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alliet
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Brighton
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: Chickens are funny about food? |
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| Ok, so my chickens can be walking around the garden not hungry, but as soon as I pick up their feeder they chase me and when I put it down they all start eating as if they haven't all day? Whats up with this? Oh and 3 out of 4 now laying but only 1 egg in nesting box, 2 on floor. Sometimes 2 in the same nesting box but there's this one that's ALWAYS empty? |
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rosierosie
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi our three girls are all laying inthe corner of the coup.Tilly has only been laying every day for a week before that she layed a very soft shelled egg in the nesting bow then 3 days later she layed what my daughter discribed as a water balloon lol then nothing for three days till finially every day but not in the nest boxes but I dont mind as long as they are well and laying.They are great fun.TCRosiex |
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Pekinout
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Location: Cornwall
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| alliet, they're not the brightest of buttons are they LOL |
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mojo
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| put the pellets out as you open the coop.............the free range is a super supplement to their diet but not all of the diet |
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alliet
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Brighton
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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youre right there pekinout lol. Well its about time they went to bed now. They are on mash aswell because man said thats what they are used to, do I need to wean them on to pellets or will they just get it. Its driving me CRAZY the amount of food they literally just kick out of the feeder as if it 'aint their problem! Haha I'm really obsessive-we have concrete slabs in the run to the chicken house and I put the feeder on the slabs so I can sweep up all the wasted food and put it back in the feeder  |
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Pekinout
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Location: Cornwall
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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You can mix a few pellets in so they get used to it gradually.
Is there anyway you can hang the feeder up? That'll stop them scratching them all over the floor. |
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alliet
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
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Location: Brighton
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| dont think so as its galvanised. Some of it they just push out with their beaks |
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