Need Help with Pecking...Missing feathers

[Mattiejill]

So I am not sure of all the dimensions but the yard is pretty big and so is the coop...we let them range in the garden for approx 2 hrs in the evenings. My Food is 16% protein and had 6 mo left before expiration..

 

[junebuggena]

Coop/shed looks to be about 6x4, which is about enough space for 6. Wyandottes are one breed in particular that really need their elbow room. 9 birds is a few too many. And your run is nice and big and BORING. Roosts and platforms will help those lower ranking birds escape. A pile of hay, compost, or grass clippings will help keep everybody occupied.

 

[Mattiejill]

Coop/shed looks to be about 6x4, which is about enough space for 6. Wyandottes are one breed in particular that really need their elbow room. 9 birds is a few too many. And your run is nice and big and BORING. Roosts and platforms will help those lower ranking birds escape. A pile of hay, compost, or grass clippings will help keep everybody occupied.

Yes I am still working on entertainment for them! I am a first year owner! I have a few roosts in the back at up and a large cement culvert for them but I do need more stuff! They love it when I throw in weeds and stuff to scratch in! So should I get rid of a few birds if my coop is to small? Just wondering! And what about getting chicken peepers? I have read that several chicken owners like these till habits are broken! Oh and I just got ahold of my husband and he confirmed my coop to be 10 x 6 is that still to small for 9 birds?

 

[Hensndoes]

No it's a fine size. Look up deep litter. You won't have to clean out the run! Just topped my gardens with some great compost and started another round. They love it

 

[chickens really]

So I am not sure of all the dimensions but the yard is pretty big and so is the coop...we let them range in the garden for approx 2 hrs in the evenings. My Food is 16% protein and had 6 mo left before expiration..

Up the protein of the feed.....Even a grower feed and provide oyster shell in a separate bowl.....

 

[lazy gardener]

I find it ?able that your feed bag says it will remain good for 6 months or more. A published poultry feed expert states that feed looses quality 6 weeks after being milled. I don't doubt the info on your feed bag, however I doubt the reliability of that info.

 

[chickens really]

I feed my expired feed...Not expired really it just has a Date on it.....

 

[aart]

I don't doubt the info on your feed bag,

I've never seen nor heard of an expiry date on a feed bag.
Have seen plenty of 3-6 month past mfg dates on feed bags in stores,
sometimes that's all there is to buy.

 

[lazy gardener]

I feed my expired feed...Not expired really it just has a Date on it.....

Most likely, the date you are seeing is the mill date.

 

[chickens really]

Most likely, the date you are seeing is the mill date.

Lol....I can do math...No expiry date is on bags...Like bottled water even has an expiry date because it's needed ..Not because it's rotten....