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what are these? so beautiful!

Beautiful! how's Texas right now?

Entry 1: Grass of Parnassus

I just feed my entire flock layer feed from a local feed store...I guess they mill it themselves and it's just in a white bag. As long as the nutritional info is what your birds need then you should be good to go.

Does it really smell good? my chicken food smells like wet socks that have been locked in a warm car. :P?

Is the game bird feed sold at the same place you buy your chicken feed? Is it from a mill or more like a Purina bag?

This doesn't mean that layer feeds contain too much calcium for roosters, but it is supposed to be too much calcium for chicks for sure.

I feed my roosters layer feed along with the hens, and they are healthy and fertile and have exhibited no problems for the 4 years I've had them. I also provide additional supplemental oyster shell which the hens eat. What I've gleaned from the info online is that an all flock feed is great if...

I'm going to have to catch up on your first trip, it looks really interesting and I'm glad I'm here to share your current trip!

Deathlayers are pretty cool and can be hard to find, plus they have a cool name!

Hello from Ontario! I have a Bluebell too! How old are your hens?

Thank you! I'm collecting the new eggs now, is it safe to let her sit on the old ones for the next few days while I collect? The eggs in her nest don't currently smell.

Thank you for this suggestion, as it gives me something concrete to do while I collect more information. I also didn't know broody hens might lay just a few more eggs! Thanks for your replies

Hi, I had 2 eggs break in a nest today and the nest and broody hen were sticky and smelly this evening. I moved her to a clean nest, with the remaining eggs. She's still laying, so should I just take the eggs away and see if she lays and continues to sit? Should I give her eggs from the other...

Hello! I have a broody hen (Orpington so quite large) from a 1 Roo, 3 Hen coop. I was sick for 3 days so didn't collect, and she decided to sit on the clutch of 9 eggs. I marked them all and have been checking for extras to remove. There were none yesterday, but today we lost 2 marked eggs...