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Can Ducks Eat Chicken Feed? Niacin, Medicated Starter and Our Duck 18% Pellet
• All Posts • chickens • Country Feeds • ducks • farm feed • Nutrena • poultry
Ducks and chickens share a yard just fine, but not always a feeder. Answers to the duck feeding questions we get most: niacin, medicated chick starter, layer feed, and where Nutrena Country Feeds Duck 18% Pellet fits.
How Long Do Chicks Eat Starter Feed? A Timeline With NatureWise Chick Starter Grower 18%
• All Posts • chickens • chicks • farm feed • NatureWise • Nutrena • poultry
From the first sprinkle of crumbles in the brooder to the day she lays her first egg, here's how long chicks stay on starter feed, what NatureWise Chick Starter Grower 18% gives them, and when to make the switch to layer feed.
Thin Shells or Pale Yolks? What a Layer Feed Like NatureWise 17% Crumble Does for Your Eggs
• All Posts • chickens • eggs • farm feed • NatureWise • Nutrena • poultry
Shells that crack too easily, yolks gone pale, fewer eggs in the box. Here's what a complete layer feed actually does for an egg, what's on the NatureWise Layer 17% Crumble tag, and when the problem isn't the feed at all.
Sweet Feed for Goats: Our 17% Textured vs. the 16% Medicated Pellet
• All Posts • farm feed • goats • livestock • Nutrena
Two goat feeds, two different jobs. How Nutrena Country Feeds 17% Textured and the 16% Medicated Pellet differ, which goats each suits (milking does especially), and what every wether owner should know about urinary stones.
A New Jersey Winter in the Feed Room: Keeping Horses Fed From November to March
• All Posts • farm feed • horse feed • horses • ProElite • Triple Crown • winter
A month by month plan for feeding horses through a New Jersey winter: counting hay in November, using hay as the furnace, keeping water open, stretching short hay, senior feeds (Triple Crown Senior and ProElite Senior) and when a balancer makes sense.
Which Triple Crown Horse Feed Is Right for Your Horse?
• All Posts • farm feed • horse feed • horses • Triple Crown
Triple Crown makes a lot of horse feeds, and the bags look alike. Start with the horse instead: here's which of Senior, Lite, Low Starch, the 30% Ration Balancer, Complete and the cubes fits which horse, and how much the labels say to feed.
Hay Stretcher, Hay Pellets or Hay Cubes? What to Feed When Hay Runs Short
• All Posts • farm feed • hay • horse feed • horses • Nutrena • Purina
When the hay guy sells out, you have options. Answers to the questions we get about Purina Impact Hay Stretcher, Nutrena Triumph Complete, hay pellets and hay cubes, plus how to switch and store them safely.
How Much Grain Does a Milking Doe Need? Feeding Our 17% Textured Goat Feed
• All Posts • dairy goats • farm feed • goats • livestock • Nutrena
How much 17% goat feed to give a milking doe, by the quart, plus the 50% rule on the tag, feeding before kidding and at dry off, and why milkers skip the medicated pellet.
The Nest Boxes Went Quiet: Fall Molt, Fewer Eggs and Where Feather Fixer Fits
• All Posts • chickens • farm feed • molting • Nutrena • poultry
Bald patches, feathers everywhere and no eggs? It's probably the fall molt. Why shorter days stop laying, what a molt looks like week by week, and how and when to feed Nutrena NatureWise Feather Fixer.
What Do Chickens Eat? The Short List From Our Feed Counter
• All Posts • chickens • farm feed • Nutrena • poultry
Chickens will eat almost anything, so here's what they should eat: layer feed as the meal, plenty of water, oyster shell and grit on the side, and scratch as a treat. Plus crumble vs. pellet and a day in the life of a six hen flock.
Nutrena Horse Feed, Side by Side: Triumph or Stock & Stable?
• All Posts • farm feed • horse feed • horses • Nutrena
Stock & Stable is Nutrena's dependable everyday sweet feed. Triumph is the step up, in several formulas. One table compares the everyday Nutrena horse feeds we carry, with notes on which horse each one suits.
Goat Care Basics: Nutrition, Housing and Health for a Small Herd
• All Posts • farm feed • goat care • goats • livestock
New to goats? The basics in one place: hay first, which goat feed and mineral, shelter and fencing, the vaccine, parasite and hoof calendar, and what changes if you keep sheep too.
Summer Health Concerns for Chickens: Heat Stress, Water, Eggs and How to Keep the Flock Cool
• All Posts • chickens • farm feed • heat stress • poultry • Summer
New Jersey summers are hard on hens. How to spot heat stress early, how much more water they drink, what to do for a hen in trouble, why eggs slow down, and the cooling tricks that actually help, from frozen treats to shade on the west side of the run.
Raising Chicks in the Summer (or Spring): Brooder Setup, Heat, Feed and the First Weeks
• All Posts • brooding • chickens • chicks • farm feed • poultry • Summer
Everything I tell first-time chick owners at the counter: what to set up before the chicks come home, how warm the brooder should be week by week, what they eat and drink, how to read their behavior, and why summer chicks still need heat.
The Health Benefits of Farm Fresh Eggs From Your Backyard Chickens (and How to Handle Them Safely)
• All Posts • chickens • eggs • farm feed • poultry
Are backyard eggs really better for you? What the research actually found about eggs from pastured hens, what changes with feed, how many eggs to expect, and how to collect, clean and store farm fresh eggs safely.
How to Handle Common Chicken Health Issues in Your Flock: Signs, First Steps and When to Call
• All Posts • avian influenza • chicken health • chickens • farm feed • poultry
A plain-language chart of the chicken health problems backyard flock owners run into most, what the signs look like, and the right first step. Plus the bird flu signs to watch for in New Jersey and who to call.
Organic vs. Conventional Chicken Feed: What's Different, and Is It Worth It for Your Flock?
• All Posts • chickens • farm feed • Nutrena • organic • poultry • Purina
What organic chicken feed actually means, what it doesn't, how the tags compare with conventional layer feed, and who I think should make the switch. Plus the organic chick rule most people miss.
The Complete Guide to Nutrena Chicken Feed: Every Option, by Bird and Age
• All Posts • chickens • Country Feeds • farm feed • NatureWise • Nutrena • poultry
Nutrena makes three lines of poultry feed and more bags than most people can keep straight. Here's every Nutrena chicken, duck and flock feed we carry or special order, sorted by bird and age, plus a quick way to find yours.
Comparing Nutrena With Other Chicken Feed Brands: Nutrena vs. Purina, Tag by Tag
• All Posts • chickens • farm feed • layer feed • Nutrena • poultry • Purina
Nutrena or Purina? We carry both, so here's an honest side-by-side of four layer feeds, straight from the tags: protein, calcium, starting age, oyster shell advice and extras. Plus five things to check on any brand's bag and how to switch feeds.
Livestock Feed and Supplies at The Hungry Puppy: A Species-by-Species Guide
• All Posts • farm feed • goats • Livestock • livestock feed • llamas • pigs • rabbits • sheep
What we carry for goats, sheep, mixed barns, pigs, llamas and alpacas, rabbits and pond fish, plus hay, bedding and barn supplies, and how we get it to your farm.