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Mine like to eat the inside of an orange that is cut in 2 halfs.

I have small bantams. Dutch look a likes but too heavy for show quality. These chickens are an old breed and lay reasonably well. Maybe 150 small eggs a year for 5 years. They don’t lay in winter. The period they don’t lay is longer every year. My 10 year old still lays an occasional egg in...

I didn't know wether to give an ℹ️❤️ or ☹️ on this comment. But I do believe the commercial chickens like broilers and also (a bit less ) the laying hybrids they use in factory farming are men-kind created monsters. Men/farmers/hatcheries did create monsters for max profit. The male (laying...

Yes I know, but some people seem to think all chicken feed is okay and some people even give feed for laying hybrids to chicks. Not knowing this contains a poisonous amount of calcium for chicks. Btw, where I live there is not so much choice. And bc I want to feed organic its even more limited.

Agribusiness feed is designed for 4 -20 month old laying hens. And not for older hens, heritage breeds and roosters. And certainly not for chicks. You can if it’s unflavoured, not sweetened, just nothing is added. In Europe they sell it in every supermarket. I give mine a little bread if I...

It helps a bit but is no guarantee at all you don’t get mites.

My chickens love to eat lightly rotten apples and other fruit. They know what to eat and what not. They eat the inside of a avocado with brown spots, but leave the peel for me to throw away. Just never give them anything hazardous without acces to any other food like chicken crumble.