food

I would like to hear about everyone's feeding regimen? I just had my first chicken death. No symptoms or signs. She was totally fine, running around yesterday, and then walked out to the coop this morning and she fell dead from her roosting bar. No blood, no nothing. I am thinking a possible...

I'm curious what everyone here does to lower the cost of feed. I have a creek out back and I'm considering buying some minnow and crawdad traps so I can supplement their feed. I'm also considering setting up a black soldier fly larvae bin. Also any clue how to make sure they get a balanced...

Please help! it’s our first time having ducks, so we’re having some trouble. We fed her a lot of food that wasn't supposed to be eaten long term, but we’re doing our best to fix this mistake. Any advice is appreciated!

My eldest muscovy (15 weeks) has stopped eating his grower pellets but will eat everything else like worms, grass, fruit (gave as treats) but wont even touch his pellets anymore even though he use to eat the pallets fine. Unsure if he has become fussy and doesn't like his pellets anymore (fancy...

Alright, I am just a couple weeks into fermenting my feed and getting everyone on a schedule. But I'd like to talk to someone who has experience with it, as I feel I'm doing something wrong. I'm guessing it's my ratio of what I mix in, but I'm not 100% sure. I have laying hens, a turkey...

I've bought some live mealworms from a local provider, I'm really worried about feeding them to my chicks as I'm not really 100% sure that these are healthy mealworms. Can I breed these mealworms for another generation and then feed them to the chicks? I'm afraid that some...

Hello, I have a question about sowing seed in my yard. I would like to surface sow some grass seed all throughout my yard that my chickens and white embden geese will be able to graze and peck at. I'm not sure which types would be best surface sown and how to keep my chickens from eating the...

I use the feed listed in the link below. I've never had any issues with it and my flock free ranges daily. I'm getting more focused on feeding them and I want you all to tell me each and every thing that this feed does wrong so that I can work to supplement. I do have a little banty rooster and...

Last year in may one of my geese, consumed a washer and bolt/screw. She was rushed to the vet when she became lethargic and thus started chelation therapy. Within about a month and a half she successfully passed the metal and was back to being happy/healthy. I was wondering if anyone has any...

The place we usually buy the feed from won’t have it in stock anymore and nowhere else I’ve looked has it. Can someone please help? We have no idea what to feed her soon, so any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

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hello my feathered friends! currently i am trying to figure out if there is any way to make my current chicken feed more nutritious, i feel like i’m not doing enough for my girlypops… here is a pic of the current feed i am giving them! i usually buy from tractor supply from the next town over...

I took my ducks inside due to the cold temperatures outside, Will they be okay without water/food for the night?

So I am hoping I don't find a dead duckling tomorrow morning. I was a bit late in feeding my 3 week old wild ducklings in our creek and they chugged it down too quickly. I am feeding game bird crumble dry because it seemed like wetting it made it more trouble to eat. One looked like it had food...

As the title says, do you like seafood??? For me, despite living in a seafood capital like New England, it’s a resounding NO. :hide At least for most things. I like certain fish depending how it’s cooked and I like canned tuna but that’s it. :lau so basically no. Clams, oysters, shrimp...

I have looked at the mazuri ingredients and I do like that it has brewers yeast and the fish flakes etc. However the first ingredients are corn and soy and since it’s not non gmo I’m sure they are gmo and sprayed to hell with chemicals. I think he doesn’t believe in gmos or something ( the vet)...

Hi! I'm in Melbourne, Australia and have been trying to figure out what to buy to feed the chooks with... We've been giving them: https://www.petbarn.com.au/peckish-performance-poultry-layer-mix-18kg And they're pretty happy with it (even though they mostly ignore the pellets and just eat all...

I have an outdoor enclosure for my dove. We've been having a TERRIBLE time with ants this year. I saw in order to keep them out of my chicken's food, you're supposed to sprinkle cinnamon in the feeder! It's been working wonders.. however I'm not sure that cinnamon is safe to use around doves...

So I tried fermenting some grower feed for my chickens. It’s been a few days and I opened the lid to check on it to find that it smells very strongly, almost like cheese. It kind of smells like vomit. I’ve read that this means I should toss it, but the feed itself doesn’t look rancid or moldy to...