I take plastic grocery bags to the feed store & they left me pick the alfalfa scraps off the ground for free. I get enough to fill my 5 gal bucket, and every day I throw a handful out to the chickens. My friend do comment on how orange my yolks are.
Dumb question now....... How do I stop my EE from knocking the egg she just laid off the shelf & cracking it, this is the 3rd egg this week, she has done this to? She is a mid day layer & they are out free ranging at that time. I can't lock her up, because that will piss off the other hens who want to go in and lay. Am going to try to find some type of padding to put down on the deck, or even build a single nest box to put there & see if she will use it. Some of the Buffs are still using the overturned trash can as a nesting box. Had 5 in the nesting box today, one in the trash can & the knocked off one on the deck. I save the cracked ones, hard boil them & feed them back to the girls.
