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[Leahs Mom]

Bummer @pipdzipdnreadytogo

I have always made my own feed so I'm no help. I did start using Fertrell's soy-free protein crumble with my grains instead of sourcing my own protein. (I've never feed anything with soy in it.) I get the grains from Honeyville and the protein crumbles from one of the 2 local Fertrell guys.

FYI - Honeyville/WOLF do make feeds you can purchase, but they are a mash type rather than crumble or pellet. (Very powdery...the birds will learn to eat it.) You can get conventional, non-gmo, organic, or no-soy in each of the options.

Both the feed that I make myself and their feeds are freshly ground so it hasn't been sitting around on a shelf for a long time.

 

[Leahs Mom]

PS: Honeyville is in Topeka; WOLF (the organic owner of Honeyville) is in Wolcottville. It you want something from WOLF and are closer to Topeka, you can pick it up in Topeka.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thanks for the recommendation, @Leahs Mom ! I'll make a note to take a trip up there and check it out next week. According to their site, they have an 18% pelletized all-flock-type feed, so it could work!

 

[Leahs Mom]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo
Give them a call and find out what they have before you go. They're very helpful on the phone, and then you can be sure they have what you want before you go.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thanks, will do!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@jchny2000
Are you using the bands that they sell for antlers?

Might be similar. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail...itemguid=bb920936-4f01-43b6-8d04-ea39ca9b46df
Hope this is a better link.

I'm having a strange urge to have quail eggs. I have no quails, so that's problematic.
Does anyone have quails and chickens living together? Even more specific, can one quail survive with a flock of 8 chickens? Would the chickens pick on it?

I wouldn't chance it unless your girls are real docile. Quail are fun to keep but only a pound as adults.

The only bands I could find on that site were for castration...then they had one for antlers.

Possibly but the one I bought is a very large loop and a heavy duty ratcheting bander.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@Leahs Mom https://www.valleyvet.com/Library/lib_22998_-Dehorning_Instructions.pdf

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@Indyshent how are you? Really miss talking to you!Hope house is sold and you are settled. I'm ready to hatch you some chicks when you are ready for them.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

We finally found a feed grinder. 3 point type at an auction. This is a huge find, we feed 100lbs of food to our cows alone daily. We will be milling all our critters feed once we get the grain and supplements delivered. I'm pretty excited about it. Azure offers organics for peas and mineral additives. Yep it costs more, but my animals will thrive from a more natural feed. The chickens were going crazy when the peas came out lol.

 

[pginsber]

I wouldn't chance it unless your girls are real docile. Quail are fun to keep but only a pound as adults.

Ah-hah--that makes sense. Thanks for that insight! Guess I'll have to find a local that has quail and get my tiny egg fix that way.

We have one Norwegian Jaerhon and she's is really small, too. <2 lbs, I'd guess. I've seen her flying around the coopyard in short bursts, but I attributed it to flightiness opposed to bullying. It could very well be she's trying to escape the other birds in the flock.

Interestingly enough, we just hatched an egg from her. An Araucana roo over the Jaerhon hen. I'm excited to see her grow out!