Handling my Hens

How are they responding to being handled?
Good although they are not laying at the moment. I have removed the dominant rooster from the flock and there are now two young Roosters, plus it's winter in SA and I have merged two flocks. So a lot going on. They are in good health and have adjusted well to the latest (younger) additions
 
Good to hear! It's always a good thing when integrations go well. I'm assuming they will begin laying whenever your typical spring begins...? Wintertime is a season for rest and molting for chickens. Just means their bodies are gearing up for it and replenishing nutrients they need. Make sure you offer free choice grit and oyster shell. It's not something you hear a lot of, but you can rinse and dry used egg shells and crush them really well and feed them back to your chickens. It puts calcium back into their bodies that they need for creating the shell of the eggs. Some think it causes them to become egg eaters, but I have found this is not the case when they are rinsed and dried. You can also softly scramble an egg and feed it to them. It gives them much needed proteins that some feeds lack. Glad everyone is doing well!
 
Good to hear! It's always a good thing when integrations go well. I'm assuming they will begin laying whenever your typical spring begins...? Wintertime is a season for rest and molting for chickens. Just means their bodies are gearing up for it and replenishing nutrients they need. Make sure you offer free choice grit and oyster shell. It's not something you hear a lot of, but you can rinse and dry used egg shells and crush them really well and feed them back to your chickens. It puts calcium back into their bodies that they need for creating the shell of the eggs. Some think it causes them to become egg eaters, but I have found this is not the case when they are rinsed and dried. You can also softly scramble an egg and feed it to them. It gives them much needed proteins that some feeds lack. Glad everyone is doing well!

Thanks so much for the fabulous advice. I wash and dry my shells and blitz them in the nutribullet then feed back to them.
 

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