Do they need crumbles daily?

[ChrisisaGirl]

Oh, you're welcome. Thank you <3 I helped my Dad raise these girls, we all lived together, and even if we hadn't I would have taken them if I could. Yes many people are like well these birds are useless now they don't lay, off to freezer camp! We have mmm 10 i think, we had more but over the years the flock slowly died off, but now we have babies! so we have the 8/9 plus 3.

@ChrisisaGirl, I want to thank you for reaching out and asking the tough questions. It was nice of you to take over older hens from your dad, and keep them even if they don't lay anymore. I know you want to do the right thing for them, and came here to make sure you were. We have given you a lot of advice, and believe me it is from the heart. We have all made mistakes while we were learning about chickens, and sometimes there is so much advice coming our way we still don't know which way is the right way.

Wow! How great that you found out the formulated food is actually less expensive than you thought. I haven't actually tracked how much I spend on chicken feed, but I'm going to. It doesn't seem like a lot, but I only have 12 birds. One thing is, feeding a complete nutritional feed means they will get more nutrition with less food. They will eat a lot of junk, but probably 1/2 cup each a day of the good stuff.

 

[ChrisisaGirl]

thank you! I am so excited to see how one looks just like momma, how come the others don't quite? maybe they're boys? or late color bloomers hehehe

Awe....very pretty birds!