NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

Gramma the only frogs we see are the ones my chickens catch and eat. Gets a bit grizzly in our yard. Our silkie eggs are sround 1 5/8 oz to 1 3/4 oz. Hmmm wish i knew why yhey buried them.

Country Boy they are beautiful

chickens burying eggs- google

https://www.google.com/search?q=chi...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

[Aria]

miquid to answer you .....our Silkies do not bury their eggs.
We have 3 wooden nesting boxes with hay in them. And
our Silkies lay their eggs in the nesting boxes.,

We are NEW to Chickens. We raised Show Call Ducks
for 10 years. We are in the Country and have many
predators. One weekend when we were away...we came
home to ALL of our Call Ducks gone. Don't know what
happened.

Our Friend from Albany had Silkie Chickens and she had
to our our Call Ducks. She said....I think you should try
Chickens and so we got into Chickens. I LOVE OUR
SILKIES. And like you I think they have the most delicious
eggs.

Looking forward to Spring and more Silkies. Regards, Aria

 

[Lynzi777]

You all are talking about this fermented feed so much that you're making me want to try it. I'll have to do a little more research....

 

[rancher hicks]

You all are talking about this fermented feed so much that you're making me want to try it. I'll have to do a little more research....

I might but I just don't have the time. Still it sounds good.

 

[Lynzi777]

I might but I just don't have the time.  Still it sounds good. 

I still don't know that understand it 100%, but can I do this with just the mash that I currently feed my chickens or do I have to add stuff to it? I've read some articles of people doing this seed, not mash or pellets and that to me would be costing me more money, not saving me any. But then another video did it with pellets and then mentioned adding veggies to it? Think I'll give it a go today and see what happens with just the mash with maybe some uncooked corn thrown in there. Don't really have much else to add to it.

 

[AQHAchick22]

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I was thinking the exact same thing! All this talk makes me want to try it. I think I'll grab a plastic bucket and give it a try. I'm just going to use my layer pellets with some water and ACV.

 

[ke5hde]

I did post it once. I just googled it and found the federal link to it. The fine is more like $25,000. Not a measly $500. 

Federally protected birds of prey should not be killed. The cost of a chicken just isn't worth it. We had 4 of them circling the house Sunday. I just wandered around the yard until they moved on.

 

[JLaw]

Ok from what i read fermented feed is easy. Keep it wet when you remove some put more back in and mix it up. You can ferment anything regualr feed, scratch, ect. One post said you don't even have to add mother it just takes longer for the enzimes to build up. You want it to smell sour but not like alchol. There is the thread linked and another thread on feeding called fermenting feed does anyone use. Or somthing like that.

I've read about it before but thought was for whole grains only. Today i saw someone saying they do chick starter crumble. Try googling "fermented chick starter" it should link you to the other thread here on byc.

 

[Lynzi777]

Another question on the fermented feed, if this is done to also save the amounted of wasted feed, once it's fermented how much do you measure out for each bird you have each day? Right now I just a fill a bowl for them, I'm not even sure exactly on the amount that's given. If I do this I want to start out giving it to my larger 4 chickens that free range during the day in the chicken yard.

 

[stonykill]

Federally protected birds of prey should not be killed. The cost of a chicken just isn't worth it. We had 4 of them circling the house Sunday. I just wandered around the yard until they moved on.

well duh is all I have to say

. I was in no way shape or form condoning that. I want that to be as clear as can be. Not sure why you chose to quote me.... and not anyone else, but in this case I wish you had not.
Again, being clear and paranoid as big brother reads everything. I was making a statement to NOT kill birds of prey.

once again, I was NOT condoning killing birds of prey. That would be not only stupid but against federal law.

I hope this was clear enough for big brother