Choosing the Right Feed for Your Chickens
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- In this video we look at the different groups of chickens that you may have and match the right feed to those groups. We look at groups of:
- Laying hens only
- Laying hens with a cock bird
- Groups with hens that are off lay e.g. too young to lay, or moulting etc
- Groups with young chicks as part of the flock
We trust Marriages as a quality feed brand to form the foundation of feeding regime for our chickens. Quality brands have put a lot of time and research into developing the right combination of nutrients to support any flock, taking the heavy lifting away in terms of calculating the right food types and combinations to give the flock.
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I don't even have chickens anymore, but I still watch your videos because they are so well done.
That's so lovely of you - thank you
👏👏👏👏
I'd love to see a video about gardening tips and tricks!
That's a good idea - flowers, fruit or veg?
@@EnglishCountryLife anything regarding simple, small-garden solutions to help reduce the grocery bill. I live in the USA, east cost. We have all four seasons (i think we're zone 5?)
We have LARGE garden boxes but each season the garden ends up disorganized and overgrown.
We have a SMALL "greenhouse" that I bought for $70 (american $) to help our seed starts be protected from a late-frost.
I'd also like to learn how to pressure can meats, veggies, and simple recipes like salsa.
In general we are working on learning how to be "prepared" for a worst-case scenario, without going to the extreme of prepping for the zombie apocalypse... LOL.
I'd like to say again that your channel is wonderful. Fiona your way in front of the camera is so calming and practical. Your love of chickens is heart warming. The "vibe" of your channel is soothing and... it's JUST LOVELY.
Warm Regards from USA!
@@LastWordExisting Thank you so much, I'm sure that we can help
Im lucky enough to have an animal feed mill called Moores just over the hill from me for my layers pellets👍👍. I do like the Marriages scratch corn though and so do the girls😋😋😋
When you say that "you" like it...how much do you eat? 🤣
@@EnglishCountryLife a bowl a day helps me work, rest amd play! 😆😆😆
Thanks. That was very helpful 😁
Glad it was helpful, it confused us for a long time!
Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Do you have any videos over treatment and prevention of impacted crop?
We haven't done so far, would you like us too?
Great video thank you. A question about the chick crumb - are there any health issues for the adult hens eating that in a mixed flock? Obviously with access to Oyster shell...
Hi Helen, it depends on the active ingredient of.course but Amprolium is the most common & has no withdrawl period
@@EnglishCountryLife thank you x
I have 4 hyline browns right now (6 originaly), they always pulling out each other's feathers. 😢 I have had to rehome 2 of them because of this. It's not pecking order, and they have plenty of room, and everything thing else they need. They recommen a high protein diet, which they have. Not sure if this behavior is typical for that breed, it makes me sad. Anyways I would like to get Buffed Orpingtons next time. Do Buffs have this problem? I have been watching you for a while, and haven't seen it with your chickens.
Hi! I'm sorry to hear this about the Hylines. You sound like you have your hands full but are really doing a great job trying to manage the situation.
Hylines are a breed genetically generated to be prolific egg layers so their nutritional requirements are higher than a standard chickens. They do have a reputation for feather pecking if they have limited space (which in your case they don't), are bored (I don't know what the situation is for you, but it might be worth trying adding more toys or things to climb/perch on?), or nutritional deficit (you have them on a high protein diet, but possibly try adding more coarse oyster shell as a supplement as they might be short of calcium which can also cause feather pecking?).
For Orpingtons, they don't have a reputation for feather pecking but they can if they are bored or nutritionally challenged. Boredom is easily resolved with toys and perches. Nutrition is simpler than Hylines as they aren't as prolific in laying eggs so standard layers pellets will do the job. The only thing to consider is the broodiness as they are very broody. If this a problem, Brahmas or Australorps are great alternatives and less likely to brood.
How is your leg?
Recovering very slowly with lots of physio, thanks for asking. A full year more to go though