Posted on 01/30/2023 2:40:36 PM PST by EBH
Chickens just don’t want to bring children into a world that’s gone Woke.
BIL has a small bunch of hens and a rooster.
We’ve been buying eggs from him for awhile now.
He’d been buying his feed from a local feed store, but switched to Tractor Supply awhile back. The hens completely stopped laying...all of em....nada, not an egg one.
Switched back to the local feed store and just like that, they started laying again...
Weird as heck....maybe them chickens are smarter than they look....they’re for sure smarter than any liberal known to mankind.
here in Sandpoint Idaho, eggs are 2.87$ a dozen at Walmart. I have my own hens and they lay about 4 a day..........one per bird
Unfortunately year #3 their production drops off due to age. At that point I let them sit on a clutch and raise replacements. Then momma makes stew or soup.
My daughter noticed her chickens have been laying far fewer eggs using a brand from Tractor Supply.. which has been in the news on this. She just swit6to a local feed store so we’ll see what happens.
Nice box! Yours? We haven’t paid for eggs in a long while and hope we never have to again.
I get eggs from a local general store who gets them locally. There has been no eggs since the fall molting. NONE. Something is wrong.
I have heard elsewhere about the Tractor Supply Feed being the blame. Not sure about that but something is definitely wrong.
Now THAT’S “sustainable”!
We shouldn’t go screaming too much as to draw the attention of our keepers— they’re liable to fix it by stopping backyard chickens.
Just paid 59¢/lb for chicken legs and thighs but eggs were over $5.
This article unfortunately makes sense.
I remember the young RIRs on my grandfather’s farm chasing mice. Decades later, I was at a friend’s farm, and saw movement under a shrub. I went to look, and saw several mice feeding on chicken food. I commented that it seemed odd that 1) the chickens didn’t eat them, and 2) that they were out in broad daylight. He said they were probably afraid to come out at night because of the rats. I thought that was far-fetched, so he asked me to stay for dinner. We went out and turned a light on after dark. Holy cats!! I think the rodents must have eaten more than the hens.
Who would publish such drivel when the truth is easily obtained?
Take a sample to your local university and get it analyzed for $500.
Does it say ‘Gates & Schwab’ on the side of the sacks?
Preach it brother!
I have been using dumar feed for years. Gotten at TS. My chickens always produced more eggs than I could eat. Then this year they stopped totally right around Sept. I thought it was weird, next time I went to the TS I got the lower cost brand. Cause the price has skyrocketed like most things. They started laying about 8 days later.
The article mentions Producer’s Pride (Purina).
Look at this:
LOCAL
Cattle deaths might be linked to Producer’s Pride feed manufactured by Purina Animal Nutrition
Ledger staff. 2019
We have one because we set our chickens about three times a year and for that you need fertile eggs. But your hens will lay without.
Hens will lay whether they are getting laid or not... lol
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