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- Jun 24, 2015
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Good day to all
My husband and I live in a semi arid desert in South Africa (the kalahari) and received three rather young chickens from a friend a few days ago. This is the first time we have our own chickens so all and any advice will be greatly appreciated
so thank you in advance.
We build them - two kapok hens (I think you call them bantam chickens in English) and a beautiful rooster (we believe he is a brahma) - a roost in a well secured area away from snakes, wild cats and mongoose. We insulated the walls with hay and covered the floor space with hay too (seeing as we don't have grass, only sand!)
We have been feeding them fresh kitchen scraps which we receive a lot from the hotel we work for. In addition I am crushing egg shells and high protein seedpods I collect from the field and mixing it with popped corn feed we use for springbucks, this mixture they receive each morning. My question here is whether or not this is sufficient nutrition for three chickens?
Secondly I want to know why the rooster seems to be best buddies with the smaller hen but chases the other hen around and doesn't allow her close to the food, she has now become scared of him and stays in the house most of the day. They all grew up together and apparently got along just fine at their previous home. One has laid an egg a day after we got them but nothing after that, my husband thinks it's because of the stress they experienced being transported and also living in our bathroom for two days while we built their coop, but I would like to think that they have recovered from that after three days . .
That's all for now
Thank you so much for all the answers you will give me.
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My husband and I live in a semi arid desert in South Africa (the kalahari) and received three rather young chickens from a friend a few days ago. This is the first time we have our own chickens so all and any advice will be greatly appreciated
so thank you in advance. We build them - two kapok hens (I think you call them bantam chickens in English) and a beautiful rooster (we believe he is a brahma) - a roost in a well secured area away from snakes, wild cats and mongoose. We insulated the walls with hay and covered the floor space with hay too (seeing as we don't have grass, only sand!)
We have been feeding them fresh kitchen scraps which we receive a lot from the hotel we work for. In addition I am crushing egg shells and high protein seedpods I collect from the field and mixing it with popped corn feed we use for springbucks, this mixture they receive each morning. My question here is whether or not this is sufficient nutrition for three chickens?
Secondly I want to know why the rooster seems to be best buddies with the smaller hen but chases the other hen around and doesn't allow her close to the food, she has now become scared of him and stays in the house most of the day. They all grew up together and apparently got along just fine at their previous home. One has laid an egg a day after we got them but nothing after that, my husband thinks it's because of the stress they experienced being transported and also living in our bathroom for two days while we built their coop, but I would like to think that they have recovered from that after three days . .
That's all for now
Thank you so much for all the answers you will give me.
One love
