Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I'm curious about the high protein %. Obviously you know what your flock needs, but It seems higher pretty high. Is that ever a concern to you, as in overtaxing their organs? I seem to recall claims to that effect some time back but can't recall specifics.

What brown layers do you have these days? CRS!

Also curious about animal protein, who does that? Right now I'm using Payback All Flock pellets. So far so good I think. I switched from Purina Flock Raiser earlier this year. I like pellets.

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See I believe to get away from pellets will be great I do not like crumble that is dust of food pellets this is a tad higher protein if you stay with the basic layer

 

[Hinotori]

I'm curious about the high protein %. Obviously you know what your flock needs, but It seems higher pretty high. Is that ever a concern to you, as in overtaxing their organs? I seem to recall claims to that effect some time back but can't recall specifics.

What brown layers do you have these days? CRS!

Also curious about animal protein, who does that? Right now I'm using Payback All Flock pellets. So far so good I think. I switched from Purina Flock Raiser earlier this year. I like pellets.

If I remember correctly, chickens really should stay under 24%. No game bird feed. Differing breeds do have different requirements.

The Payback All Flock actually does perfectly fine for my silkies. They prefer the smaller pellets, too. It's just come to cost for me. Especially now with hubby working 5 minutes from Coastal, the lower price wins.

I have light brahma and new hampshire. Only 5 of them left as they keep having reproductive issues.

Two of my ameraucana have vision issues. One has a very nasty cataract in one eye and the other is going blind in both. That one cant see scattered scratch well enough to pick it up so she comes over to me and I give her a small pile.

There are a few of the elderly hens I don't think will make it another year. I'm not replacing any of them. After the last are gone I may get a few new ones. We'll do fine with just silkies for a bit.

 

[Hinotori]

Marked the hatched chicks under the broodies and took a dozen dry ones from the bator out there. The blue hen tried to climb in the peeping box. She was all nice and polite until I put the last ones under her.

When I didn't give anymore chicks, the evil switch flipped and she started biting me. Chick popped out from under her and I reached to put it back. She bit me and stuffed it back under herself.

I took all the eggs from the hens and put them in the divided bator now. There are 6 or so drying that will go out in a bit. One dry one was spraddle legged and couldn't stand so I hobbled it. That was an hour ago and it's standing now. I should be able to take off hobbles tomorrow.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I understand that and will stay at the 17% for my girls, molting I can give them oatmeal and meal worms as I do now chicks I do start at higher but they have that also I will see how this does for them decide from there

 

[pennyJo1960]

mine in the bator will not start to hatch until like the 28th
can hardly wait the new coop really is cat proof and has a area I can divide to keep the peeps seperate

 

[mixedbreeds]

@Leigti I am absent-minded. I forgot to ask you the name of the place in Spokane. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm going to the poor house buying one bag at a time. I have way too many chickens for a bag at a time. ... Maybe I need an intervention versus a feed supplier..

Have you been watching the thread? If you want I could get a batch of the natural farm feed and split it with you or what ever I am thinking about trying some don't think we would save much but looks like good feed. I wouldn't be able to start getting it till mid August for the trial batch but after that if I or we like it I could continue to grab it from Spokane. Let me know what you think.

 

[mixedbreeds]

Well last two broodies get out of jail tonight been over a week but they are back to there sweet selves . Wow can't believe my garden with the late spring and all the stuff I had to do didn't get anything planted till June 7th you should see it now picked first tomato today corn is to my pocket picked first squash today potato plants are to my chest everything is just jumping out of the ground.

 

[Hinotori]

 

[pennyJo1960]

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is that your hatch

 

[Hinotori]

Yup. 30 out of 36 actually hatched. One died though