4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[S & S]

Had my two girls a week now, and they seem very hungry!!!,

At the moment i keep topping up there feeder when empty so there getting as much as they want,

Im giving them mash but mixing in pellets so eventuly will be just pelletts

 

I cant believe how much they eat

Am i doing the right thing by feeding them as much as they like ??

 

thanks

[Stevie]

They're self regulating and will only eat as much as they need.I always make sure they have enough for atleast that day,but i allow it to run right down so the food at bottom dont go stale.

[andrewandcarly]

i bought a 20kg sack of organic pellets a week last saturday and i would guess i have about 5 kg left. that is for 11 hens. 4 ex batts and 7 others. not sure how much that equates to each but it does seem like they are hungry!!!

[*mummy_hen*]

Ours eat quite a lot, but i just believe they will eat as little or as much as they need as each day the amount left in the grub will vary from nearly nothing to a quarter full!!

 

I wouldn't worry too much, it isn't like you are feeding them corn or anything that could be fattening so it will all be doing them good!

[Janty]

I am really paranoid about my girls. I had to take Sporty to the vets and the vet said that she was a little underweight. They get herbal wormers each month plus flubenvet three times a year. I constantly have their feeders topped up and they get warm layers mash porridge with marmite and cod liver oil each morning for breakfast. I don't want fat hens but a little more weight would be good.

 

The vet said it's probably because they are getting so much exercise but you know when somwone sows a seed in your mind.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Once they're laying, they to seem to turn into Hungry Horaces . I wouldn't worry, as long as it's mainly mash/pellets, it's good for them .

[S & S]

Thanks, might get a bigger feeder thingy, altough i suppose they throw most of it on the floor

 

Ive ordered a bigger run picking it up on sunday at the moment there in a big ark 4ft x 9ft i only have two but would like them to have a bit more room, i keep changing my mind and wanting it bigger and emailing the bloke who's making it he probably thinks im some kind of chicken freek

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Chicken freaks fit in well on this forum .

[Egluntyne]

Laying hens don't tend to be as "meaty" as hens raised for the table. Their bodies are geared to be doing other things.

 

Mine eat a huge amount.

 

a 20KG sack lasts 3 weeks.

[Hen Watch]

Mine eat a huge amount.

a 20KG sack lasts 3 weeks.

 

Blimey..... My 4 chooks use 1 x 20kg sack of pellets per month.

[Phosphorus]

My 20Kg bag is starting to look empty again - I think that is 3 weeks - so my 7 chooks are probably eating a sack every 3.5 weeks Only 2 of them laying as well, but then the rest are all about to start so their food consumption does seem to have gone up now