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late this fall one of our Golden Buffs went broody and hatched 2 chicks by way of our Australorp roo. To my surprise their feathers have come in and they are white! I know golden buff roosters are white so does this mean they are roosters? Some what else related, we had a barred rock hatch and...

Can I try to resurrect this thread and get some opinions. The above pic is my coop and run / garden set up (we have the fence on both sides now) The chickens get one side one year and I garden in the other and then we switch the following year. What would be good cover crops to plant on the...

I have a 10x10 chicken tractor that I was going to wait another week before moving them in to but now was thinking doing it sooner

I started with 25 chicks in 5x6.5 pen. I mix my own feed, its at about 20% protein right now with a nutra balancer. I've done this same feed recipe in the past (and same pen size) with nothing like this before

I have a batch of red rangers that are just 2 weeks old. 4 nights a go I woke up to find 4 dead chicks with 2 of them tore up cause the others were pecking / eating it. since then every morning I find 1 more dead and mulated. I don't believe they were sick as I don't notice any acting funny...

anyone (particulary in NW ohio) mix their own feed and use fishmeal? Do you use organic fish? If so where did you get it? I got regular fish meal last time but was wondering if organic fish was available nearby...

Quote: I mix my own feed of whole grains with Kelp as the only mineral so I guess I will do some research to see if one of the grains is particularly high in magnesium.

I fed ff for my layers for a couple months, but when I got my meaties it was too much to have 2 types of feed going so I kept the meaties going on ff but went back to dry feed for the layers with the intention of going back to ff when the meaties were gone. While I noticed they eat more feed...

so last night I notice many of my 24 rangers 4-5 week olds had what looked like enlarged crops (looked like golf balls hanging off some!) so I of course freaked out and came to BYC and thought it was impacted crop. I noticed it mainly because I just moved them out of the brooder to the tractor...

For those who mix your own feed and raise CX or Rangers: do any of you add calcium to your chick/grower feed? I am mixing my own feed for my 25 meaties and not providing any extra calcium, my minerals is from Kelp (althought I'm getting some Nutri-balancer soon). Anyhow several (maybe even...

Quote: When I first started, I had 3 buckets of ff and rotated them to let them each ferment 3 days (stirring each day and reusing the drained off water) putting in the same amount of that I had been feeding of dry feed so I knew how full my strainer was feeding the same amount so I know they...

been doing ff for about 2 months now and decided to stop, they were still eating the same amount as dry feed and taking more time I thought it would :/ I would have continued had I seen a real difference

it does want to eat & drink but just can't stand, seems like splayed/spaddled legs, is that common in a 2-3 weeker? from my first research it seems to be a new chick thing...

I have a chick (out of 31) that is not moving and seems like it can't stand up and when I pick it up the feet automatically curl up instead of being all sprawled out. It is 2-3 weeks old, red ranger. I didn't notice anythign this morning before I left for work but found it when I got...

I think I mentioned the overall size up there but it is 8'x16' but 4' of that is feed room area so actual coop is 8x12 so 96 sq feet, the top portion is just for extra light and ventilation, it's not "supposed" to be used for roosting but it's possible one could fly up there but right now they...

Thanks all! The girls (11 right now with 6 in the brooder) are loving it!