feeding

How much feed is required to grow a japanese quail to slaughter age? Up to 6 weeks, you are looking at over 1kg or 2.2lb of feed. Many people prefer to keep them til 8 weeks to ensure sufficient meat for a meal. That is an extra 350 grams of feed at least, if we assume they are eating 25...

Hey there! So I was just how old does my chicks need to be in order to eat adult feed? ~Meg, the very naive chicken lover :lau

Hello! We are looking to raise our own Superworms to supplement feed and foraging. How many worms should we aim for, both to be raising and be feeding our chickens? Or is it more of an.. as much as you can sort of deal? 20 chickens!

Hello, hope I posted in the right thread, seemed like the best option. I have 3 18 week old hens and 1 18 week old rooster. they are in there coop and true free range from 9am until sundown most days and they return to their coop at night. however! I am picking up 2 8week old pullets today and I...

Hi all! I live in western NC where we have had quite the growing season so far. I was thinking of dehydrating some of my bumper crop, cucumbers, squash, those sorts of vegetables I have a hard time preserving for my family's consumption, and supplementing my chickens winter diet with them. I was...

I have had a RIR for a few months, she is approximately 5 months old and she will not eat the feed which is whole grain feed. She does eat kale and shell-less sunflower seeds mainly. Occasionally cucumber. I have tried many other foods, without success. I don't think she is getting proper...

My ducklings are almost three weeks old and I wanted to know if this is an okay age to stop feeding them 24/7? I bring them in (it's been hot so I let them go outside during the day) around 7 PM and let them back out at 9 AM. Is that an okay amount of time for them to be without food or water at...

I have 4 chicks that are about 7/8 weeks old, and I plan on getting a few more baby chicks in two weeks, I'll keep them separate for the first few weeks, but when the new chicks get their feathers and are introduced to the older chicks (who will be chick-teens by then), will I have to separate...

Hi everyone :) I am happy to say that I am now (finally) a duck mom! I have been feeding all of my ducks organic and non-gmo feed from the beginning, but am curious to get other opinions on types of duck feed. I know there are better options than Dumor (even though it's organic) but I'm stumped...

Shes about 12 weeks.... A third the size of all the others.... My question.... As she wont free range because of her leg issues (splinting to hopefully fix) should i just keep her on chick starter until she hopefully goes out with the others and learns to forage???

I've got older ducks (1y+) outside and I've got a couple ducklings (2 weeks) inside still under the light, hopefully going outside next week or so. The older ducks are on Fancy Feed (Protein 15.5%; Oil 4.5%; Fibre 4%; and Ash 6%); the ducklings were on chick crumbs but typically should be...