NY chicken lover!!!!

[armorfirelady]

Lately I have been doing some reading about fermenting food and so I was wondering if any of you do this and where you buy your feed. I am still looking to find a local feed mill (Buffalo/Lockport area). I have bought food at Clydes for the starter but would really like to go to a local Mill. Anyone use one in my area? 

I live in Hamburg. I use whole grains that I get from south towns feeds in Boston & ferment them. I buy in 50# bags and weigh them up and make several 50# batches at once so all I need to do is scoop and add to my fermenting jar.
Fermenting the feed has cut the amount of food I am feeding out and I have a much healthier flock.

Here is a link to a forum on here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds/15810#post_13458063

I didn't know about mill in Springville. I need to check it out and see if the prices are better

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Did you mention your broodys were driving you nuts? in & out of different nest boxes ?
I just meant to add ..that blood sugar also plays a role
Yes hormones of course do play into their crazinesss also .
By hand feeding / giving water to my newest broody I have seen her eyes lose that glazed / zombie look . She is famished when I feed her
Yesterday she was setting on 3 eggs . So someone kicked her out to lay in that box ..she returned to the right box this time .( I havent checked today yet LOL )
I have heard of hens that are broody losing weight because they dont eat ..so I make sure they have that nourishment that they are missing by setting 24/7 .

 

[BlueMoonNY]

I am in the capital district. I won't make Chicken Stock this year, but maybe next!

Welcome! Whereabouts in NY are you?
We better get you up to speed quick, Chickenstock is only little over a week away. Look up the thread "2014 New York Chickenstock", lots of us going. Gathering of us NY chicken lovers in Rome on May 17.

 

[melbu23]

Well I would say my feed mill but I just looked up where Lockport is and your on the wrong side of buffalo to make this one worth it.

Did a google search and came up with this yellow pages listing not sure if you want to call around see what they have to offer. Not sue if they real feed mills or just distributors.

http://www.yellowpages.com/lockport-ny/feed-mill

good luck

josh

Hi Josh - I am interested in your mill too as I work out in the East Aurora/West Seneca area so either side of buffalo is fine with me. I think the "mills" in my area are all distributors.

I live in Hamburg. I use whole grains that I get from south towns feeds in Boston & ferment them. I buy in 50# bags and weigh them up and make several 50# batches at once so all I need to do is scoop and add to my fermenting jar.
Fermenting the feed has cut the amount of food I am feeding out and I have a much healthier flock.

Here is a link to a forum on here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds/15810#post_13458063

I didn't know about mill in Springville. I need to check it out and see if the prices are better

 

[Desiree Brown]

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[Gramma Chick]

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A Australorp should be red in the face area & down the neck . Grey legs . white bottoms of feet
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[Gramma Chick]

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Great Pics .Is that a naked Neck something ??

 

[Desiree Brown]

Yea

Great Pics .Is that a naked Neck something ??

yeah this is on of my sons new NN. He just hatched out his first ever NN baby. Half red NN and half black EE.

 

[Desiree Brown]

this is my sons fits NN hatch. She/he is half red NN and half black EE. We don't have a name yet.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

The egg eater was back at it. Caught her in action, again. Plus she has bumblefoot. I think it's time to cull her.

Yup....time to eat whats eating your eggs.

Well the little monsters are moved out to the coop with the brats. I have a barrier up and everybody is checking out everybody. Amazing to see how different they are at four weeks apart. The brats look like giants next to the little monsters. I counted at least 8 roos among the brats and thats 7 too many. Also figure that out of the 30 monsters at least half are roos. Looks like my pantry will have quite a few jars of canned chicken! Airing out the brooder so I can fix it up for the silkies to use and get rid of the box. Dust patrol is never ending. Hatching is done once my blues hatch out. It got warm today and the little black flys are out. I hate them. Mosquitoes are worse. Time to go make dinner.

Ta ta for now.