Well, I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here. I've got two flocks, one is a mixed breed/age group of 14 almost 2 year hens and almost 1 year pullets and the other is 6 Brahmas. I think I've gotten lucky with my roosters. Mr. Feathers, the EE, challenged me when he was about 16 weeks old, I reprimanded him, and he's never tried again. He's real good about being alert when the hens are ranging about the horse pen, but is it weird that he goes to bed about an hour before the hens do? The other cockerel, Blackberry, is really sweet. Huge, too. He rarely crows at all, follows his ladies closely and is the last one in at night.
We clean out the fridge every week, so the chickens are used to getting piles of slop, so to speak. Yesterday was the first time I gave them some of the FF (layer food, oatmeal, BOSS & a little bit of alfalfa & calf manna). The mixed group attacked it like they always too - I think competition helps here. The Brahmas just circled the pan, probably thought I was trying to poison them. I'll have to see this afternoon if they ate any of it.
I'm setting a couple of eggs aside and in 2 weeks, I'll do a comparison. Can't wait to see if there is a difference or not.
We clean out the fridge every week, so the chickens are used to getting piles of slop, so to speak. Yesterday was the first time I gave them some of the FF (layer food, oatmeal, BOSS & a little bit of alfalfa & calf manna). The mixed group attacked it like they always too - I think competition helps here. The Brahmas just circled the pan, probably thought I was trying to poison them. I'll have to see this afternoon if they ate any of it.
I'm setting a couple of eggs aside and in 2 weeks, I'll do a comparison. Can't wait to see if there is a difference or not.
