Langshan Thread!!!

[BGMatt]

Sort of like a flop. But the comb is not large enough at this stage to flop like a leghorn. Just slightly curved in the middle. Will try and post a photo when not posting from my phone.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about that then. Give it another couple months and maybe it might be worth worrying about.

 

[informative]

I read this regarding protein in chicken feed

From: Storey’ s Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd edition

GOOD SOURCES OF ANIMAL PROTEIN

Animal protein can come from any of the following:

• High-quality cat food (not dog food, most of which derives protein from grains)
• Raw meat from a reliable source (not chicken; feeding an animal the meat of its own species can perpetuate diseases)
• Fish (but don’t feed fish to a chicken you plan to eat anytime soon, or the meat may taste fishy)
• Molting food, sold by pet stores for caged songbirds (it’ s expensive but lets you circumvent issues with potentially toxic pet foods and bacteria-laden meats)
• Scrambled or hard-boiled eggs, mashed
• Sprouted grains and seeds, particularly alfalfa and sesame seeds (sprouting improves protein quantity and quality)
• Mealworms
• Earthworms

Anyone have anything to add to this that they have discovered? Things to watch out for to NOT make the mistake of feeding?

 

[BGMatt]

I read this regarding protein in chicken feed 

From: Storey’ s Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd edition
 
GOOD SOURCES OF ANIMAL PROTEIN
 
Animal protein can come from any of the following:
 
• High-quality cat food (not dog food, most of which derives protein from grains)
• Raw meat from a reliable source (not chicken; feeding an animal the meat of its own species can perpetuate diseases)
• Fish (but don’t feed fish to a chicken you plan to eat anytime soon, or the meat may taste fishy)
• Molting food, sold by pet stores for caged songbirds (it’ s expensive but lets you circumvent issues with  potentially toxic pet foods and bacteria-laden meats)
• Scrambled or hard-boiled eggs, mashed
• Sprouted grains and seeds, particularly alfalfa and sesame seeds (sprouting improves protein quantity and  quality)
• Mealworms
• Earthworms
 
Anyone have anything to add to this that they have discovered?  Things to watch out for to NOT make the mistake of feeding?

All those are great. I will add that through trial and error over many years that the fishy taste in eggs and meat from feeding fish only happens if you exceed 10% of their diet of fish. Which I wouldn't advise for other reasons.

 

[3KillerBs]

When talking about percentage of the diet how is that percentage measured?

Is it by weight of item as it is usually presented, by dry weight, or by volume?

And does it have to be fed on a consistent basis? For example, my DH is getting into aquaponics. If I clean 4-5 fish to make us a fish feast and give 4-6 hens a fish waste feast once a week will there be a spike of fishy-eggs from that or would it only happen if the chickens got too much fish waste daily?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I just feed a bit of catfish food to the birds. Usually as a treat 1x or 2x per week. Really seems to shine up those feathers and help with regrowth. I do NOT suggest feeding this to growing birds. It can blow out legs on your larger (and most often best) birds.

 

[BGMatt]

When talking about percentage of the diet how is that percentage measured?

Is it by weight of item as it is usually presented, by dry weight, or by volume?

And does it have to be fed on a consistent basis? For example, my DH is getting into aquaponics. If I clean 4-5 fish to make us a fish feast and give 4-6 hens a fish waste feast once a week will there be a spike of fishy-eggs from that or would it only happen if the chickens got too much fish waste daily?

By weight. I have my feed milled for me and my customers and we use fish meal (no water weight). So that's how the study was done. I am not sure how it would affect things if it was all fed at once.

 

[3KillerBs]

Thank you for the information.

I suppose I'll find out in due time.

 

[BroodyHen2012]

PLEASE! I beg of you, please remove those spiral bands from those males. They WILL grow into the skin and into the bones! Very painful to remove and it looks like one of them is already starting to grow into the leg.

Roo's Leg Bands have been Removed & switched to Zip Tye's;
I took off Hen's bands & switched them to the Correct-sizes, since they should have no more growing to do.
Did this about Jan of this year or quite a few months back at least. Thanks for your concern!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Lmao! I think that was forever ago!

 

[Flowerbh]

What color eggs do Langshans have? Croad Langshans? I heard they are purple. Is that true? Does anyone have a photo of purple eggs?