feeding

Hello Everyone! I am having a small situation about how I should feed my chickens. I have four hens total, three that have NOT started laying and one recently STARTED five days ago. The three who have not started laying yet are still on grower feed crumbles, which has about 18% protein, and...

I have 3 bantams and 1 regular hen in a garden coop. I've been getting pellets from a shop for a few years, but because of the awkward weight of a full-size 20-liter bag, I switched to a different company when I found one that would deliver. And they're refusing to eat! They act like there is no...

Hi, I just became a goose mom! I was given 2 Toulouse geese that are one week old and I am getting such mixed advice on feeding! Could anyone help me? 1. They are eating non medicated starter crumbles that says it's for chicks, ducklings, and goslings. It is 18% protein, but it only says...

My family and I just recently acquired a couple of chicks we plan to grow and breed. They are supposed to be some sort of red sex linked chicks and seem to be about a week to a couple of weeks old. Primarily I am a plant guy. I love growing fruit trees, nut trees, flowers, berry bushes...

I've got Rhode Island Reds on the way & we're considering adding meat birds to the order (Buckeyes). Since they're supposed to have different percentages of protein, can you mix the feeds or give the birds one or the other? Several people here have mentioned they feed with no regard to the...

Hi! My 10 year old mare was recently diagnosed with sand in her colon. Apparently, it's been there for a few years....she is a rescue horse and she picked up some bad habits. The vet suggested we give her some Sand Clear mixed in with Equine Senior. My mare just sniffs and won't eat it...

I live in the high desert in California (Oak Hills/Hesperia area), and I would like to start raising chickens. Problem is, my property is all dirt, so there's no pasture for them. Have any of you had luck planting pasture from just dirt? Everyone who raises chickens on Youtube lives in very...

We feed our betta frozen brine shrimp and I was curious if I could give some to our 3 week old ducklings as well? Maybe even our 7 week old chicks and also our hens? It's just the usual thing from petco, it comes in a tray with like 30 pouches. It takes our single betta awhile to eat one pouch...

I have a female who is about 1.5 years old and 3 baby ducks a little over a month old. My adult female, charlie, hasn't laid an egg since I moved to New York from North Carolina last July. I thought she would start in the spring but she has not... she's gone through a lot of deaths around her...

My husband and I bought 6 ducklings 5 days ago. They are now 7 days old. We keep them in our basement in a wooden box 3'*5' brooder with heat lamp next to the wood stove. A few days ago I noticed one of the ducklings we're "sneezing" in the water then it started sneezing out of the water now...

My three 5-6 week old chicks will be put in a separated area of the coop/run with 5 other older hens sometime within the next week or so. We can keep them separated for as long as it takes (we're thinking a few weeks). But then once we have everyone together the new chicks will be around 10-11...

Hi guys! My new ducks still aren't eating out of trough, what do you use to feed your ducks? I'm worried it may be a little too deep for them. I've inserted picture of what I use. Also how much should I be feeding 2 adult females? At the moment I'm giving them 340g a day but they aren't eating...

Yesterday I purchased my first two point of lay khaki campbells! I purchased a bowl for them to eat out of but they don't seem to be eating out of it, but will eat when their food is on the floor? Shall I just continue to feed them off the floor or keep trying with the bowl or try a feed skip?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT -NOT THE GUT... I’ve no science to go on here -just some thoughts and deducing. Just something to consider maybe... My wife is in the habit of throwing handfuls of unshelled sunflower seeds to the chickens in their coops when she is reloading the wildbird feeders. As I thought...

New chicken mommy here and planning for our 8 chicks arriving in April. I am considering fermented food for our chicks. How do I know how much to make at a time? And if I make it, how long does a batch keep if they don’t finish it all? If I’m using chick starter crumbles, do I strain off the...

I am on my second flock and have not had good luck with them laying "throughout their lives." My first flock layed well until they were about 18 months old and then stopped completely. The current flock only layed for about 9 months and stopped. They started up again after about 7 months...

So I've decided to try turkeys this year. I have two heritage breeds, a Royal Palm and a Bourbon Red, on order and they're coming in a week or so. These turkeys would be strictly pets; I would never, ever eat them. I have raised countless batches of chicks:jumpy, so I know the drill for...

We have a greenhouse that was over-run with white flies, aphids, and black flies. A friend suggested spraying everything with a "tea" made from tobacco. We tried it and it didn't work. Now, We've pulled everything out of the greenhouse and it's killing us to just throw it all away, when we have...

We have been making Kefir and it has grown to big for our needs, can I feed my chickens the extra grains?