jennkretz
Songster
What do you do to keep your flock healthy?
I am not a huge fan of using lots of chemicals and things like that to keep my flock healthy. I am also a believer that keeping the flock healthy is the best preventative for bugs, disease, etc...
My questions are:
Do I need to give the girls regular dustings of some kind of anti-mite/lice product? Or is keeping them clean, dry, and healthy and giving them a dust bath (with barn lyme, play sand and wood ash) sufficient?
I feed them a high quality layer feed (with grit and oyster shells), they have a flock block, and get treats daily (veggie trimmings, scratch, dried mealworms, rice, etc). Do I need to still add in supplements?
Do I need to add anything to their water?
They are allowed time outside every day - but due to the winter weather they don't like to come out in the snow as much... But they do get fresh air, sunshine, and access to a yard with some grass/dirt, plants, etc.
I would love to know what you guys do!
If it helps - I'm in SE Michigan - right now weather is between about 20 and 40.
Thank you!
Jenn
I am not a huge fan of using lots of chemicals and things like that to keep my flock healthy. I am also a believer that keeping the flock healthy is the best preventative for bugs, disease, etc...
My questions are:
Do I need to give the girls regular dustings of some kind of anti-mite/lice product? Or is keeping them clean, dry, and healthy and giving them a dust bath (with barn lyme, play sand and wood ash) sufficient?
I feed them a high quality layer feed (with grit and oyster shells), they have a flock block, and get treats daily (veggie trimmings, scratch, dried mealworms, rice, etc). Do I need to still add in supplements?
Do I need to add anything to their water?
They are allowed time outside every day - but due to the winter weather they don't like to come out in the snow as much... But they do get fresh air, sunshine, and access to a yard with some grass/dirt, plants, etc.
I would love to know what you guys do!
If it helps - I'm in SE Michigan - right now weather is between about 20 and 40.
Thank you!
Jenn