Always cn use a light spot thanksOkay, with so much absolute crap on the news today I try to look at something fun at least once a day.
Here is what I found today. Just too darned cute not to pass on.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1359561660709675017/pu/vid/720x720/nZy9B_j9nFz8xd2c.mp4?tag=10
Sorry for the link and not the video. Life is too short to try to figure out the new posting a video feature....
Great to see that someone else has done it too. I started doing it, knowing how good it is for horses, then found this site: https://www.dsm.com/markets/anh/en_US/Compendium/poultry/riboflavin.html that talks about where free ranging chickens would get riboflavin. So, I may have been on the right track for entirely different reasons. 4 eggs from henrietta.. One developed a blood ring so that was out.. 2 more were DOA and the last to hatch has curled toes and is getting sub-lingual B-1 complex. I hope it works.. hate euthanizing anything.. But if mommas are deficient, chicks will show signs. And since they were fresh eggs (after winter began) I just assumed mom was deficient and went hunting. BTW, went out to check feed and water, and poof, nearly all the alfalfa was gone in 7 pens.
I give my hens kale every day-- which is likely why they do not eat alfalfa pellets.
My kids get plenty of grit.. poking around in the sandy soil all day. Besides, I do add boiling water to it until it gets mushy before giving them alfalfa, and they only get it a few times a week. Hopefully it will remain peaceful here.
Are you giving them pellets? The crop problem comes from giving them the uncut straw version.
No, not pellets.. I get cubes and pour boiling water over them until they are completely disolved. though I may get pellets the next time. The problem with 'extruded' foods are they lose so much of their nutritional value. I could put it in the food processor after it gets nice and mushy to make more of a puree... hadn't thought of that.
I tried pellets just this week and my chickens look at it as if it's their worst enemy....They walk around it as if it could get them! Tomorrow I'm going to sprinkle some seeds on it. I think when one tastes it they will all gobble it. But mine are really picky when it's any mushy food that messes their breaks like oatmeal or yogurt. The pellets are all ground up. They will eat kernels, pellets, seeds etc but don't like ground up food. I'm going to try adding less water. They want greens so bad and the greens are under snow for a long time- it is hard as Rock. And every time I clear a little area it snows again. Like every other day! I surely understand all your frustrations except I'm glad it's not quite as cold here
Gee, almost looks like Missouri right now only this is normal for you guys, LOL.
