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  1. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I gave the hens and pullets a few bowls of wetted down All Flock crumbles. Regular food becomes a treat when it's wet. I have a pair of New Hampshire cockerels now to go along with the 7 NH pullets I got last month. Now I can start working on a self sustaining flock. I bought a couple Rhode...
  2. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    The pullets are 6 or 7 weeks old now and (I think) are big enough to fend for themselves so I integrated them into the flock of 2 year old barred rock hens today. They're all getting along great at the moment. They're sharing the feed bowl without any fighting.
  3. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Thanks! They're getting bigger by the day and will be cut loose with the big girls in the next week or so. I'll provide them plenty of "hiding" places if they need to get away. LOL My new rooster chicks will arrive in the mail sometime next week, but they'll be inside in a box for the first...
  4. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I bought 6 new chicks at the Wilco store on April 2nd, and was given a 7th one that had pasty butt. They are New Hampshire reds, which are supposed to be an improved version of the Rhode Island red. Quick growing and feathering. I think they were about a week old when I got them so they're 4...
  5. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    My hens will turn 2 years old in a week so they shouldn't be at the end of their laying life. I've forced them to eat extra calcium a couple times (powdered eggshells/oyster shell mixed in wetted feed) and that seems to help shell hardness, but with some of my hens going through soft molts...
  6. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    One of my chickens started molting last night, lots of feathers scattered around and she's looking scraggly. I gave them all some cooked pork today for extra protein. I hope their egg quality improves soon. One or more of them keeps laying thin shell brittle eggs, which get eaten in the nest...
  7. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I gave the girls some apples from the tree and scraps from the Thanksgiving rib roast and butternut squash. They really liked the beef bone, fat and squash seeds but they're getting bored of apples. LOL
  8. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    So have they gotten over their fear of cabbage yet. LOL
  9. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I refilled the feeder with a 5 gallon bucket full of 2 parts 17% layer feed mixed with one part 27% game bird feed. I'll take care of the waterers tomorrow. I gave them a dozen small to medium tomatoes this morning that they ate right up.
  10. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Got both waterers cleaned and refilled with fresh water, filled up the feed bin and topped off the oyster/eggshell calcium box. I could leave home for a week and the girls would have all they need.
  11. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I went around the entire foundation of the house, pulled up the weeds and gave the girls two 5 gallon buckets full of greenery. I bet I get an above average egg count tomorrow.
  12. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Yeah, chickens eat a lot of stuff that will supposedly cause them problems or kill them, depending on what you read. I think they'd have to eat a whole lot of apple seeds to cause problems, even if they are actually a problem. There's something in apple seeds that the human digestive system...
  13. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Chickens can get the runs if they some new veggie, or too much of some veggies or fruits. Nothing to worry about, but it can make their butt feathers messy, and could attract flies in warmer weather. I gave my chickens an apple each today and they're probably used to them by now. They each get...
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I gave mine a couple big piles of green weeds yesterday, and they each got an apple today. Happy birds!
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I splurged and bought my flock a special treat the other day... 2 fresh ears of corn. Gave them one a day to share between the 6 of them. I guess they're worth the 50 cent cost of the corn.
  16. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    It's a blue moon supermoon. Rare and pretty cool! https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/when-and-where-to-see-augusts-rare-supermoon-blue-moon/ar-AA1oXqHF?ocid=BingNewsSerp
  17. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I bet dirty water contains minerals that the chickens crave.
  18. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I filled the grit box in the chickens' day run with a mix of crushed eggshells, oyster/coral calcium granules and granite grit. Bought a new bag of layer feed yesterday which should last through most of next month. They're still laying machines, averaging close to 6 eggs per day from the 7...
  19. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    Better safe than sorry.
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do with your flock today?

    I think you're talking about trichinosis, and I've read that for the most part it's not a threat any more in commercial pork. I think it was more prevalent in the old days when most hogs were raised outdoors. So no, I wasn't really worried about giving them the raw pork bone to peck on.
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