Such beautiful colours produced by our Easter Egger, Orpington, and Mixed Flock Chickens, here at Briden Farm. Questions? 902-907-0770
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Monday past, we picked up some beautiful Bovan Brown Hens, One Hundred of them to be exact! We got a good deal on them, and had hopes of selling them! Well, we’ve discovered not everyone is looking for Chickens! Well, at least not right now, it being a week before Christmas and all! However, we’ve been quite impressed with these Bovan Brown Hens!
We already have our own mixed flock of chickens, who because of the time of year, moulting, and the shortness of the daylight hours, are barely laying!
Whereas these Bovan Brown Hens are keeping us busy! Busy with Easter Egg Hunts!
These Free Ranging Bovan Browns lay beautiful big brown eggs and they lay them all over! Actually they are very trainable! Before coming to us they were free ranging in outdoor chicken tractors and not used to roosting, nor laying in nest boxes! So, they’ve been laying everywhere!
We have them free ranging in fenced pastures and they’re quite content, and content to lay their Free Range Eggs everywhere! They’re also quite content to sleep anywhere, and everywhere!
So, we’ve been training them to lay in nest boxes and to come back to their shelter at night. They’re actually pretty intelligent and catching on quite quickly! The first couple of nights we had to go get them, where they’d all huddled in the corner of the pasture we’d turned them loose in!
Although, by the third night they were all in their shelter!
Not only did we have to train them to come back to their shelter at night. Which they did quite well once we started feeding and watering them there during the day.
You’ve probably heard the saying, “When the Chickens come home to Roost!”Right? Well, We actually had to train them to roost, by carefully placing them on the roosts! Nightly!
They’ve been here for about five days now, and they’re almost fully trained! It takes patience, and persistence, but will make it easier and safer for them, as well as whoever they’re new owners are!
We’re not sure how long we want to keep 100 Chickens!
So, we are selling some of these beautiful Bovan Brown Laying Hens for just $10 each. Since our Daily Easter Egg Hunts are yielding about 35-40 eggs a day, we also have extra free range eggs and are selling them for just $4 a Dozen!
So, if you want to join us for an Easter Egg Hunt (the week before Christmas!), or you’re looking for Bovan Brown, Free Range Laying Hens, or Farm Fresh Free Range Eggs!
Come see us at Briden Farm, where Everyday Is An East Egg Hunt! Phone Us At 902-907-0770
So, awhile back I saw an Ad for Human Grade Hemp Seed. The benefits of Hemp Seed and Hemp Hearts seem to be many, and I’ve even heard of one fellow who grinds the hemp seed and mixes it with Spelt to make flour to bake with. The Health Benefits alone seem to be staggering, and Healthline says, “Though hemp seeds have only recently become popular in the West, they’re a staple food in many societies and provide excellent nutritional value.”
So, seeing it’s used by so many people, not only for themselves, but for feeding livestock also, we figured that would be a good place to start!
So, now, our Group of Ten Friends has been feeding Hemp for about a week and a half now. Together we feed Chickens, both meat birds and laying hens, Muscovy Ducks, Pigs, Goats, Cattle, and even our Dogs like it! We’ve had positive feedback from nearly all of our friends. Although it took us a bit of time to figure out how to use it.
Personally we’ve noticed the condition of our Goats coats improve! Our oldest milking goat, Eve, has definitely had an improvement. Her coat has a visible sheen and I think her over all condition is improving. I’m mixing her Milk Generator with the Hemp, and moistening it, and serving it semi moist. Wet, they don’t like it, and to dry they aren’t to fond of it, but slightly moistened it all gets cleaned up!
We’ve also started mixing it in with our Layena and serving it wet to our hens, and also to our Muscovy Ducks. They totally clean it up! Leaving little, if anything, behind to attract Rodents! Which is a definite plus!
HempTrade.ca claims, “Hemp used in livestock feed is a very significant opportunity as a source of high quality protein, energy, fibre and other nutritional benefits.”
Further claiming that, “Products from hemp seed are well suited for poultry, swine, horses, beef and dairy cattle.”
Certainly our early observations indicate hemp’s high protein, omegas, and other factors, seem to be an excellent match for our livestock and poultry!
When it comes to our Hens, we and our friends using the hemp, have approximately 35-40% Laying Rate. 35-40% Laying rate seems good considering we’re heading into shorter days, colder temperatures, and molting season!
Especially, considering I’m reading on Atlantic Poultry FaceBook Groups that many people are seeing lay rates as low as 10-20%.
Personally I contribute our higher lay rates to the higher protein in Hemp; typically about 25% Protein.
See, hens require protein to help grow feathers, especially during and after molting, and that usually causes a drop in egg production, or Laying Rates.
I believe having the hens utilize the higher amounts of Hemp Protein means less stress on their bodies, allowing for a more steady egg production.
Most feed, from Feed Stores only have feeds in the 15-20% range. Making hemps higher, usually about 25% protein, the better choice! Another definite benefit is the more affordable cost of our feeding Hemp!
If you’d like more information about our experience with hemp, feeding hemp, and our feeding regime at Briden Farm, please contact us at 902-907-0770.