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[sootem]

As a newbie - only been a chicken mummy for three weeks can anyone advise about how much, when, what to feed the girls. I have six girls and one grub. I feed them pellets (as advised by the breeder) in the grub and corn in the afternoon. At the moment they aren't eating very many pellets.

 

Some people seem to recommend feeding them twice a day? I'm confused.

 

Susanx

[Phosphorus]

I leave my layers pellets in the feeder during the day for the girls to have as and when they feel like it - I remove after bed time They never get through the lot so I just top up the next morning - they can feed on it adlib during the day though.

 

I give them treats after midday, then I know that they have had lots of layers pellets in the morning (just to make sure they don't just fill up on treats!) Corn as an incentive to get back into the run and sometimes other bits like cabbage in their run or treats of tomatoes etc - I'm not that good at giving them extras other than corn to be honest.

[sootem]

Thank you Phosphorus

[Egluntyne]

Leave them to feed adlib.

 

It isn't normal for them only to feed twice a day.

 

They forage all day long naturally, and like to go to bed with a full crop.

 

They don't eat much until they come into lay, and then their appetites increase massivley.

[Christian]

Are they laying yet? They will eat more when they start. Chickens should be fed ad lib. Just leave the pellets out for them all day and they will take what they need.

 

As Phosphorus says, corn should be a treat and fed late in the afternoon.

 

 

[*mummy_hen*]

I have 5 ex-batt girls and i give them about a half filled grub in the morning, then i put them in about half that again at night time in a seperate feeder and to be honest it pretty much all goes. Mine tend to eat steadily all day but when i wake up in the morning most of the food and water are gone so i make sure i put this in every night.

I give mine a mixture of pellets and mash and in the evenings i put maybe half a handful of corn as a treat.

[dolly_mixtures]

I have had my chickens since 23rd April and they do not seem to like layers pellets very much. I do leave them in run for an hour when I let them out. I do not give them anything else until the afternoon when they get two mugs of corn scattered. Then in the evening they have a treat of some sort - they love meal worms and strawberries.

 

Does it matter if they do not eat much of the pellets. I went on a poultry keeping course and apparently they should eat 150 grams per day. I have only filled the grub three times since I had them and that was only because I thought it was getting stale.

[Egluntyne]

They will eat more when the come into lay.

 

If they free range they will be filing up on vegetation and slus, worms etc.

[meezers]

. I do not give them anything else until the afternoon when they get two mugs of corn scattered. Then in the evening they have a treat of some sort - they love meal worms and strawberries.

 

Does it matter if they do not eat much of the pellets. .

 

Hi, I think maybe 2 mugs of corn is rather too much - infact your chooks maybe refusing their pellets because they know they are going to get lots of yummy corn later the general advice on here is one small handful per 6 chooks - per day, and if mine get that, then they go without other treats- mealworms and strawberries also count as treats, they would get those on another day - not at the same time. Corn is very fattening , whereas pellets, (though boring as far as chickens are concerned )have all the right ingredients needed for good health and laying.

I leave pellets out all day for my chooks, they have treats in the afternoon ( about 4pm ) when they are shut in after free ranging. They will eat the pellets if there is nothing else on offer.

[Omletina Kyckling]

Mine love it when you mix warm water into the pellets to make a porridge type affair, particularly if I add a few raisins or similar....they will wolf this down as they think it's a treat, even though it's just their normal food with water added!

[Hen Watch]

I've got 2 sets of grubs and glugs for my girls as it is easier for them to all eat together during the early morning scrum as they get let out. Not essential by any means, just I found it handy.

 

When I first started, I weighed out 120g of pellets per bird each day, worked out how many scoops that was as a rough idea of how much that was plus a bit extra. Now I just fill it up. Sometimes they eat the lot, some days they don't. But it is left topped up (never empty) for them to graze on all day and I only take it in at night (to deter vermin).

 

Mine get afternoon treat sometimes depending on what I'm cooking and if I have any leftovers (like cooked potato peelings, rice etc). But I do find too many treats leads to less eggs following day. So some days it is basic rations only.

 

My girls free range a bit every day and I use mixed corn (a very small handful - say a couple of tablespoons ish) to throw in their run and they dutifully follow and then get locked in for the night.

 

If your girls don't seem to like the pellets, it may just be because they only have little appetites at the moment, pre-egg laying. This will just change overnight.

 

You can make pellet porridge which mine love but take care, if they love it you will be doing it ALL the time. Just add a pint of warm water to the pellets and it crumbles to a mash. They love it. You can chuck in any powder suppliments too if you want or a dollop of live yoghurt or just leave it at pellets and water.

[Phosphorus]

They don't eat much until they come into lay, and then their appetites increase massivley.

 

Boy do they increase - I can tell who the layers are out of my girls - those two are first to the grub every morning with a real sense of urgency

 

Get the feeling they have got me giving way too much corn though - they probably get 6 small handfuls between 7 of them compared to the one small handful between 6 hens

[dolly_mixtures]

Well I think I am definitely giving them too much corn in the afternoon. I shall cut down on that. They are free ranging all day in a paddock. I only give them a treat just before bedtime. Only one of them is laying at the moment.