I dont understand it. All I feed is Tractor Supply feed and haven't had any issues . Just like to day I have 25 hens/pullets and got near 2 dozen eggs. I think there was a Karen out there starting stuff lol. Some chickens do stop laying in winter and sometimes midsummer or late summer/fall , molting or possible lousy could be any number of factors and not feeding them good. I dont know but mine are doing great on TS feed so I will keep feeding.
@@oviduran Just a little update But first I find something kinda funny and All at once there are plenty of eggs every where and Humm most didnt change feed . But boy oh boy they want gold for them eggs and chickens , My chickens still on track Still feeding TS feed and only slowed just a bit with the cold snap But its getting warmer and eggs abundant every where . Hope all good there ,
@@gailbyers6925 Gail, my hens are laying more now too, but due to the longer days. I used to get three and now about 5 a day. Very soon it will be 8 to 10 a day just like last Summer and Fall. I will also continue feeding TS feed. Thanks for the update.
@@oviduran I changed out my feed 3 months ago and put it in a freezer drawer to stop bow weavels, topped with new PP scratch grains and dumar layer pellets and didn't get an egg until last week when I saw all the vids and changed to a Feldmans brand. I actually got my 1st egg the next day after the change, and now they are all laying about normal for winter.
Tractor Supply sells many varieties. You're not saying which. It's 2 kinds and a researcher did find something related to Roundup but did not test the protein.
Mike Adams The Health Ranger tested tractor supply feed in his ISO accredited lab. He posted the results and did a video on brighteon and what concerned me was the amount of toxins especially glysophate in the producers pride brand it was twice the amount as the others. All brands had toxins and heavy metals in them. We buy local now and the plan for this year is to start growing our own feed for them. Our hens never quit laying and I don't believe he found any one thing that caused the issue many were having. But the toxin load is concerning especially since I've had cancer once already. 😞
I used that Dumor brand for a couple of years when I first started raising backyard chickens for personal eggs 4 years ago. I noticed that their poop were watery and stinky, the egg shell were very thin and cracked easily, not to mention the slow egg production. I’ve switched to the Purina brand and what a difference, solid not smelly poop and harder eggs with increased production.
Dumor and Producers Pride are made by Purina. I believe Layeena may also be a Purina feed. If so, your test is really a little questionable. Can you find feed not made by Purina? Something from a co-op or a local feed mill. Good video otherwise!😎
Richard, the new feed I used is made by Cargill and not Purina. But at this point it doesn't matter since my chickens started laying twice the eggs now due to the longer days. This is normal for chickens in winter.
There's a lady that sells farm fresh eggs less than half a mile from my house. We've been buying eggs from her for the last 3 years. I asked her if her chickens ever stopped laying and she said just the usual Winter slow down, but nothing out of the ordinary. She gets feed from Tractor Supply, but she also feeds her chickens kitchen scraps. We even take a bucket of our kitchen scraps to her once a week. We get 3 dozen eggs from her every week without fail. She told me she keeps between 45 to 50 hens and she always has eggs.
Just an FYI.. all the videos that I have seen about the Tractor Supply feed issue is talking about the "Producers Pride" product and not the "Dumor" feed that you claim you are already using. If this is true then you don't have that issue because you are not using the "Producer's Pride" product. A few suggestions: You might want to try using "Nesting Mats" in your nesting boxes. You are not making it very conducive for your hens to lay in your nesting boxes by not keeping any real nesting material in your boxes and I really don't like wood shavings as nesting material. Either put hay in them or get the nesting mats. Since it seems you are in a very cold climate, you might want to try wrapping or insulating your coop. If it's too cold, a lot of breeds of chickens will stop laying. Your eggs should not be freezing in a few hours. Your coop is way too cold. If your egg production picks up when the weather warms up, then you'll know for sure your hens are not being kept warm enough. You could also try putting a heat lamp inside your coop but I think insulating it is a better way to go. One last thing.. look into getting "Greenhouse Heat Mats". Put these under your Nesting boxes and put piece of plastic over them (so the chickens don't scratch up the heat mats) and then put your nesting material on top. These Greenhouse heat mats should keep your nesting boxes warm enough so that your eggs won't freeze up. Also, they will make the nesting boxes warmer and your chickens will want to go in and lay their eggs. You can also put a thermostat switch on the power supply (extension cord) so that if your temps get above freezing the heat mats will be shut off automatically.
This is not a myth. It has happened to many people. And it seems to be Purina products (including Tractor Supply). These stores, however, contract with local mills. The mills make feed according to Purina's formula. So it could be a regional thing. I used Cargill feed & my girls laid well all through winter.
I actually think there is some truth to this conspiracy. There are three particular nutritional components that have a huge impact on a hen's ability to lay, and these same nutritional components also have a huge impact on the development of growing chicks. These very important nutritional components are protein, lysine, and methionine. A hen typically needs a MINIMUM of 16% protein, 0.70% lysine, and 0.30% methionine to lay well. Well, it turns out that Tractor Supply has been cutting corners lately. In early 2022, DuMOR 20% Chick Starter Crumble contained 1.0% lysine and 0.50% methionine. In early 2023, the same formula now only has 0.90% lysine and 0.30% methionine. While it may not seem like a big difference, it really is. There have been multiple reports of people noticing that DuMOR and other Tractor Supply brands have cut down on their protein, lysine, and methionine levels, but no one is paying attention to it because "hurr durr they put poison in the food."
Yes, it's true... Over 2 months zero eggs. 15 hens. Changed feed, now eggs for sale.. 😂. In fact the shells are super hard now.. I put eggs in incubator .. 30 eggs and now I have healthy 21 chicks. I live in Maine and am use to them stopping for about 6 weeks or dropping every other day..
It’s common for all chickens to stop laying during winter my hen started laying in middle of February and I’m feeding scratch grain and 20 % layer feed from tractor supply no issues
I've been involved in raising chicken on the family farm for 50 years. Chickens slow to stop laying eggs in the winter. Nothing that was explained seems abnormal. If I had to guess, it's protein level and source that is effecting production.
You should insulate your next boxes at least the bottom. Your wood is so thin and exposed to the elements in winter. You need a higher kicker board at the entrance to the nest boxes to help keep the nest materials inside. You need the heat from the inside of the coop to help keep eggs from freezing. This would help. On days that the chickens won't go out of the coop you should keep the bottom door closed to outside to help keep some heat in. Warmer chickens lay more eggs. You have to decide if you want good looking chickens or more eggs as far as some of your breeds go. The other people were experiencing no eggs at all you at least were getting 3-4 eggs a day most days so I don't think your problem is the same as others. Not a good comparison. You should state your results not that it's nonsense just because you didn't get the bad feed. If you had you would change your opinion on it. So, don't knock others.
Didn't see him "knocking others" Just stated his own results and Hypothesis based on the results. You sure do a lot of "shoulding" in other people's business.
We switched out our TSC feed and switched over to a local feed mill mash Jan 2nd. We had 0 eggs for a good 3 months. I started doing a 3 day ferment system with the new feed and OMG the girls love it as well as our ducks. We also invested in buying whole grains, w.heat berries, flax, sunflower seeds, oats, barley, millet, Milo and split peas. I also started fermenting the whole grains as a treat for the afternoons when they are out free ranging. End of January I started growing barley and wheat to make fodder and sprouts for the girls. We now mix in a cup of whole grains to our new feed for fermenting so to cut down on the amount of buckets I had fermenting. We also raise meal worms and dry them for treats. Within the first week of Jan and the new feed system we went from 0 eggs to 7 to 9 eggs a day with 20 hens. Age of the girls is from 2 to 10 years of age. We have reduced our feed amount by 50% and the girls are doing wonderful. We keep out a feeder of dry feed for them and they don't even touch it. The girls also don't drink as much water with the new fermented feeds and just over all seem so much happier and healthy. My few customer who get eggs from me said they are the best tasting eggs ever. We also give the girls all our kitchen scraps as well and they have full access to our compost heaps when out free ranging to look for bugs and worms.
@@abdulnassertajudeen8190 I sprout the flax seeds for them. Lay on plastic dish with small drain holes and spray them a few times a day and within about 3 days they start to sprout. I feed them mostly to our few quail because they are very high in protein, but the chickens love them.
Simply put you started, feeding your birds, natural feed and stopped the unprocessed food. Well, guess what your body works the same way you will perform better with no processed bs lol. birds need more protein & calcium certain times of the year & grit at all times as they need it. Good luck with your birds I know I love my lil funkys lol
I'm just wondering why Tractor Supply is not investigating this themselves and now that it's been this long I don't know that I trust them also who makes the feed and who's the owner of the business if you know their history about them it can help also we have to remember there was the chicken flu and then a chicken plant burn down and now the chickens aren't Lane oh yeah what about all the food plant that burnt down is this all a coincidence ?
We had a problem SO BADLY here in South Carolina that local stores don't even carry Purina or Purina derivatives anymore. The ONLY place you can buy them now are at a Tractor Supply. I know off-hand several people who had experienced issues with Dumor, Purina, Nutrena, and Nature's Pride. Once switching to a local feed, everyone's issue cleared up. That, and the fact that Land O'Lakes has been doing known research with vaccinations (COVID-19 being the main one) through Feed...I would highly recommend staying away from any major brand feed.
I use nothing but Purina! For chicken,rabbit,cat dogs and horse never had a issues our dog is 16 s never had a health issue of any kind we have a cat that is 17 she still plays outside and climbs trees
I use tractor supply cracked corn,my chicken started slowing down on eggs,so I put a 40w light in the coop,on a timer and it comes on 6am every morning, I have 5 hens and get 3 eggs daily, before I put in light they slowed down to 1 egg daily, so I know it's light.not feed
I use the Purina Layena which is the maker of the tractor supply food. I didnt notice a major drop other than the typical slow down in winter. However I did decide to change feed and make my own because of the soy based protein source they use in the Purina feed. I’m doing, whole wheat oats, flaxseed, cracked corn, black oil sunflower seeds and oyster shell. I might even experiment with lentils or split peas instead of flaxseed
I got Brahma and Jersey Giant chickens(as well as Speckled Sussex) all heavy body meat breeds. They don't stop laying in winter time. This year, they did. It's the feed. Switched over to All Flock, made by a different company and they started laying again. A lot of trolls on here, I see.
Smash the cracked eggs in the coop for them .. they clean it up, it's additional nutrition (like it is for incubating embryos also)... But you also can feed it to a dog, it's good as a protein for them too.. just an FYI
I have 2 ISO-browns 2 road island reds 2 austrolorpes. Besides their normal feed, they get a good dose of cabbage, collard greens, occasionally some cooked rice or barley. I averaged 4-6 per day all winter long. My coop is very well insulated with supplemental heat and straw in the nesting area. I believe your girls are using all of their energy to stay warm instead of producing.
The more I find people who know how to look after their birds the more I am convinced I was arguing with novices last year. They simply do not care that they aren’t supplying their birds with an adequate diet. Three Cheers to all of us.
my chickens will not eat those pellets... only scratch corn with a 1 part grain... which makes them egg laying machines...but... they do free range down here in SC.
My quail stopped laying around the same time. My mentor, who has chickens, and several videos, showed me to add fly larva, mealworms, and cooked beans to the feed. It helped kick things up again. Just fyi.
I changed the feed. My hens started laying again. I have big bodied birds, so cold don't affect them. Brahma, Jersey Giants and Speckled Sussex, all are good winter layers. They all quit laying for 2 months on TSC hen feed. First time I ever experienced such. There's something wrong with their feed now.
I've been burned on their extra charge for "sexing" which did not include either sexing OR getting the right breed. Two batches of chicks, sexed, all roosters. NOT ONE hen. isa browns? Perhaps sticking to autosex breeds with them is the way to go. we mix most of our own feed, we don't have many chickens and prefer to vary ingredients by season. I sure hopes this works for you, your hens look plump and healthy, and not very bothered by the cold. 35 below??? I'd set up a cheap camping tent in the living room. ❤ Best of luck! Close together, insulated, that's nice. YES! we use fakes. Helps them understand here you want them left If I understand it; the problem as mislabling at the factory, not toxic feed. A few people got the wrong feed. My general opinion is they should've only processed food, but I do INCLUDE it. They need to also get seeds,weeds and bugs.
Thanks. I’ve covered that topic many times in my videos. It doesn’t matter what I add to each box, straw or pine shavings, some chickens will kick it out within two days. But I have another trick up my sleeve for a future video. Stay tuned.
@@oviduran I didn’t see the other videos but I will from now on. My wife is the chicken chief and she tied me in to watch! Yeah they do seem to have their own opinion when it comes to their comfort level🙂
We had that same issue with the Hens kicking out the bedding from the nesting boxes we added a 4"high board across the entrance and its no longer a problem. All of the bedding stays in! 😊
Both of your bags of food have the same problem. My black Austrolorp laid eggs straight through the winter and stopped in April when tractor supply ran out of Flock party.
If you start seeing a difference you can bump their protein up to low 20's (20 to 24%). Try using game bird starter feed for a couple weeks, you should get the results. However, they do slow down in winter and I personally would not mess with it unless I am in a pinch for eggs or it is starting to warm outside and the days are getting longer but still not seeing an increase in production. Then I would give them a boost in protein to kind of "restart" their system.
It's true. I thought it was my chickens. They have layed no eggs this last three months during summer, while eating producers pride seed mix and the cheapest laying crumbles
I had both Australoprs and Isa's. Mine laid like crazy all winter long. i did give them 2 cans of tuna every 3 days. 2 cans just to make sure each hen got some. 5 birds could empty a can in 10 to 15 seconds, lol.
Chris, my Isa's are laying machines but not my Australorps during the short winter days. However, they all recently started laying like crazy again, as the days get longer. What state are you from? Wondering if living in a warmer state makes a difference. Thanks.
you got that wrong😢, more to do with chickens being happy,i gave my chickens alot of attention and free time and always trying differrent feeds and they always layed eggs the same amount = there is a difference in companionship to birds, try it and youl see a big difference/////////////////
Well my CORNISH CROSS hens until October were laying eggs. Then none until about 2 weeks ago I have been feeding them feed from a little hometown feed store and some Tractor Supply feed during this time frame. This winter came in earlier and colder. I saw no difference at all about any of the feed just a cooler winter.
You are the first person I am aware of that uses Cornish Cross chickens as layers, but you are proof that it can be done. I intend to purchase a few Cornish Cross this Spring but as meat chickens. Raise them for 8 weeks and then try my hand for the first time with the meat chicken process.
@@oviduran When they lay good you get a very large egg eather white or soft pink about 1 every day and a half. A raccoon killed my rooster and a hen so I am waiting for another rooster to start a new meat flock. But are very good eggs also. Thanks.
I have had similar results in Texas although we deal with heat more than cold here. My leghorns completely stopped laying eggs and I was using the dumar crumbles from TS...I switched to Kalmbach Feeds All Natural 17% Protein Layer Crumbles and they started laying again as normal after a week of the new food. Makes no sense to me.
When it starts to freeze and gets down below zero, even before then, if you have a packing blanket, open your hood, put the blanket on your engine and shut the hood, you'll have a much easier time starting your vehicle😊
Other chicken owners have had a different outcome. Same experiment. Different batch? Also, some say Dumouri s OK but cheaper Producers Pride is not, both Purina both TSC. And of course in winter diminishment of eggs .
Do Not Use Producer Pride!! It has 20 % parts per million Glyphosate in it!!! This is done on purpose by Purina, You are feeding High levels of ROUND UP to Your Sweet girls!!! Wake up guys, our livestock is being poisoned on purpose by companies like Purina and we need to Boycott them period…
If I were an egg machine, I wouldn't be producing eggs when it feels like -35'F. Your heated water trough must be high quality. So you won't be rooting for the Chiefs, I gather. Well conducted test.
I use organic feed and I had no issues of loss of eggs. Purina owns 90 percent of all feed so buying another commercial feed mostly coming from the purina feed in the end nothing would be changed. Organic feed numbers over all did not change per the same amount of time. Thus was done by a testing Do you need to delve father into changing your feed from one purina to another.
You got the wrong chicken, then. My girls are big bodied chickens and cold doesn't bother them. Some eggs may freeze and crack before I get to them, though. It's the feed. Mine entirely quit laying for 2 months. Changed feed to a different maker and started to get 50-60 eggs a week from 24 hens(Jersey Giants, Brahma and Speckled Sussex)...
I can’t stand it that you throw them away! I feed mine to my dog, I make his food homemade so any extra protein that’s not consumable for humans goes to dog food. Just a thought ❤
This is not true my chickens had been laying just fine and all my feed comes from Tractor Supply . I am 63 years old and have had chickens my whole life and chickens either slow down or stop in the winter because of short days less light . Not Tractor Supply feed lol .
If you add a light. Give them 16 hours of light. Just use the light to makeup the daylight difference. I lost piglet litters due to the TS feed made in the same factory. Chickens slow down in the winter without the added light. We had over 3,000 Azure hens.....
I actually had this issue…. I have a flock of 40 birds and was getting MAYBE 6 Eggs per day. I switched to a food from a feed mill about 3 hours from my house, and now I’m getting eggs coming out of my ears. I can’t keep up with all the eggs. The other day, I put 200 eggs into my compost pile, because I ran out of fridge space. 🙃 this conspiracy theory has something to it, whether it’s intentional or not, something is not right with the commercial bagged feeds at farm supply stores nowadays.
Apples to Oranges ... temperatures count. You stated during new feed counts the temps plummeted, significantly. Chickens didn't see the light of day. Not conclusive - record temps also if you ever decide to "test" again.
i HAVE A BAG OF T SUPPLY AND IT WILL GO TO A PIG FARMER,,NOTHING BUT CORN,,CORN IS NOT GOOD FOR CHICKENS..THEY NEED PROTIEN TO PRODUCE PROTIEN..SCRATCH FROM MOST COMPANYS IS LOADED WITH CORN AD A FILLER. Another thing they need light light produces hormones in Chickens so feed is very important and water and good layer and some scratch .They also need a heat lamp.. I also give black oil sunflower seed for Omaegas.
I have never had a problem with Tractor Supply feed. Tractor Supply Feed is made by Purina. Chickens molt in fall and early winter and sometimes will stop laying. I use 17% flock raiser because I raise chickens for meat and have roosters. Layer feed has calcium which can cause issues for males . I put out oyster shell for the hens and grit for all of them.
Idk about this test. The hens are young and it hasn’t been long enough I don’t think the way you did the test would have had any differences based on time and age and how short it was in my humble opinion
I love TSC but my chickens greatly reduced the number of eggs they laid. I switched feed and within days they all started laying eggs back to normal. I hope TSC fixes this bad feed problem. Caused by TSC being part of "The New World Order"? Goal to stop small business and force more reliance on big farms industrialized farming? You might want to research this and form your own opinion or at least be aware of it?
I won't buy Producer's Pride or DuMOR (Purina) any more. ALL my birds quit laying completely by the end of summer. They hardly layed anything last year, as well. Two young flocks, almost no eggs. This is much more than just a conspiracy theory.
I don’t have a problem with tsc feed but I do have a problem with TSC sponsoring transgender story hour for children and I won’t be shopping there anymore.
Your chickens are too much on the cold weather. You could built up a warmer place with a roof as a runner for them. May I ask you if you would like to walk over ice on bare foot?
Hello @Ovi Duran two things that I noticed in your video. First. I have not heard an allegation that egg pellets purchased at Tractor Supply are causing a reduction in egg production. The allegation is that Producer's Pride, which is not Dumor, is causing a reduction in egg production. The feed you were using is not Tractor Supply feed. It is Purina feed, granted a lower end version of the many Purina brands. The feed you tested, Nutrenia is another brand that is also sold at Tractor Supply. The only Tractor Supply brand is... Producer's Pride. As such, this video didn't really address the issue if Tractor Supply feed is causing a reduction in egg production or not. On a different topic, I noticed that you are throwing the eggs away that are cracked or pecked. If you are willing to do a bit of extra work, I would keep those eggs instead. Simply crack them into an old Tupperware container, toss them into a microwave and scramble those eggs up. Then, when you go back to your chickens, particularly on a cold day although they will also like it on a hot day, sprinkle those scrambled eggs on top of that cracked corn you give them.
traditional breeds will always slow down egg production in winter as is normal no matter what you feed them. If you want egg machines get hybrid layers and give them artificial light. Sounds like somebody has a gripe against this feed company. I am from u.k.and have 65 yrs experience.
All I can tell you is my personal experience. My hens stopped laying pretty much. I switched feed and it returned to normal. Just my personal experience.
Only thing I can see is,,, I never feed 16% protein... If you want them to lay, give them 20% protein.... And hang a dam light in your coop on a timer ,, 14 hours like you said....
YOU SWITCHED DUMOR NOT PRODUCERS PRIDE WHICH IS WHAT WAS KEEPING CHICKENS FROM LAYING WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING . I use DUMOR AND ANOTHER ONE AND THEY LAY LIKE CRAZY DAILY
To be fair, the tractor supply feed complaints are biased off of the “producers pride” brand. People have had better results switching from that to the “dumor” brand you use, at least from what I’ve seen
2022 YEAR AT TSC WAS HORRIBLE FOR BUYING FEED IN BELLEVILLE ONT FIR DEER FEED, I BOUGHT MULTIPLE BAGS AND GOT UP NORTH HAULED IT INTO THE WOODS AND DUMPED IT AND IT WAS MOLDY, I RETURNED IT AND THEY GAVE ME MORE BUT IT WAS THE SAME, I TOOK IT ALL BACK, THEY RUINED MY HUNTING SEASON
About half the tractor supply had new feed that had to much clay and not enough fish meal. Basically you were feeding dirt to your hens. I changed feed and added meat and game bird feed . And they laid eggs . Well except for the one moulting
False for you, but it is a regional issue not in every store. By the time you did this video they may have at least been attempted to fix this problem or all that bad feed has run out, sold or taken off the market.
Producers Pride is the worst feed I have ever used. I now use feed from a local mill which has been the best for the money. Brahma chickens will lay through the winter like other breeds will during the non winter months. You can supplement animal based protein such as raw hamburger or tuna fish to help with egg laying
After 2 separate lab test of 6 different feeds for contamination and heavy metals. Producers pride was lowest in 5 of 7 categories. Organic feeds contained the most heavy metals like lead. This is the biggest load of false information going around and people need to be called out on it.
Ovi if they membrane is in tact even though pecked hole it’s ok to eat - we have many times and also cracked is ok if membrane intact - we just keep them in the fridge.
16 below zero Fahrenheit or Celsius? I have no idea where you are, so have no idea which is more likely. You should always say which your temp is, because you may always have someone new, like me.
First off nutrena is made by Purina I have had chickens 14 years they never ever went four months without one single egg until Nov last year I did my research and bought a new feed not made by Purina now I am getting 9 eggs a day from zero
You know at like 20 below maybe you should get some penguins? Lol how cool that be sorry I love penguins. It would be cool. Lil Tux’s running around lol
I give my chickens the tractor supply layer the yellow bag and i have 4 chickens no rooster and i get 5 eggs a day one of them is laying 2 eggs cause 4 chickens and 5 eggs a day thats weird
Temperature is the biggest egg production killer it takes more energy for a chicken to stay warm at 20degrees at night snow covered ground your not gonna get more eggs til spring
You know you thuring eggs out in yard will bring wild animals like fox snd racoons and coyotes up to your birds are it be better thur trash can with junk
I dont understand it. All I feed is Tractor Supply feed and haven't had any issues . Just like to day I have 25 hens/pullets and got near 2 dozen eggs. I think there was a Karen out there starting stuff lol. Some chickens do stop laying in winter and sometimes midsummer or late summer/fall , molting or possible lousy could be any number of factors and not feeding them good. I dont know but mine are doing great on TS feed so I will keep feeding.
I will continue doing the same.
@@oviduran Just a little update But first I find something kinda funny and All at once there are plenty of eggs every where and Humm most didnt change feed . But boy oh boy they want gold for them eggs and chickens , My chickens still on track Still feeding TS feed and only slowed just a bit with the cold snap But its getting warmer and eggs abundant every where . Hope all good there ,
@@gailbyers6925 Gail, my hens are laying more now too, but due to the longer days. I used to get three and now about 5 a day. Very soon it will be 8 to 10 a day just like last Summer and Fall. I will also continue feeding TS feed. Thanks for the update.
@@oviduran I changed out my feed 3 months ago and put it in a freezer drawer to stop bow weavels, topped with new PP scratch grains and dumar layer pellets and didn't get an egg until last week when I saw all the vids and changed to a Feldmans brand. I actually got my 1st egg the next day after the change, and now they are all laying about normal for winter.
Tractor Supply sells many varieties. You're not saying which. It's 2 kinds and a researcher did find something related to Roundup but did not test the protein.
Mike Adams The Health Ranger tested tractor supply feed in his ISO accredited lab. He posted the results and did a video on brighteon and what concerned me was the amount of toxins especially glysophate in the producers pride brand it was twice the amount as the others. All brands had toxins and heavy metals in them. We buy local now and the plan for this year is to start growing our own feed for them. Our hens never quit laying and I don't believe he found any one thing that caused the issue many were having. But the toxin load is concerning especially since I've had cancer once already. 😞
Love the content. I use New country organics and i soak and ferment the feed to keep costs down and a healthier flock.
Great tip!
ID LIKE TO KNOW IF ITS CHANGED NOW? A week WASNT LONG ENOUGH
scramble the broken eggs and feed them to the chickens it is great protein
I used that Dumor brand for a couple of years when I first started raising backyard chickens for personal eggs 4 years ago. I noticed that their poop were watery and stinky, the egg shell were very thin and cracked easily, not to mention the slow egg production. I’ve switched to the Purina brand and what a difference, solid not smelly poop and harder eggs with increased production.
That’s bc of temperatures most likely imo. Being too hot or eggs cooking too fast changes the chemistry of all this process
Dumor is made by Purina
Dumor and Producers Pride are made by Purina. I believe Layeena may also be a Purina feed. If so, your test is really a little questionable. Can you find feed not made by Purina? Something from a co-op or a local feed mill. Good video otherwise!😎
Richard, the new feed I used is made by Cargill and not Purina. But at this point it doesn't matter since my chickens started laying twice the eggs now due to the longer days. This is normal for chickens in winter.
There's a lady that sells farm fresh eggs less than half a mile from my house. We've been buying eggs from her for the last 3 years. I asked her if her chickens ever stopped laying and she said just the usual Winter slow down, but nothing out of the ordinary. She gets feed from Tractor Supply, but she also feeds her chickens kitchen scraps. We even take a bucket of our kitchen scraps to her once a week. We get 3 dozen eggs from her every week without fail. She told me she keeps between 45 to 50 hens and she always has eggs.
Just an FYI.. all the videos that I have seen about the Tractor Supply feed issue is talking about the "Producers Pride" product and not the "Dumor" feed that you claim you are already using. If this is true then you don't have that issue because you are not using the "Producer's Pride" product.
A few suggestions:
You might want to try using "Nesting Mats" in your nesting boxes. You are not making it very conducive for your hens to lay in your nesting boxes by not keeping any real nesting material in your boxes and I really don't like wood shavings as nesting material. Either put hay in them or get the nesting mats.
Since it seems you are in a very cold climate, you might want to try wrapping or insulating your coop. If it's too cold, a lot of breeds of chickens will stop laying. Your eggs should not be freezing in a few hours. Your coop is way too cold. If your egg production picks up when the weather warms up, then you'll know for sure your hens are not being kept warm enough. You could also try putting a heat lamp inside your coop but I think insulating it is a better way to go.
One last thing.. look into getting "Greenhouse Heat Mats". Put these under your Nesting boxes and put piece of plastic over them (so the chickens don't scratch up the heat mats) and then put your nesting material on top. These Greenhouse heat mats should keep your nesting boxes warm enough so that your eggs won't freeze up. Also, they will make the nesting boxes warmer and your chickens will want to go in and lay their eggs. You can also put a thermostat switch on the power supply (extension cord) so that if your temps get above freezing the heat mats will be shut off automatically.
Took the words out of my mouth!
This is not a myth. It has happened to many people. And it seems to be Purina products (including Tractor Supply). These stores, however, contract with local mills. The mills make feed according to Purina's formula. So it could be a regional thing. I used Cargill feed & my girls laid well all through winter.
yup more and more stories like theses
Purina nearly killed my cat. Poison.
I actually think there is some truth to this conspiracy. There are three particular nutritional components that have a huge impact on a hen's ability to lay, and these same nutritional components also have a huge impact on the development of growing chicks. These very important nutritional components are protein, lysine, and methionine. A hen typically needs a MINIMUM of 16% protein, 0.70% lysine, and 0.30% methionine to lay well. Well, it turns out that Tractor Supply has been cutting corners lately. In early 2022, DuMOR 20% Chick Starter Crumble contained 1.0% lysine and 0.50% methionine. In early 2023, the same formula now only has 0.90% lysine and 0.30% methionine. While it may not seem like a big difference, it really is. There have been multiple reports of people noticing that DuMOR and other Tractor Supply brands have cut down on their protein, lysine, and methionine levels, but no one is paying attention to it because "hurr durr they put poison in the food."
Yes, it's true... Over 2 months zero eggs. 15 hens. Changed feed, now eggs for sale.. 😂. In fact the shells are super hard now.. I put eggs in incubator .. 30 eggs and now I have healthy 21 chicks. I live in Maine and am use to them stopping for about 6 weeks or dropping every other day..
It’s common for all chickens to stop laying during winter my hen started laying in middle of February and I’m feeding scratch grain and 20 % layer feed from tractor supply no issues
I've been involved in raising chicken on the family farm for 50 years. Chickens slow to stop laying eggs in the winter. Nothing that was explained seems abnormal. If I had to guess, it's protein level and source that is effecting production.
You should insulate your next boxes at least the bottom. Your wood is so thin and exposed to the elements in winter. You need a higher kicker board at the entrance to the nest boxes to help keep the nest materials inside. You need the heat from the inside of the coop to help keep eggs from freezing. This would help. On days that the chickens won't go out of the coop you should keep the bottom door closed to outside to help keep some heat in. Warmer chickens lay more eggs. You have to decide if you want good looking chickens or more eggs as far as some of your breeds go. The other people were experiencing no eggs at all you at least were getting 3-4 eggs a day most days so I don't think your problem is the same as others. Not a good comparison. You should state your results not that it's nonsense just because you didn't get the bad feed. If you had you would change your opinion on it. So, don't knock others.
Didn't see him "knocking others" Just stated his own results and Hypothesis based on the results. You sure do a lot of "shoulding" in other people's business.
@@mdewald58 You weren't listening.
We switched out our TSC feed and switched over to a local feed mill mash Jan 2nd. We had 0 eggs for a good 3 months. I started doing a 3 day ferment system with the new feed and OMG the girls love it as well as our ducks. We also invested in buying whole grains, w.heat berries, flax, sunflower seeds, oats, barley, millet, Milo and split peas. I also started fermenting the whole grains as a treat for the afternoons when they are out free ranging. End of January I started growing barley and wheat to make fodder and sprouts for the girls. We now mix in a cup of whole grains to our new feed for fermenting so to cut down on the amount of buckets I had fermenting. We also raise meal worms and dry them for treats. Within the first week of Jan and the new feed system we went from 0 eggs to 7 to 9 eggs a day with 20 hens. Age of the girls is from 2 to 10 years of age. We have reduced our feed amount by 50% and the girls are doing wonderful. We keep out a feeder of dry feed for them and they don't even touch it. The girls also don't drink as much water with the new fermented feeds and just over all seem so much happier and healthy. My few customer who get eggs from me said they are the best tasting eggs ever. We also give the girls all our kitchen scraps as well and they have full access to our compost heaps when out free ranging to look for bugs and worms.
But do chickens eat flaxseeds? Isn't the coat hard for them to digest?
@@abdulnassertajudeen8190 I sprout the flax seeds for them. Lay on plastic dish with small drain holes and spray them a few times a day and within about 3 days they start to sprout. I feed them mostly to our few quail because they are very high in protein, but the chickens love them.
So the days got longer though right
@@karenfrankland7763 fantastic idea
Simply put you started, feeding your birds, natural feed and stopped the unprocessed food. Well, guess what your body works the same way you will perform better with no processed bs lol. birds need more protein & calcium certain times of the year & grit at all times as they need it. Good luck with your birds I know I love my lil funkys lol
I'm just wondering why Tractor Supply is not investigating this themselves and now that it's been this long I don't know that I trust them also who makes the feed and who's the owner of the business if you know their history about them it can help also we have to remember there was the chicken flu and then a chicken plant burn down and now the chickens aren't Lane oh yeah what about all the food plant that burnt down is this all a coincidence ?
Purina's the owner of that feed Co and they are item red by Nestlé
Its about cheaper food ...cheaper ingredients. Companies only care about their bottom line..
We had a problem SO BADLY here in South Carolina that local stores don't even carry Purina or Purina derivatives anymore. The ONLY place you can buy them now are at a Tractor Supply. I know off-hand several people who had experienced issues with Dumor, Purina, Nutrena, and Nature's Pride. Once switching to a local feed, everyone's issue cleared up. That, and the fact that Land O'Lakes has been doing known research with vaccinations (COVID-19 being the main one) through Feed...I would highly recommend staying away from any major brand feed.
Thanks for sharing that tid bit. I live in sc also..I hadnt thought about vax experiment with feed. I'll have to say im.not surprised...
Mom and pop. Feed and seed..local co op..grain elevator
I use nothing but Purina! For chicken,rabbit,cat dogs and horse never had a issues our dog is 16 s never had a health issue of any kind we have a cat that is 17 she still plays outside and climbs trees
I live in sc Aiken and buy nutrena from tractor supply no issue my chickens
their not getting sufficient Light. Turn the light's on in the hen house at 4 in the morning. a nice bright one. put in a small stove .
I use tractor supply cracked corn,my chicken started slowing down on eggs,so I put a 40w light in the coop,on a timer and it comes on 6am every morning, I have 5 hens and get 3 eggs daily, before I put in light they slowed down to 1 egg daily, so I know it's light.not feed
I use the Purina Layena which is the maker of the tractor supply food. I didnt notice a major drop other than the typical slow down in winter. However I did decide to change feed and make my own because of the soy based protein source they use in the Purina feed. I’m doing, whole wheat oats, flaxseed, cracked corn, black oil sunflower seeds and oyster shell. I might even experiment with lentils or split peas instead of flaxseed
I got Brahma and Jersey Giant chickens(as well as Speckled Sussex) all heavy body meat breeds. They don't stop laying in winter time. This year, they did. It's the feed. Switched over to All Flock, made by a different company and they started laying again. A lot of trolls on here, I see.
I can’t believe you throw out cracked eggs! Cook those and feed back to your birds.
Smash the cracked eggs in the coop for them .. they clean it up, it's additional nutrition (like it is for incubating embryos also)... But you also can feed it to a dog, it's good as a protein for them too.. just an FYI
I have 2 ISO-browns 2 road island reds 2 austrolorpes. Besides their normal feed, they get a good dose of cabbage, collard greens, occasionally some cooked rice or barley. I averaged 4-6 per day all winter long. My coop is very well insulated with supplemental heat and straw in the nesting area. I believe your girls are using all of their energy to stay warm instead of producing.
The more I find people who know how to look after their birds the more I am convinced I was arguing with novices last year. They simply do not care that they aren’t supplying their birds with an adequate diet. Three Cheers to all of us.
Mixed black sun flower seeds with omega oil from tractor supply
my chickens will not eat those pellets... only scratch corn with a 1 part grain... which makes them egg laying machines...but... they do free range down here in SC.
Don't throw the frozen or pecked eggs away. Cook them and feed them to your chickens. They'll love them!!
No need to cook them. They eat eggs shell and all
@@chriswritt729 you dont want them to become egg eaters by giving raw eggs.
Why not cook them and eat them yourself? They're only less then a day old.
My quail stopped laying around the same time. My mentor, who has chickens, and several videos, showed me to add fly larva, mealworms, and cooked beans to the feed. It helped kick things up again. Just fyi.
I would cook those cracked eggs an feed them to the chicks .I don't like to waste,an they love scrambled eggs.
I was using producers pride and starting getting none. I started making homemade feed and started getting 10 eggs per day! To each his own
I changed the feed. My hens started laying again. I have big bodied birds, so cold don't affect them. Brahma, Jersey Giants and Speckled Sussex, all are good winter layers. They all quit laying for 2 months on TSC hen feed. First time I ever experienced such. There's something wrong with their feed now.
How do you make homemade feed? New to chickens here and have only 3.
I've been burned on their extra charge for "sexing" which did not include either sexing OR getting the right breed. Two batches of chicks, sexed, all roosters. NOT ONE hen. isa browns? Perhaps sticking to autosex breeds with them is the way to go. we mix most of our own feed, we don't have many chickens and prefer to vary ingredients by season. I sure hopes this works for you, your hens look plump and healthy, and not very bothered by the cold. 35 below??? I'd set up a cheap camping tent in the living room. ❤ Best of luck! Close together, insulated, that's nice. YES! we use fakes. Helps them understand here you want them left If I understand it; the problem as mislabling at the factory, not toxic feed. A few people got the wrong feed. My general opinion is they should've only processed food, but I do INCLUDE it. They need to also get seeds,weeds and bugs.
Ovi I think your egg boxes need more bedding. They do not like to sit in a hard box especially when it’s cold. Give it a shot.
Thanks. I’ve covered that topic many times in my videos. It doesn’t matter what I add to each box, straw or pine shavings, some chickens will kick it out within two days. But I have another trick up my sleeve for a future video. Stay tuned.
@@oviduran I didn’t see the other videos but I will from now on. My wife is the chicken chief and she tied me in to watch! Yeah they do seem to have their own opinion when it comes to their comfort level🙂
@@oviduran mine are the same.
We had that same issue with the Hens kicking out the bedding from the nesting boxes we added a 4"high board across the entrance and its no longer a problem. All of the bedding stays in! 😊
Both of your bags of food have the same problem. My black Austrolorp laid eggs straight through the winter and stopped in April when tractor supply ran out of Flock party.
If you start seeing a difference you can bump their protein up to low 20's (20 to 24%). Try using game bird starter feed for a couple weeks, you should get the results. However, they do slow down in winter and I personally would not mess with it unless I am in a pinch for eggs or it is starting to warm outside and the days are getting longer but still not seeing an increase in production. Then I would give them a boost in protein to kind of "restart" their system.
It's true. I thought it was my chickens. They have layed no eggs this last three months during summer, while eating producers pride seed mix and the cheapest laying crumbles
I had both Australoprs and Isa's. Mine laid like crazy all winter long. i did give them 2 cans of tuna every 3 days. 2 cans just to make sure each hen got some. 5 birds could empty a can in 10 to 15 seconds, lol.
Chris, my Isa's are laying machines but not my Australorps during the short winter days. However, they all recently started laying like crazy again, as the days get longer. What state are you from? Wondering if living in a warmer state makes a difference. Thanks.
@@oviduran i live in NE Indiana.
@@DrtERotinBasstrd It's about the same weather. I live in Saratoga County in upstate NY.
Tuna in water or in oil??
I would imagine in water.
@georgeingridirwin6180 yes it's packaged in water
you got that wrong😢, more to do with chickens being happy,i gave my chickens alot of attention and free time and always trying differrent feeds and they always layed eggs the same amount = there is a difference in companionship to birds, try it and youl see a big difference/////////////////
Well my CORNISH CROSS hens until October were laying eggs. Then none until about 2 weeks ago I have been feeding them feed from a little hometown feed store and some Tractor Supply feed during this time frame. This winter came in earlier and colder. I saw no difference at all about any of the feed just a cooler winter.
You are the first person I am aware of that uses Cornish Cross chickens as layers, but you are proof that it can be done. I intend to purchase a few Cornish Cross this Spring but as meat chickens. Raise them for 8 weeks and then try my hand for the first time with the meat chicken process.
@@oviduran When they lay good you get a very large egg eather white or soft pink about 1 every day and a half. A raccoon killed my rooster and a hen so I am waiting for another rooster to start a new meat flock. But are very good eggs also. Thanks.
I have had similar results in Texas although we deal with heat more than cold here. My leghorns completely stopped laying eggs and I was using the dumar crumbles from TS...I switched to Kalmbach Feeds All Natural 17% Protein Layer Crumbles and they started laying again as normal after a week of the new food. Makes no sense to me.
When it starts to freeze and gets down below zero, even before then, if you have a packing blanket, open your hood, put the blanket on your engine and shut the hood, you'll have a much easier time starting your vehicle😊
Other chicken owners have had a different outcome. Same experiment. Different batch? Also, some say Dumouri s OK but cheaper Producers Pride is not, both Purina both TSC. And of course in winter diminishment of eggs .
Do Not Use Producer Pride!! It has 20 % parts per million Glyphosate in it!!! This is done on purpose by Purina, You are feeding High levels of ROUND UP to Your Sweet girls!!! Wake up guys, our livestock is being poisoned on purpose by companies like Purina and we need to Boycott them period…
If I were an egg machine, I wouldn't be producing eggs when it feels like -35'F. Your heated water trough must be high quality. So you won't be rooting for the Chiefs, I gather. Well conducted test.
Is it warm enough for them
I use organic feed and I had no issues of loss of eggs. Purina owns 90 percent of all feed so buying another commercial feed mostly coming from the purina feed in the end nothing would be changed. Organic feed numbers over all did not change per the same amount of time. Thus was done by a testing Do you need to delve father into changing your feed from one purina to another.
You got the wrong chicken, then. My girls are big bodied chickens and cold doesn't bother them. Some eggs may freeze and crack before I get to them, though. It's the feed. Mine entirely quit laying for 2 months. Changed feed to a different maker and started to get 50-60 eggs a week from 24 hens(Jersey Giants, Brahma and Speckled Sussex)...
@@gregzeigler3850 anyone associated with NYG is OK in my book.
I can’t stand it that you throw them away! I feed mine to my dog, I make his food homemade so any extra protein that’s not consumable for humans goes to dog food.
Just a thought ❤
This is not true my chickens had been laying just fine and all my feed comes from Tractor Supply . I am 63 years old and have had chickens my whole life and chickens either slow down or stop in the winter because of short days less light . Not Tractor Supply feed lol .
If you add a light. Give them 16 hours of light. Just use the light to makeup the daylight difference. I lost piglet litters due to the TS feed made in the same factory. Chickens slow down in the winter without the added light. We had over 3,000 Azure hens.....
I use Producer's Pride for my flock of 20 and they lay about 18-20 a day during wamer months and lay about 12-13 in Winter.
Man I think you have a egg eater, I would change does boxes to roll away boxes and give that I try
Personally I think it's all in your heads because I've had zero issues and my neighbors have had no issues
I actually had this issue…. I have a flock of 40 birds and was getting MAYBE 6 Eggs per day. I switched to a food from a feed mill about 3 hours from my house, and now I’m getting eggs coming out of my ears. I can’t keep up with all the eggs. The other day, I put 200 eggs into my compost pile, because I ran out of fridge space. 🙃 this conspiracy theory has something to it, whether it’s intentional or not, something is not right with the commercial bagged feeds at farm supply stores nowadays.
Apples to Oranges ... temperatures count. You stated during new feed counts the temps plummeted, significantly. Chickens didn't see the light of day. Not conclusive - record temps also if you ever decide to "test" again.
i HAVE A BAG OF T SUPPLY AND IT WILL GO TO A PIG FARMER,,NOTHING BUT CORN,,CORN IS NOT GOOD FOR CHICKENS..THEY NEED PROTIEN TO PRODUCE PROTIEN..SCRATCH FROM MOST COMPANYS IS LOADED WITH CORN AD A FILLER. Another thing they need light light produces hormones in Chickens so feed is very important and water and good layer and some scratch .They also need a heat lamp.. I also give black oil sunflower seed for Omaegas.
You really can't count extreme temperature days as part of a test for this. Try it again. Hopefully you have by now.
I have never had a problem with Tractor Supply feed. Tractor Supply Feed is made by Purina. Chickens molt in fall and early winter and sometimes will stop laying. I use 17% flock raiser because I raise chickens for meat and have roosters. Layer feed has calcium which can cause issues for males . I put out oyster shell for the hens and grit for all of them.
My chickens stopped laying when I was feeding them Tractor Supply feed,I switched brands and now I get my usual amount of eggs as before
Idk about this test. The hens are young and it hasn’t been long enough I don’t think the way you did the test would have had any differences based on time and age and how short it was in my humble opinion
I love TSC but my chickens greatly reduced the number of eggs they laid. I switched feed and within days they all started laying eggs back to normal. I hope TSC fixes this bad feed problem. Caused by TSC being part of "The New World Order"? Goal to stop small business and force more reliance on big farms industrialized farming? You might want to research this and form your own opinion or at least be aware of it?
I won't buy Producer's Pride or DuMOR (Purina) any more. ALL my birds quit laying completely by the end of summer. They hardly layed anything last year, as well. Two young flocks, almost no eggs. This is much more than just a conspiracy theory.
I don’t have a problem with tsc feed but I do have a problem with TSC sponsoring transgender story hour for children and I won’t be shopping there anymore.
Your chickens are too much on the cold weather. You could built up a warmer place with a roof as a runner for them. May I ask you if you would like to walk over ice on bare foot?
Hello @Ovi Duran two things that I noticed in your video. First. I have not heard an allegation that egg pellets purchased at Tractor Supply are causing a reduction in egg production. The allegation is that Producer's Pride, which is not Dumor, is causing a reduction in egg production. The feed you were using is not Tractor Supply feed. It is Purina feed, granted a lower end version of the many Purina brands. The feed you tested, Nutrenia is another brand that is also sold at Tractor Supply. The only Tractor Supply brand is... Producer's Pride. As such, this video didn't really address the issue if Tractor Supply feed is causing a reduction in egg production or not.
On a different topic, I noticed that you are throwing the eggs away that are cracked or pecked. If you are willing to do a bit of extra work, I would keep those eggs instead. Simply crack them into an old Tupperware container, toss them into a microwave and scramble those eggs up. Then, when you go back to your chickens, particularly on a cold day although they will also like it on a hot day, sprinkle those scrambled eggs on top of that cracked corn you give them.
I have no problem with the feed.my girls lay everday.
traditional breeds will always slow down egg production in winter as is normal no matter what you feed them. If you want egg machines get hybrid layers and give them artificial light. Sounds like somebody has a gripe against this feed company. I am from u.k.and have 65 yrs experience.
All I can tell you is my personal experience. My hens stopped laying pretty much. I switched feed and it returned to normal. Just my personal experience.
Only thing I can see is,,, I never feed 16% protein... If you want them to lay, give them 20% protein.... And hang a dam light in your coop on a timer ,, 14 hours like you said....
I noticed that you are just chucking the broken eggs. Feed them back to the chickens shell and all. It's good for them and it's not wasted.
YOU SWITCHED DUMOR NOT PRODUCERS PRIDE WHICH IS WHAT WAS KEEPING CHICKENS FROM LAYING WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING . I use DUMOR AND ANOTHER ONE AND THEY LAY LIKE CRAZY DAILY
To be fair, the tractor supply feed complaints are biased off of the “producers pride” brand. People have had better results switching from that to the “dumor” brand you use, at least from what I’ve seen
It's not false for others, but it is for you.
2022 YEAR AT TSC WAS HORRIBLE FOR BUYING FEED IN BELLEVILLE ONT FIR DEER FEED, I BOUGHT MULTIPLE BAGS AND GOT UP NORTH HAULED IT INTO THE WOODS AND DUMPED IT AND IT WAS MOLDY, I RETURNED IT AND THEY GAVE ME MORE BUT IT WAS THE SAME, I TOOK IT ALL BACK, THEY RUINED MY HUNTING SEASON
Your chicken run/area is Not critter proof. Have you had problems with predators? Also, why are your chickens so far from your home?
About half the tractor supply had new feed that had to much clay and not enough fish meal. Basically you were feeding dirt to your hens. I changed feed and added meat and game bird feed . And they laid eggs . Well except for the one moulting
False for you, but it is a regional issue not in every store. By the time you did this video they may have at least been attempted to fix this problem or all that bad feed has run out, sold or taken off the market.
Wrong. Chickens start laying more eggs in dimmed light conditions with perfect warm temp.
If the eggs freeze can you still scramble it and feed it back to the chickens?
Don’t throw your cracked eggs away, instead scramble them and feed it to your chicks.
add a small HEATER AND A SMALL LIGHT AT NIGHT . mY CHICKENS ARE BARRED ROCKS AND LAY ALL YEAR AND NEVER MOLT HEAVY
Producers Pride is the worst feed I have ever used. I now use feed from a local mill which has been the best for the money. Brahma chickens will lay through the winter like other breeds will during the non winter months. You can supplement animal based protein such as raw hamburger or tuna fish to help with egg laying
It's not tractor supply it's Purina made feed. I went to organic by another company, and my eggs came back strong.
After 2 separate lab test of 6 different feeds for contamination and heavy metals. Producers pride was lowest in 5 of 7 categories. Organic feeds contained the most heavy metals like lead. This is the biggest load of false information going around and people need to be called out on it.
Ovi if they membrane is in tact even though pecked hole it’s ok to eat - we have many times and also cracked is ok if membrane intact - we just keep them in the fridge.
16 below zero Fahrenheit or Celsius? I have no idea where you are, so have no idea which is more likely. You should always say which your temp is, because you may always have someone new, like me.
First off nutrena is made by Purina I have had chickens 14 years they never ever went four months without one single egg until Nov last year I did my research and bought a new feed not made by Purina now I am getting 9 eggs a day from zero
Up your corn a little and go to 22% feed in the winter and install light in coop with timer to extend daylight.
You know at like 20 below maybe you should get some penguins? Lol how cool that be sorry I love penguins. It would be cool. Lil Tux’s running around lol
Give them black oil (small)sunflower seed’s. Fat to stay warm. Beautiful chicken’s❤
I've used their feed since mine were chicks , they lay eggs everyday since they first started and they are about to be 1 year old
My cracked eggs go to my other animals dogs cats pigs there’s always a use
I give my chickens the tractor supply layer the yellow bag and i have 4 chickens no rooster and i get 5 eggs a day one of them is laying 2 eggs cause 4 chickens and 5 eggs a day thats weird
Dumor isn't working for me Tractor Supply in East Ky
My ducks and chickens and quail will not eat pellet I get crumbles
Chickens-cannot-lay-while-keeping-themselves-warm-at-20-below!! You-need-to-keep-them-above-40-degrees-and-add-morning-and-evening-lighting!! It's-not-the-feed!! The-cracked-eggs-are-frozen!!
Temperature is the biggest egg production killer it takes more energy for a chicken to stay warm at 20degrees at night snow covered ground your not gonna get more eggs til spring
You know you thuring eggs out in yard will bring wild animals like fox snd racoons and coyotes up to your birds are it be better thur trash can with junk
Tractor Supply is just a store that sales the food. Like other stores. Who makes the food?
Add a light bulb and you see more eggs .turn it on 1 hour before dark and turn off 2 hour after dark
U can eat the blue eggs dude
That's natural for some hens to lay. Blue green or pink, cream
how cold Celcius can Chickens stay outside fulltime?
If you keep throwing those eggs out on your land you’re going to end up with predators that’s an easy meal