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deanojul67
Joined: 01 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: how much food |
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Hi all thanks for all the help regarding my welsumer hen, hmm i mean cock lol.
I have been reading about feeding with layers pellets and wondered if anyone could give me any ideas as to how much each bird needs, i found a site which said approx 4 oz a bird would this be about right?.
also i wondered if there is a more organic way of doing things a s i want to do things as natural as i can, ooooh man wot shall i do??? |
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annie
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: costa del cambs
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Hi, I have 6 hens and a huge feeder/hopper they just eat what they wantand we refill it every weekend.It would be impossible to know how much or who's eating what cause they all share.How many birds do you have? what sort of feeder? Ours free range most afternoons and ae fed all scraps from kitchen plus a couple of handfuls of corn dried as a treat,but their favourite is muesli and yoghurt!  |
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deanojul67
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| Hi i also have six hens they are in a run which is about 20 by 20 ft but in the afternoon i open the gate and they have all the garden to themselves, i need to buy a feeder as mine doesn't work now as it was bought 4 chick crums and the layers wont go thought the holes, also i have been feeding my birds by scattering the food on the floor from a jug that i originally weighed the food in but have found they wont eat scraps of vedge or anything so i was wondering if they were too full |
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annie
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Location: costa del cambs
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| Do you give them pellets to eat in the morning in the run?Ido this so as they get to eat the pellets before freeranging and scraps/treats also they have access to oystershell crushed and grit, I've never seen a chicken turn down food yet thats a new one on me are they laying yet? |
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deanojul67
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| they eat the pellets just turn down the vedge i give oyster shell and chicken egg shell i dont give them grit reckon they must find it themselves?? and also they are munching grass all day long my blacrock is laying and one of my ambers is also but all rest are only 14 week old they are rhode i reds as for the welsumer well that turned out to be a cock lol |
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