Naomi and her TSC bunch, growing big!
Looks like a 50/50 split. Boys will be headed to auction in August.
Looks like a 50/50 split. Boys will be headed to auction in August.
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Ours are out through the day, but for a good four hours or more, they’re under the shade of the rhododendron and azaleas.We give options, We give the whole grains, both dry and lightly fermented, and I keep a feeder with the high protein chick starter available for the tweens. Which, right now, given the fact that this is our hottest summer since having chickens, is proving to be beneficial as they are losing over 4 hours of their normal foraging time.
Normally, they forage from sunrise until about 1 PM, have a mid-afternoon siesta, and then back out foraging by 4 or 5 PM. It has been so hot, that they are taking siesta from 10:00 AM until 5 or 6 PM, but we are letting them out earlier and they are going to roost much later, so it still averages out to being only 4-ish hours lost. I have noticed that they are all consuming a little more of the higher protein chick starter during this period.
We are all done with summer.
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As much as I like TSC, I was not buying that stuff for my birds. They got organic stuff from New County Organics.Wanted to show the stuff that Tractor Supply posits as chicken feed, and is bought and used, by most people
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It's cheap, anything better quality is $10 more (or more!) per bag
The scratch grain is 8%
Cracked corn 6%
The producers pride layer pellets at the front of the display (back of the photo) is 14% or 16% I cannot recall - which is fine probably but I just think about how they need actually more for feather growth and why be stingy??
Like seriously why be stingy?
I guess to save money but it feels wrong to me to hedge a bet on an animal that is in your care not getting what it needs merely because you want to save a few bucks.
You can't take money with you when you die.
Do you still get feed from them? We used to but shipping was insane.As much as I like TSC, I was not buying that stuff for my birds. They got organic stuff from New County Organics.
I get the organic grow crumbles; it's over $20 a bag, but it smells good. I also offer vegetables, some fruit, and meat or fish. I have lots of tuna fish that we bought for my dh, and it's getting past its expiration dates, so I've been feeding some to the flocks. I've not noticed a fishy taste to my eggs.Wanted to show the stuff that Tractor Supply posits as chicken feed, and is bought and used, by most people
View attachment 4179698
It's cheap, anything better quality is $10 more (or more!) per bag
The scratch grain is 8%
Cracked corn 6%
The producers pride layer pellets at the front of the display (back of the photo) is 14% or 16% I cannot recall - which is fine probably but I just think about how they need actually more for feather growth and why be stingy??
Like seriously why be stingy?
I guess to save money but it feels wrong to me to hedge a bet on an animal that is in your care not getting what it needs merely because you want to save a few bucks.
You can't take money with you when you die.
I no longer have chickens.Do you still get feed from them? We used to but shipping was insane.