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Now i'm confused, i was told layers mash was best for chickens in a run most of the time as it kept them occupied but if they are going to spread it all over the run and attract rodents i may be better off with pellets!

Decisions decisions, would it help if i took the food away at night?

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If you are worried, you could put some kind of catching tray on the floor of the run, to catch spills from the feeder, and remove both that and the food at night.

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I guess its like Dry dog/cat food and wet dog/cat food. I heard that Battery hens are fed mash but you can still feed them pellets (thats wot my guy said in the Lincs area), I don't think there is anything to worry about I'd go for pellets as otherwise you might have to scrub the bits off the grub feeders and it does sound messy to me, but its completey up to you. :D

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I fed ours pellets and still do, purely because that's what they were on whe nI got them, same as I kept our puppy on the same stuff when we got her. The ex-batts are on the mash as that's what they are used to. They get through the mash quicker than the others get through the pellets but they don't make more mess. It's purely choice, I think mash is just ground up pellets - could be wrong.

 

So you get to make the decision - one MORE decision to have to make! :D

 

Mrs Bertie

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I feed pellets in the grub, but buy a small bag of mash to make "chicken porridge" in the winter - an easy way to get supplements into them, especially if you add a bit of mashed banana or other treats to get them interested, and more nutritious than treats alone :)

 

Plus it's less messy made into porridge than served dry, but you have to be careful not to make too much as it doesn't keep once damp!

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My lot have pellets because Omlet delivered a bag along with the chooks when they arrived and I've stuck to it.

 

just recently changed over to Organic (same brand as sold in omlet shop) and my chickens love them....much more eaten than before.

 

Funny you should say that, when I couldn't get hold of more Organic pellets as they were out of stock, I switched to Dodson & Morrell non-Org (but GM free) pellets and the girls much preferred them.

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My lot have pellets because Omlet delivered a bag along with the chooks when they arrived and I've stuck to it.

 

just recently changed over to Organic (same brand as sold in omlet shop) and my chickens love them....much more eaten than before.

 

Funny you should say that, when I couldn't get hold of more Organic pellets as they were out of stock, I switched to Dodson & Morrell non-Org (but GM free) pellets and the girls much preferred them.

 

I would imagine they are much like us humans, perhaps they get fed up with the same thing all the time?!! :lol:

I've had to fill the grubs today, almost empty and my grubs are never empty!

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I feed ours layers Pellets and suppliment this with mixed corn and other treats.

 

One of my friends uses layers Mash and suppliments this with mixed corn.

 

But most of the farmers and older rural folk around here that I know, only use corn! :shock:

 

I'm not quite sure of the reasoning behind it all. But their happy hens seem to lay just as well on just corn and I guess you know that it is 100% natural. But the people I know also say that if you feed leyers (mash or pellets), that the yolk can sometimes seperate from the white and run off.

 

Mash is usually what battery hens are fed and obviously it is messier to use than pellets! :roll:

 

But at the end of the day it is down to your personal choice and what your hens prefer! :lol:

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But the people I know also say that if you feed leyers (mash or pellets), that the yolk can sometimes seperate from the white and run off.

 

What, on little legs? :lol:

 

I've never had a problem like that, and have always fed mine on layers pellets....

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