Chick Days 2023
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Posts Tagged ‘Chickens’
Raising Chicks 6-8 Weeks
At week six, you made it through the brooding period! Between 6 and 8 weeks of age, your chicks will be much larger and will need twice the amount of floor space they started with. If the temperature is mild and the chicks are fully feathered, they can be allowed...
When Will My Pullet Start to Lay Eggs?
Young hens, or pullets, begin laying sometime between their 16th and 24th week of age.
Feed Chickens For Optimum Egg Production
At about four and a half months, you’re probably anxiously awaiting the first fresh eggs! Now is the time to introduce your laying pullets to Purina Layena Sunfresh Recipe or Purina Layena Plus Omega-3 to insure that they receive the best nutrition to support egg production.
Healthy Chickens Means Better Eggs
The greater inclusion of vitamin D in today’s poultry feeds has increased its concentration in eggs. Even the color of the yolk is influenced by pigments the hen consumes. This is a very important concept for people raising backyard hens for eggs. Feed them a poor diet of unfortified scratch...
We Have Chicks And Supplies
We have chicks coming in regularly, including Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and mixed flock layers.
Good Eggs: Feed Matters
Despite its apparent nutritional perfection, the egg can be enhanced by improving what is fed to the hen. Hens are very good at incorporating what they eat into the developing egg.