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We saw our first egg today! When should we switch to all flock feed? Do we wait till we see more eggs or switch out now?

They currently have a 20% starter grower they are consuming. But I'm looking for information on food once they start laying.

Our store unfortunately does not sell this. We have been using dumor. Would dumor 17% all flock pellet for poultry be sufficient?

I've heard not to switch over their food until we see the first egg. Does this stand true for the most part or should we switch based on age?

Hello there, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this if not please guide me to the correct thread. We have buff oprington chickens that we planned to use for dual purpose, eggs and meat we don't separate our birds. We Have about 8 hens and a rooster. I heard the rooster shouldn't...

My chick's eye has been swollen and I'm sure they can't see out of it. He is slow moving around and just lays most of the time. We can get him to drink by putting his beak in the water but we haven't seen him eat much if at all. Is there a way we can get nutrition in this little guy? We've been...

Thank you for the information! I'm always learning. A student of life. I appreciate the quick responses. This site has been a blessing so far!! 🤗

Okay, so I'm completely new when it comes to raising chick's. I've done weeks of research etc but some things you just learn by doing. This leads me to ask, my chick's are about 3 days old and I can see their little feathers starting to come in. I noticed that multiple of them were almost I'm...

I did have it and used it to clean and put gel on the eye, thank you so much! 🤗

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I just received my chick's. I don't believe they are even a day old because of how early they arrived. Regardless one of my chick's keels falling slowly forward. I looked at them and their eye is swollen. It's hard to get a proper picture

:thumbsup Informative, simple, to the point. I appreciate this and will come back to this for future reference as my chicks get older.

This was incredibly informative. A helpful addition to my own information packet i am creating. Thank you for sharing:D

:yesss: This was so informative! I had no idea hens molt after every lay so this is great information to have. Thank you for taking the time to create this article it trly helps novices such as myself. Keep up the solid work!🐣

:D I had so many questions abouy brooding. Broody hens and how to go about alllowing my hen to brood and what to look out for to know when they're growing broody. You did a wonderful job of illterating this clearly without it being to confusing. Thank you for the pros and cons of either options...