Hi Everyone -this is a great place for advice and I have learnt so much from BYC
I am hoping to get Prevention advice here from any of you experienced chicken people.
Question > Tips.... I am looking for advice on what can I add/or remove to the food and water, when feeding, to prevent young...
I recently started a new flock and the ages of my girls are staggered.
I have 2 girls that started laying in August (mixed breeds) and they aren't laying consistently. Is this normal for new layers?
My last flock was all RIR mixes and great layers so I'm just not used to the inconsistency. I...
Her have 5 chicks and 1 mama hen. Chicks are about 7-8 weeks old now. 4hens and 1 rooster. Mama just started laying again this week so we have brought out the small chick feeder for her layer crumbles and kept the large feeder full with starter/grower crumbles.
Once the chicks start laying...
Anyone else have this problem??? Recently (for like the past few months maybe ??? Not really sure), some of the Purina feeds have ZERO dates on them anywhere!! Including the kind I usually buy! Meanwhile, their other feeds have dates as does Nutrena and most of the Dumor ones.
The issue seems...
My father was told by orschlens and our local coop that they add something/medication (don't ask me what!) to all their poultry feeds except the wild gamebird feed. I'm not sure what it is or what it treats (again, second hand info (ranting) from my father!) But he said the guy at the coop said...