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[Chickendoodle]

Can I check that I have got the feeding right for my girls - I keep them in the run until about 10.30 so that they can feed up on the layers pelletts/grit. They are then let out to free range - they keep popping beck to the Eglu for a sleep and to have a nibble of food. At around 3pm I give them a handful of pasta whidh they devour as if they have never eaten before!!

To get them back into the run I give them a big handful of mixed corn around 7 pm.

Is this OK as I see from the other posts that they shouldn't have too much "junk" food. They are all around 17 weeks.

 

I am amazed how easy they are to look after (so far) and how much fun. My dog is getting on with them really well - he has a little chase sometimes but he just runs behind them at their pace and it is really funny to watch - yesterday Henry (the dog) and Dolly were running round and round the outside of the run - never catching up with each other - it reminded me of the indoor cycling races where they start from different sides of the track

[Sue and the Spice Girls]

That seems OK to me, you may want to give them some mixed grit, or old egg shells which have been heated in a very hot oven and then crushed to keep the eggshells hard when they come along.

 

I let my girls out at about 7.30am and they just come and go for pellets etc all day. I get them in with a mixed handfull of corn and mixed grit, whcih seems to go fairly quickly.

 

They love tomatoes, grapes and sultanas too!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That sounds OK. When they start laying they'll start to eat much more. If you find they're not laying regularly (once they've been laying a while) you can try reducing the treats a bit. Too much corn can make them fat which may affect egg production, so just watch you don't give them too much (I think it's about 1oz per bird per day?)

[Chickendoodle]

Thanks very much - will weigh the corn so I know how much my handful weighs - mind you they are getting a fair bit of exercise with their running races with the dog so probably won't get fat