/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>3936604
I already talked a bit about it here >>3904652
and here >>3908962 . The bought chickenfeed mentioned also contains some antibiotics. In about 14 years I only had two chickens get sick to a point I had to give them a coup de grâce. I never had any chickens off the supplements however, so I have nothing to compare it to. That's something I should try out.

I agree with pretty much everything this helpful anon said >>3936634 . I only let my chickens roam through an enclosed part of the garden visible in the first post about them, with my compostheap & -bins, fruit trees and vegetable patch. Also only when I'm around, never without at least sporadic supervision. This comes down
to most weekends and the summer months.

When you LOCK up your chickens for the night, do so timely, before the sun starts to set. They tend to get really anxious when it's dark. Mine climb up into the trees if I don't. I swear I can hear them laughing at me whilst I try to get them down.

Mine have no grass in their pen though. I tried everything to get or keep it growing in there, but the chickens manage to ravage it every time again. They do get greens every day, without exception.

Check out this site, it's the best I've encountered on the interwebs concerning this topic; it has a wealth of information, more than you'll ever get on here.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/