Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

Young birds will eat as much as they need for growth and activity, given free access to decent feed. I personally don't concern myself too much with their day-to-day eating, as long as everyone is healthy and growing.

 

[Sally PB]

@aart, you were right (as usual), I unwittingly trained my chicks to eat the smaller pieces by mashing them up. Now I have to train them to eat the regular sized pieces.

Kids these days! Spoiled!

 

[aart]

@aart, you were right (as usual), I unwittingly trained my chicks to eat the smaller pieces by mashing them up. Now I have to train them to eat the regular sized pieces.

Hmmm.... not recalling this.
I grind the flock raiser for the first couple weeks.

 

[Sally PB]

Ever since I started either mashing up or soaking their crumble, it seems that that is all they want to eat. They go over to the feeder, peck a bit, then go back to the little dish of crushed bits. Am I enabling their laziness by doing this?

Yes.
No reason I can see to feed them wetted feed.
Just leave the dry stuff, they'll eat it eventually.

Ah, I misremembered it a bit too.

I grind the flock raiser for the first couple weeks.

Ok, I will crush it a bit. They went over to the little dish I had it in, which was empty, and looked confused.

 

[aart]

Ok, I will crush it a bit. They went over to the little dish I had it in, which was empty, and looked confused.

I run it thru the blender....stop when there's still a few larger chunks.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

Morning! I am late and behind everything this morning. It said it will rain, so unsure toget the ladies out.
Anyways, thank you all for all the information. I read somewhere to make sure they have a ration and that is why I measured it but not today. I still have to go outside and I know they are up and hungry. Just wanted to see the responses.

So, with that said, I need to go and see what kind of trouble, I am getting myself into today.
Have a wonderful blessed day and will see you all later on.

~Hugs~and~Kisses~

 

[Sally PB]

I got the largest egg ever today! 75 grams!

Normal is 50-58, so it's most likely a double yolk. I haven't had one of those since they were first laying.

 

[Frankiegirl]

Probably gifted.

Probably gifted.

How thoughtful of someone. What are the benefits to membership?

 

[Frankiegirl]

My Oliver Egger, Deion, hasn’t laid an egg now in 5 days! She was the one I thought was broody and was tik tik tikng for a few days. She still is pooping but it doesn’t appear to be as much as the others. At what point do I have examine her to see if she is egg bound?

Could she simply not be laying because of the heat?

 

[Sally PB]

What are the benefits to membership?

Last October when BYC said that they weren't going to accept political ads (at some financial cost to them, for sure), I decided I would support that decision by buying a PFM. That got rid of all the ads for me. That alone is worth it. I'll be renewing my PFM when it expires. I don't know what other benefits there are; no ads is why I did it.