JJ-
I wondered if that was you standing over on the side. I was sitting right near you in the second row from the back. I got there a few minutes late. And yes, there was a bunch of information I didn't agree with so I talked to a few people privately later on. One thing was the old fashioned farmer opinions and the new backyard chicken people. We're into a bit more pampering I think. He talked about molting and using cat food for protein - I choose not to feed it. And Seven all over the place - I'm iffy with that one and I don't use the stuff. In my years so far I have never had a mite problem by keeping the place as cleaned up as I can. Then again, how could someone raising 50 chickens possibly do that every day. One thing I did take away from the talk was a reminder that whenver we feed them beyond their regular food (like scraps and bread and other goodies) we throw off the balance of their layer food. Mine don't seem to eat very much of their food since they are out on their acreage from 7 am to 6 pm. They only sneak back into the coop to lay an egg and then back out again.
Poor Ellie, she's too much! Mine don't get on the perches all that well either when a lot of feathers are missing. My RI Red LuLu molted fast this year - feathers out and new ones in really fast. I wondered if it's because she's not laying anymore. She can concentrate on one thing at a time
Have a good weekend!
J
I wondered if that was you standing over on the side. I was sitting right near you in the second row from the back. I got there a few minutes late. And yes, there was a bunch of information I didn't agree with so I talked to a few people privately later on. One thing was the old fashioned farmer opinions and the new backyard chicken people. We're into a bit more pampering I think. He talked about molting and using cat food for protein - I choose not to feed it. And Seven all over the place - I'm iffy with that one and I don't use the stuff. In my years so far I have never had a mite problem by keeping the place as cleaned up as I can. Then again, how could someone raising 50 chickens possibly do that every day. One thing I did take away from the talk was a reminder that whenver we feed them beyond their regular food (like scraps and bread and other goodies) we throw off the balance of their layer food. Mine don't seem to eat very much of their food since they are out on their acreage from 7 am to 6 pm. They only sneak back into the coop to lay an egg and then back out again.
Poor Ellie, she's too much! Mine don't get on the perches all that well either when a lot of feathers are missing. My RI Red LuLu molted fast this year - feathers out and new ones in really fast. I wondered if it's because she's not laying anymore. She can concentrate on one thing at a time
Have a good weekend!
J
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