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Lol, lots of posts. Thanks everyone. Okay, here it goes.
The birds get alot of treats. We throw in veggies and fruits and they go nuts for them, but as soon as the food is gone they go back to pecking.
We feed out girls Layer rations (can't get the % right now, tomorrow, though) with grit (only recently introduced) and oyster shell. They also get a few handfulls of scratch every once in a while. Is it possible they are getting TOO MUCH of something?
I can't get the measures of how big their run and coop is, as I my dad built it, but I remember correctly that they should have enough space. I think they are bored, however we cannot free-range all day. They really like the neighbor's mulch. But they DO get let out in the late afternoon and are allowed to roam until dark. They don't have enough time to run to the neighbor's yard, only enough time to eat.
What can I do that will increase their protien intake? (I doubt my mom will allow me to use catfood, she eats the eggs and gets really skeeved out.) Something cheap, please. I'd have to buy it myself. My parents really don't like spending money on the animals uness it is totally necessary. Will yogurt work? What else gives protien for chickens?
I'd try the salt thing but they don't get to the blood. They really have never caused one of the birds to bleed, they just snap off pieces of feathers.
Okay, about pine tar...are we able to eat eggs when the birds have it on/take a pick at it? Also, how long does it take to come off? If I can't put it everywhere on her, are the peckers going to just peck at the places that aren't covered in the stuff?
I can't separate them. We only have one coop and one run. At the moment, there is really only one chicken I need to worry about. (My Wyandotte.) And she'd need a shelter, a place to escape from predators (she's slow) and somewhere to lay her eggs. I must keep them as a group.
I WAS thinking about peepers, though. Can anyone expain how they work? What keeps them on? Will they be able to flee from predators? Is there any specific kind I should get/is recommended? Do they make them for standards and banties alike? I really need some help here.
Over all, I think this started out as an, "I'm bored" thing and soon after became a "This is fun thing", but then turned into, "Oh...hey! You there! Stop! I just need to peck-okay! Just needed to get that. Okay, you can go now."
Thank you for your patience.
The birds get alot of treats. We throw in veggies and fruits and they go nuts for them, but as soon as the food is gone they go back to pecking.
We feed out girls Layer rations (can't get the % right now, tomorrow, though) with grit (only recently introduced) and oyster shell. They also get a few handfulls of scratch every once in a while. Is it possible they are getting TOO MUCH of something?
I can't get the measures of how big their run and coop is, as I my dad built it, but I remember correctly that they should have enough space. I think they are bored, however we cannot free-range all day. They really like the neighbor's mulch. But they DO get let out in the late afternoon and are allowed to roam until dark. They don't have enough time to run to the neighbor's yard, only enough time to eat.
What can I do that will increase their protien intake? (I doubt my mom will allow me to use catfood, she eats the eggs and gets really skeeved out.) Something cheap, please. I'd have to buy it myself. My parents really don't like spending money on the animals uness it is totally necessary. Will yogurt work? What else gives protien for chickens?
I'd try the salt thing but they don't get to the blood. They really have never caused one of the birds to bleed, they just snap off pieces of feathers.
Okay, about pine tar...are we able to eat eggs when the birds have it on/take a pick at it? Also, how long does it take to come off? If I can't put it everywhere on her, are the peckers going to just peck at the places that aren't covered in the stuff?
I can't separate them. We only have one coop and one run. At the moment, there is really only one chicken I need to worry about. (My Wyandotte.) And she'd need a shelter, a place to escape from predators (she's slow) and somewhere to lay her eggs. I must keep them as a group.
I WAS thinking about peepers, though. Can anyone expain how they work? What keeps them on? Will they be able to flee from predators? Is there any specific kind I should get/is recommended? Do they make them for standards and banties alike? I really need some help here.

Over all, I think this started out as an, "I'm bored" thing and soon after became a "This is fun thing", but then turned into, "Oh...hey! You there! Stop! I just need to peck-okay! Just needed to get that. Okay, you can go now."
Thank you for your patience.