Eliseny Pine creek does use soy. I was told higbie had the food u requested i havent tried because i maggot farm so there is my source of protein. Good luck but there are places online that you can buy the products and mix your own feed.
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I've been making sauce and canning both it and whole tomatoes this weekend. The chickens like the scraps from it but DH says it makes a mess in the barn. He says they can dig it out of the compost when they are ranging instead. Hope everyone else is getting good results from their gardens.
Hi all,
My name is Lisa. I'm in Binghamton, NY. My family and I are in the beginning stages of adding chickens to our home. I'm so excited! I've been lurking and absorbing all the amazing advice this forum has to offer.
Does anyone know of anywhere in the state (or surrounding states perhaps) that sells organic, soy-free chicken feed? I was planning on mixing my own (very basic) feed since we started out with our chickens as free range, but one of our shelties killed and ate one of them yesterday. So we will need to fence them in and feel more comfortable feeding them something commercial since they will be confined. If there isn't anywhere local and I need to order online, does anyone else who lives within an hour or two of me (I'm in Prattsburgh) want to go in on a large order with me?
This year has just been really bad for me chick wise. A blown heat bulb on the only cool days of this month so far cost me over 30 chicks a couple days ago. Luckily the guinea keets and poults weren't outside yet. The sole survivor was a little barred rock pullet, and you can bet that she sticks around and gets to breed. She's apparently a very hardy little thing. So I decided to do one last major hatch this year of my own eggs. All pullets stay, all roosters get rehomed or eaten. Penny, my buff orp, has graciously offered to help by going broody, so I'm letting her do her thing.
How is everyone? I haven't been around much lately and I'm way too behind to catch up.
This type of thing happened to me twice. Now I keep TWO bulbs going. Lately I've been buying these. I figure to use these AND a red light. These do not get as hot but should the light burn out be warm enough to keep chicks alive. Plus they can be lowered a bit closer to the chicks. You can get them on ebay I just noticed for $2.99 each. 100W but still warm enough. They do come in higher watts but are very expensive. Ridiculously expensive. I ordered more than one of the 100 watters and figure to order more.
Those 250W red lights burn out quickly. I think because they get so hot. You can't count on them to last. If you insist on using them you might consider using more than one and be sure one of those is brand new.
Did you look at tsc they have organic feed
I was thinking about getting one for the winter so the water doesn't freeze