BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Are your older birds laying again?
How many females do you have?
Mine just really ramped up this last week.
I had zero eggs from mid October until mid January.
Will not go thru another winter with no pullets.

All the older gals are laying again except my WLH, Peanut. I doubt I'll see another egg from her. She has ascites and I'm monitoring her for when it's time to let her go.
The younger hens are mostly back in action. The Wellies are taking their sweet time but I finally got an egg from one of them yesterday. I do have a few that are still pushing in new feathers.
I'm pretty sure the pullets are all laying.
I have 22 girls total, three boys. Still thinking about selling Tate when his comb heals from the minor frostbite he got on our one sub-zero night.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I should get 3 eggs today!

A neighbor is interested in buying eggs. Another would be if I started feeding organic/non-GMO. I'm trying to find some organic feed; the increase in $$$ could be offset by selling eggs. I would rather feed organic, as that's how I garden.

Right now I'm feeding 20% protein all flock, with good result. I have nothing to compare to; it's my first flock, but I think it's going well. In my little bit of looking around, I found 18% organic chick starter/grower. Can I feed that in place of all flock with supplemental calcium, which I offer now?

I'm going to another store today to check out their feed lines.

Input? BYC is my go to source for advice.

I use game bird feed to boost protein. Bigger crumbles and higher protein.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Have any of you made cornbread and added pineapple and coconut? It's really good!

 

[Sally PB]

Right now I'm feeding 20% protein all flock, with good result. I have nothing to compare to; it's my first flock, but I think it's going well. In my little bit of looking around, I found 18% organic chick starter/grower. Can I feed that in place of all flock with supplemental calcium, which I offer now?

I found an organic 20% all flock, made by Kalmbach. It was $16 for 50 pounds. Wheee!!! I think that price beats anything I found at TSC.

It's also a local small business. I've gotten seed potatoes from them, and like going there. Now I have a good reason to go more than once a year.

 

[ronott1]

I found an organic 20% all flock, made by Kalmbach. It was $16 for 50 pounds. Wheee!!! I think that price beats anything I found at TSC.

It's also a local small business. I've gotten seed potatoes from them, and like going there. Now I have a good reason to go more than once a year.

That is a very good price for feed!

 

[aart]

I found an organic 20% all flock, made by Kalmbach. It was $16 for 50 pounds.

Really!?! Got a link?

 

[Sally PB]

Really!?! Got a link?

https://starbardfarmsfeed.com/
https://starbardfarmsfeed.com/chickens

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning I feed a 18% with oyster out Organic is bupkiss.
A word overused. less know the true meaning.
Vocabulary.com
Organic describes things that are natural or related to nature. In common usage, organic is used to mean “healthful” or “close to nature.” It can also describe foods grown without artificial pesticides or fertilizers. In other uses, organic refers to living things or material that comes from living things.

 

[ronott1]

Morning I feed a 18% with oyster out Organic is bupkiss.
A word overused. less know the true meaning.
Vocabulary.com
Organic describes things that are natural or related to nature. In common usage, organic is used to mean “healthful” or “close to nature.” It can also describe foods grown without artificial pesticides or fertilizers. In other uses, organic refers to living things or material that comes from living things.

I feed them purina-- layena and flock raiser

 

[CLSranch]

It was $16 for 50 pounds.

That is a very good price for feed!

That is a dollar short of double what I pay.But mine is 40#