The Poultry Keeper

bullet · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 20 Location: NOTTINGHAM

Hi to all
I am worried that my chooks are getting enough vitamins in there diet they are between 13 and 15 weeks old. I do not have any grass as I live in a terrace but they have plenty of space. Now they are fed on grower’s pellets with mixed corn and wheat and a couple of mealworms in the morning but they do not any greens like most kids I.e.: sweet corn tinned or on the cob, carrot, lettuce, cabbage, parsley, Is what I’m giving them at the moment enough or is there any thing else.
Thanks bullet

mojo · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:

dont be.growers granules contain all they need all else is a bonus....try acv(apple cyder vinegar) at 2 per cent dilution one week in four for an added boost ..then read golden nuggets for lots of help........mojo Razz

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

WOW, what lucky chicks you have,

Basically, all they need is contained within the Growers pellets.

All the rest is treats really, you can try things like yoghurt and muesli, any greens (mine like the leaves from cauliflowers and broccolli)

Very Happy

stephen · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

Ours thought cauliflowers, cabbages etc were sent by aliens to kill chicken kind and ran and hid from them.

Apples, however, they love. As they fall from the trees they are attacked.

jooles · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:

Mine wouldn't touch an apple when I gave them one, but they wolf down cabbage and broccoli Rolling Eyes

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

mine like blacmanage .
Shocked

daughter burnt some the other day fed it to the duck who walked away in

the hens loved it they only had it once ,it was funny they grabed bits of it and played chase it was in lumps Very Happy

suz

poultry poofs · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject:

I like blancmange,what a waste Laughing

Ours like a mash of porridge oats in the morning which keeps them warm and busy for hours

rich

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

i was looking forward to it for pudding but ,kerri the youngest offered to make it Rolling Eyes

,and she burn't it ,
mine don't like cauli ,that's the only thing they will not eat Shocked

.
best way of getting them to eat greens grow from seed water look after them prick out young tender seedlings that you are looking forward to enjoying
they'll be gone in no time , Twisted Evil

suz

debcat · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

grow tomato plants and strawberries outside Evil or Very Mad

they'll have the lot

poultry poofs · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:

Ours dont like broccoli or barley but the turkeys do Chickens just look at it like "what the *****,you can't be serious,I would rather eat old wood shavings covered in chicken poo than that "
They treat tomatoes like space aliens,the turkeys cant get enough though even green ones which was lucky as we had tons of them this year and non were very nice so they ended up as turkey fodder.
Another great for our chickens is bean sprouts when they have soaked and grown nice long roots on them they go potty-its funny watching them play tug o war with them and cold spagetti too.

rich

poultry poofs · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

debcat · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

mine hate anything green (except tomatoes and strawberries)
but go mental for sweetcorn

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

you have sweetcorn to feed to the hens mine never leaves the dinner plate , Very Happy

they never found the carrots though Wink

,but they ate the tops ,that was the turkeys the little devils
suz

debcat · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject:

I buy sweetcorn just for the hens Embarassed

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

i want to be one of your hens Cool

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suz