia! After lurking through the forums for a long time, I've recently learned that feeding the girls with layer feed continuously can be bad for them! I see a lot of people continuously recommending Purina Flock Raiser, but they're unavailable in Australia. I...
  16. SophiaLinn

    how do you feed laying hens and pullets under 18 weeks in the same coop?

    So we’re getting more chicks in march and i’ve been doing a lot of research about how to safely integrate new pullets into an existing flock. But one thing I can’t seem to find info on is how you feed the calcium layer feed to the hens and grower to the pullets when they’re in the same coop? We...
  17. H

    Muscovy feeding, care, and bullying questions

    Aloha. I free range five hens of different varieties in my backyard, and about 5 months ago my children convinced me to get a pair of Muskovy ducklings. I haven’t yet figured out how people free feed their birds. The minute my birds step away from the feeder, at least 20 wild birds swoop in...
    • Hawaii girl
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    • bullying duck feed free range muscovy territorial
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. S

    Feeding free rangers - they don't want layer feed...

    Hi, We have 9 mixed laying hens about 10 months old, a surviving guinea hen and one accidental rooster. I want to check to make sure we are feeding and maintaining them appropriately. They seem amazingly healthy and have provided us with between 7-9 eggs a day since the mid-summer, and are...
  19. H

    Homemade Chicken Feed Recipe--How Does This Sound?

    Hi everyone! We're about to transition our flock of laying hens (and one pullet) to a homemade mix of grains/seeds, etc. I found this recipe one BYC ages ago (will link the original post if I can find it,) and just wanted to run it by some more experienced chicken keepers: 12 cups of whole...
  20. SolarDuck

    Best overall duck feed?

    Hello I was just wondering what the best feed is for my ducks. I have 3 Muscovy girls and right now they are eating Family Farms brand chicken feed, per 40lb bag of feed I add 4 cups of Family Farms brand scratch, 2 cups of dried mealworms, and 1 cup of bewers yeast. I always fill up their bowl...
    • SolarDuck
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    • duck feed grit
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Ducks
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