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Hello and welcome to BYC from Central Alabama.

No, it's not excessive poop piled up or wet inside the run or coop. It's like you say I believe, high protein levels. I will take your suggestion and try another feed with less protein. I would like to give them good feed but I think it is a little much by your explanation.

I have definitely noticed the excessive ammonia smell.

We are paying $17.48 for 50 pounds, for 22% Show Flock and the bantams are doing well as I can tell. If you will, can you answer another question, we have been feeding 28% starter to our chicks also sold by Tucker Milling, is that to high of protein for bantam chicks?

Thank you for your response, when you say advised, is this from a study or breeder recommendations? I want to feed what is best for the chicks and our future flock and have questioned the advice of our local farm feed store on 28% protein for baby chickens.

The breed is Old English Game Bantam, they are kept in a Coop and Run, they have no access to free range because of neighborhood dogs, we have been feeding Tucker Milling 22% Layer, we have had no evidence that's visual that this isn't what's right for them but I questioned myself if this is best???

Which is best for 16% or 22% layer, I have read that 16% is minimum and is fed due to cost, but for the health of the hen which percentage of protein is best?

Is 28% protein starter feed to much for Bantam chicks , we have been feeding it and see no evidence other than sometimes and ammonia smell to their poop.

Yes, we don't free range, have a lot of neighborhood dogs and cats, predators got all the neighbors chickens.

I'm sorry, I am not very good at posting.

Yes, everyone is curious with the new chicks and mama hen seems to be anxious, so it gives the new mama and chicks a chance to just get use to doing what they need to do. After a week mama has settled in to her routine and the chicks have grown some and learned what mama needs to teach them to...

We have been removing new mamas after chicks have hatched before integrating them back in the flock, it gives mama hen and chicks a chance to acclimate, mama to calm down from the stress of a new hatch and the chicks a week to grow and get their balance and use to what mama is teaching them...

We just hatched 9 from out of the refrigerator that had been in there a week or a little longer, all 9 hatched. Had place 4 under one broody and 5 under another, 100% hatch rate. OEGB eggs.

Should have added they had been in the refrigerator for a week or longer.

We just hatched 9 under to broody hens ,OEGB, 5 under one 4 under another, 100% hatch rate.

I didn't make myself understood properly,I'm sorry, I meant to ask is a Self Blue rooster a good addition to anyones flock, is it a good choice of roosters for a breeding program? We have several and are trying to figure out to keep them or not??? All we raise is Old English Game Bantam.