I planted my Kale seeds yesterday to help feed my chickens for when fuel and stores are no more .
fry them for breakfastOkay. I have a broody hen. I left her in the nesting box with her 4 eggs. Today I go look and the other ladies have been giving her eggs and now she has 12.
I'm sure its an instinctive, save the species thing.
Question for chicken people. Should I have separated her and her eggs from the other hens when she first went broody or leave her in the nesting box?
I don't need 12+ baby chicks every time a lady goes broody. I was hoping to get 4 babies to replace the ones the fox ate.
We clip the wings only of the longest feathers so they can't fly, but leave the rest for warmth and being able to flap their wings in the dust bowl to keep themselves happy and lice free. Ours cannot FLY at all but they do get faster on the ground with the help of their wings.Any advice on wing clipping and how high should I expect a chicken with a clipped wing being able to fly ?
Cannot believe autocorrect added enjoying to my post. Commies.My favorite chicken is missing. Flopsy would run to me every night to pick her up and carry her to coop. I am heartbroken.
I will keep them in the run for a few days and take away whatever it is food source.
I commented that they were staying close to home today. Now I know why.
Throughout the winter we keep a couple tray of seeds sprouting for the chickens.I planted my Kale seeds yesterday to help feed my chickens for when fuel and stores are no more .
They say one roosterling per 8-10 hens. Since I had two die, I am down to 14 ladies and 2 roos. Luckily, my roosters are getting older and don't need as much "exercise" these days.We're giving away 2 of our roosters today, and I'm shooting another rooster who was injured in a fight.
We're still only getting 1 or 2 eggs a week. Hope they start laying soon. Can't afford to keep feeding them without getting a return. Slackers.
I started working on their new run. It'll cover about a half acre in area.
We use a lot of buggy grain we get from people around us and grow out some insects, but I want to try the turnip thing that was posted from Mike Adams recently.I'm in the process of clearing an area to plant for making our own chicken feed. I was thinking of planting mostly small grains, but was hoping to get recommendations from other chicken people.
Not a bad idea. But we need something to harvest in the fall and feed in the winter. I'm fencing in an area of maybe a half acre for the chickens to run in. For the summer time they shouldn't need much, if any feed.We use a lot of buggy grain we get from people around us and grow out some insects, but I want to try the turnip thing that was posted from Mike Adams recently.
@Danil54grl Were you the one that posted the video of making your own feed back in the fall?
That should teach him.A few days ago I had two wooden eggs take missing from close to my chicken pen . They are so realistic that I put a mark on them so that we could distinguish them from a real egg . Late yesterday evening my dog found something under a bush about 10 feet from where the wooden eggs disappeared from . By the dog's reaction I presumed it was snake but couldn't see it in the deeming light as darkness was about upon us . Today I found a snake 4 or 5 foot long that had something inside it . It may have been my missing wooden eggs and I hope that thing has hell trying to pass them . It didn't look happy and I left it alone as I could see it had no poison glands behind it's jaw . Actually it looked down right miserable .
When I was a kid I'd feed eggs to snakes. When the egg was half way through the snake I'd break it. Simple fun for a country boy.A few days ago I had two wooden eggs take missing from close to my chicken pen . They are so realistic that I put a mark on them so that we could distinguish them from a real egg . Late yesterday evening my dog found something under a bush about 10 feet from where the wooden eggs disappeared from . By the dog's reaction I presumed it was snake but couldn't see it in the deeming light as darkness was about upon us . Today I found a snake 4 or 5 foot long that had something inside it . It may have been my missing wooden eggs and I hope that thing has hell trying to pass them . It didn't look happy and I left it alone as I could see it had no poison glands behind it's jaw . Actually it looked down right miserable .
When I was a kid I'd feed eggs to snakes. When the egg was half way through the snake I'd break it. Simple fun for a country boy.
I've heard of people doing something similar, only they'd drive horseshoe nails at an angle at the edge of the hole.When my dad was a kid, he drilled a hoke in the coop wall just a hair smaller then the diameter of fake eggs and look for snakes stuck in the hole on there way out. Chop there heads off!
Snakes get stuck in my deer netting every summer. I usually don't find them until they are covered in flies.I've heard of people doing something similar, only they'd drive horseshoe nails at an angle at the edge of the hole.
We use a lot of buggy grain we get from people around us and grow out some insects, but I want to try the turnip thing that was posted from Mike Adams recently.
@Danil54grl Were you the one that posted the video of making your own feed back in the fall?
I’ve posted various videos and such on making your own chicken feed. Dani might have too.
The ingredients I’ve seen and recommend are…
8# Corn
8# Field Peas
6# Wheat
1#Barley or Oats
1oz Salt or mineral salts
Egg Shells
I do feed the hens scratch and sunflower seeds as treats too.
I missed the Mike Adams video on turnips. What did he say or can you point me to which video?
Ok, I can't remember who posted what sometimes. It was you.I’ve posted various videos and such on making your own chicken feed. Dani might have too.
The ingredients I’ve seen and recommend are…
8# Corn
8# Field Peas
6# Wheat
1#Barley or Oats
1oz Salt or mineral salts
Egg Shells
I do feed the hens scratch and sunflower seeds as treats too.
I missed the Mike Adams video on turnips. What did he say or can you point me to which video?
I picked up some oats, wheat, barley and buckwheat seeds to plant for chicken feed. I'll try and get it planted today.I’ve posted various videos and such on making your own chicken feed. Dani might have too.
The ingredients I’ve seen and recommend are…
8# Corn
8# Field Peas
6# Wheat
1#Barley or Oats
1oz Salt or mineral salts
Egg Shells
I do feed the hens scratch and sunflower seeds as treats too.
I missed the Mike Adams video on turnips. What did he say or can you point me to which video?
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