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Hello all! My husband and I took the plunge and ordered 10 Ameraucana (really Easter Egger) chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries. We got 11 and the are all still with us today! (Which is only 4 weeks now). We are currently building a coop and are using permaculture methods for most of what we've...

Can you feed chickens organicly grown fruits and veggies from the garden and farm raised meal worms for protein?

Hello, This is my first question to you experts. My family and I have recently purchased 8 chicks, 4 Easter eggers and 4 rare Marens, and have decided to raise them on all organic feed, food, etc. We don’t use pesticides or fertilizers aside from our own compost. I really want some info on...

my wife and I recently bought 6 acres and immediately acquired ostriches, geese, ducks, guinea's and of course chickens. organic/sustainable permaculture is the name of the game! I am excited to banter with like minded people for better homesteads all around!

I found this article and thought everyone might enjoy. Some of my neighbors only buy "organic" at the store and won't eat my chicken's eggs. Does anyone think the USDA is right? There is no comparison to this (IMO) crowded warehousing and my backyard flock...

Hi all! I've read a lot of conflicting information on when to switch chicks from a medicated starter to an unmedicated starter/grower. Our chickens are currently 11 weeks old, and have been on Manna Pro's medicated starter from the beginning. We put them in their outdoor coop/run at 4 weeks (so...

Can it be done? Is it worth it? I haven't seen organic game bird feeds ANYWHERE, but some people make their own by combining organic chicken feed with crushed dry cat food to up the protein content. Seems a bit unbalanced to me.

Getting setup for some fun this summer. We have an organic farm where we have about 10 acres to play with. There will be a significant free-range component. Just got two young dogs. Poultry fencing and housing will be next concerns. Lots of pictures to follow.

I've been looking around for some low-cost USDA-Organic convenient feed options. Looking online I found "Kalmbach Organic Harvest Omegga Layer Pellets Chicken Feed" on Chewy. It is fairly inexpensive at about ~1 USD per pound. Have any of you tried it with your chickens? What are your thoughts...

Good afternoon! My family and I moved from Austin to ETX when we purchased land from my husbands family. We have been raising our three first generation farmers there ever since. We have chickens, of course! Black and blue copper Marans, Croad Langshan, Easter Eggers, Fibro Easter Eggers...

www.serenitysprouts.com is offering 15% off everything on their website between now and February 14th, 2019. Enter gift code: SerenityLove to save 15% off your total order. Serenity Sprouts is a local Colorado farm that does not ship their chickens, however offers shipment of hatching eggs...

So, I'm gearing up for an experiment in next summer's garden. A recommendation went by from a nearby herb farmer to use eggshell mulch around herbs that need to be kept drier than our local climate allows. I did get clarification that they meant a mulch, not a scattering of shell like what...

WHEW! That sure sounds politically correct! I have had a flock of free-range chickens for a few years now, and they are laying well and yolks are a deep orange color. I have become very allergic to wheat, even though I follow a gluten-free diet myself. It's either from the 2 eggs a day I eat...

Hello Chicken Lovers, I am fairly new to this site, so I hope I am posting in the right area. Posted previously and included my location and my thanks to the individuals that contacted me. Still looking for someone to build (or finish an existing) an insulated chicken coop. If you read my...

Just list what you use, amount, and why 1st I'll say I'm an organic *practicing* mini farmer and haven't researched this topic in depth and im anti pharm to but for my chickens ill medicate then if needed and kinda tight on time Just had my 1st loss of one of my pirate 6th monthish bard rocks...

A few years ago my husband and i were watching PBS and caught the end segment of MAD CITY CHICKENS which is a realy enjoyable documentary about back yard chickens. We HAD to purchase the CD so we could watch the whole thing. Its informative and some parts are laugh out loud funny. This is a...

WE HAVE DOMESTICATED MUSCOVY DUCKLINGS FOR SALE. NOT SEXED ONLY STRAIGHT RUN. NO WHITE OR BROWN DUCKLINGS FOR SALE IN THIS BATCH. THEY ARE BLACK WITH WHITE/YELLOW. HATCHED NATURALLY BY DUCKS NOT INCUBATED. They are from a few ducks but I did chose only one of the mothers to raise them...

Hi There, I'm a newbie to backyard chickens and chickens in general. I've been throughly into dogs and dog rescue, but this is my first venture into chickens. I decided to get some back yard chickens (which are separated from my dogs) for eggs and now I'm head over heels for my chickens...

I'm new to this group but I've been lurking for the past year. Years ago, we raised Jersey Giants and Khaki Campbells but our allergic son didn't tolerate eggs from either, so we are raising organic Muscovy ducks for eggs and meat, starting a year agoorganic. Last September's ducklings are now...

Hi! I'm near Bristol UK and have an organic farm selling mainly vegetables. I'm experimenting with chickens for eggs and have had 5 chickens for nine months but am still very much a beginner! They are ex commercial hybrids (Bovans Goldline type I think?? Tan/brown ones!). Just introducing a...