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Anybody here keep chickens?
Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:01 pm
What kind of feed do you use? And what do you use for nesting boxes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:02 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
layena mash or pellets
just plywood boxes inside the coop
just plywood boxes inside the coop
Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:06 pm to cgrand
Usually throw some crushed oyster shells or pork bones in w the feed. Helps with the egg shells, from what I was told.
Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
I used to........used layena. Loved having them, though they were messy as hell in an urban environment. I could never figure out how to get them to stop shatting on my porch and I pretty much tried everything.
Posted on 6/1/15 at 8:28 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
I just use whatever laying pellets they have at the co-op or tractor supply. You can also crush up eggshells and feed it back to them to help keep their shells hard. And I just built some 1'x1' boxes in the coup for eggs. The funny thing is, I have 4 nests and 5 hens. They almost always lay in the same nest. Sometimes 2 hens will get in at the same time.
Posted on 6/1/15 at 11:11 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Layer pellets and corn (the extra corn will get you the really orange yolks). We do half and half.
A hen will lay in anything, buckets, boxes, a corner of a room. Any place she feels that her eggs are hidden. A five gallon bucket with a large enough hole in the side works well.
What breeds do you have?
A hen will lay in anything, buckets, boxes, a corner of a room. Any place she feels that her eggs are hidden. A five gallon bucket with a large enough hole in the side works well.
What breeds do you have?
Posted on 6/1/15 at 11:23 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
I built a catawba coop. They laid on the top layer. Fed them table scraps and Layena.
Posted on 6/2/15 at 3:15 am to LSUTigersVCURams
feed some mixture of laying pellets and corn chops, vary that mixture by season....
Posted on 6/2/15 at 6:08 am to LSUTigersVCURams
I've got 5 young hens at the moment and feeding them chick starter. The bag says from hatch to lay. Once they start laying I'll feed frushed oyster shells and rice/seed?/corn mix. I've been wondering about the nesting myself but decided on 1x1ply boxes. I've got a mobile coupe so it'll be a challenge to mount secure on the chain link dog kennel that they're in... Lol
Posted on 6/2/15 at 6:39 am to LSUTigersVCURams
I feed Layena pellets, and offer crushed oyster shells to help w the eggshells. Built nesting boxes out of wood, and added a back hatch so wife can get the eggs without going through the coop.
My dad uses milk crates for his laying boxes, and they work just fine.
My dad uses milk crates for his laying boxes, and they work just fine.
This post was edited on 6/2/15 at 6:40 am
Posted on 6/2/15 at 8:18 am to bootlegger
Those eggs are going to come out regardless of a nesting box or not. Throw a little hay on the ground and put some apple cider vinegar in their drinking water.
Posted on 6/2/15 at 8:36 am to Sparkplug#1
True, but I'd rather collect eggs out of an easily accessible box compared to scattered about the coop.
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:54 am to LSUTigersVCURams
What ever layin pellets I can find and five gallon buckets
Posted on 6/2/15 at 11:48 am to ZacAttack
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What breeds do you have?
actually don't have them yet. I'm going up to Zachary this weekend and get some pullets. What breed would you recommend for laying hens?
Posted on 6/2/15 at 1:56 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Conditioner from the feed store. Basically assorted pellets.
Posted on 6/2/15 at 2:24 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
My dad is a Chicken Whisperer. He uses crack corn and laying pellets. Also, he throws anything in there...watermelon rinds, the first couple layers of cabbage/lettuce, satsumas/oranges/tomatoes that fall, anything that you peel off of fruits/vegetables and throw away, leftovers out of the fridge, etc.
They are pretty much a land crab and eat anything.
They are pretty much a land crab and eat anything.
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