The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[delisha]

Try pulling out the plug with a tweezers tomorrow.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote:
Also if they are free ranging more ...they may be eating less layer ...Have you changed anything ?
Why eat feed when you can have yummy bugs & grass & stuff ..LOL
We went to Dumor brand feed ...TSC brand ...They laid less with that ..even though it was layer ..
They did great with Purina Layena ..Okay with Agway

 

[Mumsy]

Mumsy congrats on the eggs. Just curious, but do you sell your eggs locally?

Not yet. I give them to the neighbors on occasion.

 

[CoopChick719]

Had to share!!

Chipmunk's 1st egg!!!


It's not perfect, a little oblong and has a little ridge around the middle but I am so proud of her! I know it will get better with practice. I found it in the nesting box when I came home from work today.

One of my Sizzle's eggs and Chipmunk's egg. Chipmunk's sisters have been checking out the nesting boxes too. I'm sure they'll be laying soon.

At first, I thought someone was playing a joke on me by putting a piece of sidewalk chalk in the nesting box because I found this in one on Saturday.

It was laying on it's side. My first thoughts were "OMG that is a huge poop!" "That does not look right!" "I wonder who did that and why is it so shiny?!" It is a gnome pepper shaker. I made the mistake of telling my family I don't like creepy garden gnomes. That is all they needed and they have run with it! I find them in my flower beds when I'm weeding, hanging on the Christmas tree, in the chicken run, in my email....you get the picture. My aunt brought this from Maryland when she visited my parents in March. She & my mother have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to "surprise" me with it. We had my daughter's graduation party on Saturday. My Mum went out to the coop to "see the babies" and hid it. Never a dull moment with this family!

 

[jlynnet]

Thanks Eggcessive! I think I will treat the older ones.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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When I finished the Tsc layer..I felt they were a little calcium depleted ..
so I added / mixed in some dry feed to my fermented drained feed to boost their calcuim levels ..that seemed to help they laid more after that ..

 

[countrygirl74]

At first, I thought someone was playing a joke on me by putting a piece of sidewalk chalk in the nesting box because I found this in one on Saturday.

It was laying on it's side. My first thoughts were "OMG that is a huge poop!" "That does not look right!" "I wonder who did that and why is it so shiny?!" It is a gnome pepper shaker. I made the mistake of telling my family I don't like creepy garden gnomes. That is all they needed and they have run with it! I find them in my flower beds when I'm weeding, hanging on the Christmas tree, in the chicken run, in my email....you get the picture. My aunt brought this from Maryland when she visited my parents in March. She & my mother have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to "surprise" me with it. We had my daughter's graduation party on Saturday. My Mum went out to the coop to "see the babies" and hid it. Never a dull moment with this family!

 

[midnightroo]

Too funny. I thought the same thing! How did a chicken poop something that looked like a gnome?!

 

[armorfirelady]

Quote: This resembles me as well. When we traveled I kept looking at farms that were sale telling my Mom wouldn't that be perfect for the chickens, goats, geese, etc.....

Try pulling out the plug with a tweezers tomorrow.

I assume that's for me Delisha? I will try again today. I was trying with tweezers yesterday but that sucker didn't want to come out. Maybe if I can get the hole a little larger it will pop right out.

Had to share!!

Chipmunk's 1st egg!!!

Congrats on Chipmunks egg As for the gnomes that would be something I would do also

 

[aoxa]

x3! LOL