What is everybody paying for feed now a days ? Have ya'll noticed prices going up ?
I use to pay 11.50 for 50 lbs. of purina Laying pellets and NOW its 13.50 . I am wondering when things get worse with shipments how much higher will it be ?
Noticed yesterday , one of our RIR hens would not walk or move when I approached her .... she did eat and drink when I put feed and water close to her ... She just would not move , like she was hurt .... She was dead this morning .
Noticed another one acting...
I have never sold any fertilized eggs before . Anybody have any idea what the going price is ?
I have several different breeds , RIR'S , buff orpington's , black Austrolorp's , barred rocks , black leghorns .
All are mixed together in the same coop/run , except my...
I have an Americana that has faithly been laying jumbo green eggs , I went and picked eggs this morning and she said a medium size ..... Anybody can explain why the difference in size ?
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I have added sand 3 times during the summer( like 6 yards ) each time to both my runs . everything looks perfect until it rains , then yikes ... Chickens are scratching making holes ( naturally ) when it rains , the holes are full of water and creates oders ...
thought of starting a thread of how many eggs we all pick a day .
OK .. I will start it off .... Its 12:00 ( NOON ) and I have picked 13 eggs SO FAR ....
Well , we have close to 100 head in our flock . About 35 are really not old enough to start laying just yet . BUT the others are close to 9 months old and was only picking 3 - 5 eggs a day .
When the weather started gettign cold , DH installed lights inside both our coops...
well , a few weeks back out of close to 100 head in flock , we were only picking 3 - 5 eggs a day . DH put lights in both the coops and for pass few days were were picking 15 eggs a day ... YESTERDAY we picked 23 ......
I knew were were...
met a man yesterday that has a full flock of chickens and feeds them ONLY raw rice . This is rice thats still in the hulls .
He told me thats ALL he has ever feed his fock and they are very healthy .
He raises for eggs , meat and resale of chickens .
Nice...
WELL , things are looking up .. DH added light in both our coops .
2nd. day we went from picking 3 eggs to picking 5 , next day picked 7 , next day picked 9 , and YESTERDAY picked 12 .
NOW we have our empty egg cartons ready .