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castrbl
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ive had my chicken interact with a lot of different animals including chickens and she just does not like it one bit. i wish i could have another but she just keeps either attacking them or jumping on my shoulder to avoid them. im gonna try again when shes older and is out of the pecking phase and see if shes okay with them then. thank you though!What you have heard is false. There was an attempt around the 1940s to use hormones in chickens but it had to be injected and therefor was cost prohibitive so the experiment ended.
The tremendous gains in poultry production for both eggs and meat have come from genetic selection and nutritional research - not hormones.
Other than slight differences in protein and some vitamins/minerals, the only difference in layer feed and all the others (starter/grower/finisher/all flock) is calcium content. Layer usually has about 4% calcium while the others average around 1%. The high calcium content is to replace the calcium the bird pulls from the medullary bone when an egg enters the uterus (shell gland),
Do you only have one pullet?
If so, you'll need to buy very small bags of feed (5-10 lbs.) because one bird won't be able to eat a 40-50 lb. bag of feed before much of the nutrition is lost.
Also, chickens are flock animals and need chicken friends.