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Keep away from the pet shops and the farm stores is my advice.
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Yep that's tax paid.Good Morning to X Batts .. Wet day here.
My Dad would take the ash from the wood heater to give to birds.
'I also give wood ash to birds there is no floor in their coop.
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It's very early and I've not yet had any caffeine so excuse me if this is a stupid question , but what is your alternative?Keep away from the pet shops and the farm stores is my advice.
Keep away from the pet shops and the farm stores is my advice.
Is a farm store a place that sells all kind of gardening and farming supplies and also does agricultural machinery repair ? We call that a cooperative agricole and it's the nearest solution for us to buy chicken food, it's a 45 mn drive.It's very early and I've not yet had any caffeine so excuse me if this is a stupid question , but what is your alternative?
That would be good news. Do you give freely or just one meal at a time ? I'm thinking in the second case if she or he eats slower he wouldn't get enough before food is finished ?The mash seemed to do the trick.
He's really beautiful!Here's my tax for losing this thread for weeks on end. Toby, my Dom cockerel.
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I found out recently that it's possible to buy fish meal on it's own and that's something I intend to look into..High protein feed for the chicks. I try to feed everyone a high protein feed. The high protein isn't a problem given excess just gets excreted.
!8% protein, 1% Calcium with a Calcium source available for the layers is one way.
For a small number of laying hens providing Calcium Citrate by hand is doable.
Not that long ago chicken feed containing fish meal was still available in Southern France.
I just found this article and I think you'll like itI found out recently that it's possible to buy fish meal on it's own and that's something I intend to look into..
Calcium citrate isn't sold here. It only exists as a food additive, I believe it's probably not approved for medical use.
I removed her from the coop and gave her a bowl all for her.That would be good news. Do you give freely or just one meal at a time ? I'm thinking in the second case if she or he eats slower he wouldn't get enough before food is finished ?