Re: Re: Off topic Chickens

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We do lights as well, that will make them lay.

One thing about layer pellets or even crumbles. There is not enough protein

in that mix for laying and good feathers. It was designed for commercial

applications. We have a mix here called Allway and it is about 18 percent

protein. Well it got so expensive(almost $10.00/50#) I started asking around

what others fed. Well some feed strictly hog feed (non medicated) pellets.

Same thing, lays a lot with lack of feathers but cheap.

We now mix our allway- which really is a layer/grower feed- with a sow mix

from our local mill.

Sow mix is corn fines with added soy and minerals. We mix this 50-50 with

the Allway . Man they love it and they are laying great and feathering out.

When they slow down in the fall laying we also worm our chickens with

Ivermectin pour on. 1/4th cc per chicken.

Joanne

MercyFarms

Lamancha dairy goats & Herbal nutrition

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Oh LOL well we go in at night when the lights are off and while they are

roosting by small flashlight we dab every one. Now we don’t have but 40

chickens but I'd still do it for 100 or even 1000.

Joanne

MercyFarms

Lamancha dairy goats & Herbal nutrition

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Re: Off topic " Chickens "

You don't actually catch each and every chicken and pour on wormer?

Belinda

> We do lights as well, that will make them lay.

>

> One thing about layer pellets or even crumbles. There is not enough

protein

> in that mix for laying and good feathers. It was designed for

commercial

> applications. We have a mix here called Allway and it is about 18

percent

> protein. Well it got so expensive(almost $10.00/50#) I started

asking around

> what others fed. Well some feed strictly hog feed (non medicated)

pellets.

> Same thing, lays a lot with lack of feathers but cheap.

>

> We now mix our allway- which really is a layer/grower feed- with a

sow mix

> from our local mill.

> Sow mix is corn fines with added soy and minerals. We mix this 50-50

with

> the Allway . Man they love it and they are laying great and

feathering out.

>

> When they slow down in the fall laying we also worm our chickens with

> Ivermectin pour on. 1/4th cc per chicken.

>

> Joanne

> MercyFarms

> Lamancha dairy goats & Herbal nutrition

> Callitea.com

>

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Joanne,

I am getting a layer pellet that is 20% protein for

$8.10 per bag if I purchase 10 at a time. I give them

a little scratch every day $6.20 per 50 to help with

the cost a little.

--- Joanne wrote:

> We do lights as well, that will make them lay.

>

> One thing about layer pellets or even crumbles.

> There is not enough protein

> in that mix for laying and good feathers. It was

> designed for commercial

> applications. We have a mix here called Allway and

> it is about 18 percent

> protein. Well it got so expensive(almost $10.00/50#)

> I started asking around

> what others fed. Well some feed strictly hog feed

> (non medicated) pellets.

> Same thing, lays a lot with lack of feathers but

> cheap.

>

> We now mix our allway- which really is a

> layer/grower feed- with a sow mix

> from our local mill.

> Sow mix is corn fines with added soy and minerals.

> We mix this 50-50 with

> the Allway . Man they love it and they are laying

> great and feathering out.

>

> When they slow down in the fall laying we also worm

> our chickens with

> Ivermectin pour on. 1/4th cc per chicken.

>

> Joanne

> MercyFarms

> Lamancha dairy goats & Herbal nutrition

> Callitea.com

>

>

>

>

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Joanne,

I am getting a layer pellet that is 20% protein for

$8.10 per bag if I purchase 10 at a time. I give them

a little scratch every day $6.20 per 50 to help with

the cost a little.

--- Joanne wrote:

> We do lights as well, that will make them lay.

>

> One thing about layer pellets or even crumbles.

> There is not enough protein

> in that mix for laying and good feathers. It was

> designed for commercial

> applications. We have a mix here called Allway and

> it is about 18 percent

> protein. Well it got so expensive(almost $10.00/50#)

> I started asking around

> what others fed. Well some feed strictly hog feed

> (non medicated) pellets.

> Same thing, lays a lot with lack of feathers but

> cheap.

>

> We now mix our allway- which really is a

> layer/grower feed- with a sow mix

> from our local mill.

> Sow mix is corn fines with added soy and minerals.

> We mix this 50-50 with

> the Allway . Man they love it and they are laying

> great and feathering out.

>

> When they slow down in the fall laying we also worm

> our chickens with

> Ivermectin pour on. 1/4th cc per chicken.

>

> Joanne

> MercyFarms

> Lamancha dairy goats & Herbal nutrition

> Callitea.com

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hello,

We have Buff Orphingtons, Cockoo Marans, Americanas,

Crosses between the three. Then young pullets that are

production reds, Golden buffs and Americanas. A few

Copper Marans. We feed a 20% protein pellet. Just

about 5-8 pounds of scratch to about 150 birds a day

as a treat and not for feed value. scraps from the

house and garden, a few visit the cows daily in there

pasture. Were in Lubbock TX we have about 11 hours of

light now. Thanks for the help. Temp wise we have

gotten down to the low 20's.

Thank you, Albert

--- " Donna R. Myers-Raybon "

wrote:

> What breed of chickens are you talking about?? Some

> are just better

> egg layers than others.

> Where do you live? The farther north you live, the

> shorter the days

> and the colder the winters. That's a factor that

> influences egg

> laying.

> You have to let them have some 'down' time or

> they'll lay themselves

> to death. Most will drop off in egg production

> during molt, then

> pick back up later.

> Nutrition is very important with many feeding too

> low a protien

> feed. For example scratch is pretty much empty

> calories and will

> grow you out a bird that has small bone structure

> and too much

> interior body fat.

> Each year I do a lot of pullorum testing for the 4-H

> Chick Chain

> shows here in east Tennessee. Each child gets 25

> chicks in the

> spring, then have to pick six best in fall to

> show/sell to cover

> costs. They get to keep the other 19 as their own.

> Anyway, I can

> pretty much place each pen of six simply by how they

> feel as I pick

> them up to do the pullorum test. Many, sad to say,

> fail to listen to

> the good educational advice given throughout the

> project and try to

> raise the birds on cheap, low protien feeds like

> scratch.

> Something I have learned about chickens is that the

> darker the egg

> color the longer it stays in the bird's reproductive

> tract. This can

> make the more at risk of having an egg 'hang.' It

> can also make it

> harder for a chick to pip, too. I learned this from

> a friend who

> raises Wellsummers which lay a REALLY dark chocolate

> egg. These

> birds look like a Rhode Island Red, sort of.

> Donna

> Safehaven Nubians

> Dandridge, TN

>

> >

> > Does anyone have any idea on how to get chickens

> to lay in the

> winter?

> > We are going to add lighting to come on a few

> hours before sunrise

> to

> > see if that will help. From what I have read it

> seems giving 17

> hours

> > of light will keep them laying. Also I noticed

> that poultry farms

> only

> > keep there chickens for 70 weeks and cull them

> out. Our flock is

> going

> > on two years with young birds being added every

> few months. How do

> you

> > know when to cull the older hens. I know about the

> color change in

> the

> > beak and legs, but will an older hen start laying

> strong again in

> the

> > spring. Seem I get better egg size from the older

> hens, or will

> they

> > slow down and not lay as often? Also I have read

> that layer

> pellet's

> > are bad for younger pullets, Our problem is we

> keep them in the

> brooder

> > for about 8 weeks then introduce them to the flock

> where they go

> from a

> > chick starter to a laying pellet. Seem the only

> difference from the

> > grower feed and the laying pellet is the increase

> in calcium will

> this

> > hurt them? Thank you for the help.

> >

> > Albert

> >

>

>

>

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