Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[pennyJo1960]

The printing on the Redridge food is so tiny
this the best of 5 I did it so will type it out.
Red Bridge Farms
www.theredbridgefarm.com

Crude Protein Min 19.5 %
Lysine Min .85%
Methionine Min .40%
Crude Fat Min 6.45%
Crude Fiber Max 6.1%
Calcium Min 1%
Calcium Max 1.15%
Phosphorus Min .80%
Salt Min .39%
Salt Max .56%
You can go their website to see ingredients listed. It is not possible to photograph with my phone zoom messes it up bid time.
Ond the Marans subect mone are all Blue no feathers on the legs .. I bought Smudge from a breeder that had them at auction. The hens are his daughters. The two blue Marans hens are in the 3rd photo.

 

[Perris]

thanks Penny

 

[Marie2020]

Lovely evening. Got some more fish down sick notes throat. She's eating at about half capacity, but she's eating.
Everybody out.
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I'm getting to like the new coop and so I think are the hens. Henry isn't ready to give up his outside perch yet. But, big big surprise this evening, Fret went into the new coop and stayed there. 11 in this evening.
Cleaning is easy and I can see who pooped what which is a major health help.
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This is the small coop at the back of the old coop. I can save this.
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What a huge improvement. You have certainly turned around a lot of problems that was lurking there in very little time

 

[Marie2020]

Tina is a top bird today and loving every day

 

[Sequel]

Tina is a top bird today and loving every day
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Oh Marie she is lovely!

 

[Shadrach]

If I've done something with the pdf that makes it unreadable, I'll follow any instructions anyone wants to offer to convert excel to a format this platform accepts. I just need instructions in English rather than in computerese

No problem here. All on one page or field legends for each page would be handy.

 

[Shadrach]

I hadn't heard of that one. Looks great. Quick trip round the port or all the way to Newfoundland? You'd need your sea legs if the latter

Just down the river and back.

 

[Shadrach]

I think Kiki's spreadsheet does a pretty comprehensive survey of that, though she may not have quite the same manufacturers as on this one. Personally I'm keen to focus on the actual ingredients, but if you want to add the nutritional profiles, you're welcome to

I may have missed the purpose of this? My appologies if you've explained elsewhere.

 

[Sequel]

These are two of my “never batts” Maggie in the foreground and Hazel behind. Last summer Maggie molted. She ended up with a glorious load of feathers but hasn’t laid an egg in almost a year. She squats and appears to be fertile but doesn’t go to the nest box unless it’s to throw someone else out. She thinks she owns the coop, it’s so strange. If she hears something in there she will run back in to sort it out.

My three red sex link hens are 2 1/2 years old. Maggie quit laying last summer. Hazel is molting now but was laying almost daily since she was 6 months old. Peggy Sue is the smallest and the noisiest, she is still laying almost daily. This morning’s egg was 97 grams. I feel sorry for her but she seems to be happy and pops those eggs out without complaint. I owe lots of tax!

 

[BDutch]

I think Kiki's spreadsheet does a pretty comprehensive survey of that, though she may not have quite the same manufacturers as on this one. Personally I'm keen to focus on the actual ingredients, but if you want to add the nutritional profiles, you're welcome to

What about asking Kiki to add the info from the excel you made to her spreadsheet?