HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long 2016 w/ Hosts, Mike, Sally & BantyChooks

[BullChick]

my drakes dont eat the food i give them, my chickens go into their house and eat some of it, but they dont eat much either
i go through a bag of layer and a bag of allflock/game everyother month right now, though i am sure that will go up in the winter when they cant graze.

The babies are getting bigger, so they are taking over where the four drakes left off. I had about two weeks of 50 pounds lasting 10 days. Now I am only at six or seven days.

 

[Chaos18]

The babies are getting bigger, so they are taking over where the four drakes left off. I had about two weeks of 50 pounds lasting 10 days. Now I am only at six or seven days.

Between my 3 coops I'm going through about a 50lb bag a week.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

i only fill the feeder in the coop every 3-4 days, and the duck house feeder as needed, maybe every 1.5 days
i'm lucky, but all my birds are loose during the day

 

[daxigait]

Well, I was going to hatch some CCL for the hatch a long but my girls stopped laying and today, I lost my roo I have my lavender ameraucanas seperated now. The girls are young and haven't started laying yet but combs are red and they should be starting very soon. Hopefully, with any luck, they'll start laying in the next couple weeks and maybe I'll get to hatch some for October. I'm thinking of seperating my silkies too but we'll see. Now, I need to find a new CCL roo. That will seriously teach me not to have a backup :/ He was a handsome and sweet boy and will be missed.

So sorry. What happened?
Too bad you are not in MO. I have one.

 

[BullChick]

i only fill the feeder in the coop every 3-4 days, and the duck house feeder as needed, maybe every 1.5 days
i'm lucky, but all my birds are loose during the day

The ducks are laying at the neighbor's, and that is very bad. I keep them cooped for a while, but that doesn't always work either. And, it is only occasional. Otherwise, they are free ranging.
How many do you have, Liz?
And, Chaos...?

 

[Chaos18]

The ducks are laying at the neighbor's, and that is very bad. I keep them cooped for a while, but that doesn't always work either. And, it is only occasional. Otherwise, they are free ranging.
How many do you have, Liz?
And, Chaos...?

Somewhere between 25-40.

 

[BullChick]

Somewhere between 25-40.

How do you only use a bag a week?!
Wait, how many of them are over 8 weeks?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

The ducks are laying at the neighbor's, and that is very bad. I keep them cooped for a while, but that doesn't always work either. And, it is only occasional. Otherwise, they are free ranging.
How many do you have, Liz?
And, Chaos...?

currently
2 polish (i think both are roos)
2 baby ees (hoping girls, they look it)
2 laying ees
1 roo ee
1 mutt maybe cochin x, think its a roo
2 spitz (i think 1f, 1m) dunno yet
2 D'anvers (pair)
1 bantam mutt shes tiny
i think i may have missed 1, not sure
13-14 total i guess

 

[Chaos18]

How do you only use a bag a week?!

Are you saying my birds should eat more?

 

[jessicabruce68]

BOO!