sandyhas3chucks Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 there are a lot of threads regarding putting some weight on chooks but surely too many treats is not good. Not sure I am very good at getting the balance, too many treats apparently they lay softees/ get the squits. so what to do. If too long free ranging same, so presumably too many live meal worms same ??????? confused & clearly getting it wrong myself. How soon should one see an improvement, am I in too much of a hurry. Like to add that I have 1 ex bat, head girl that just seems to just be getting bigger & bigger should THAT be a concern. She isn't openly stopping her pal the underweight one from eating & there arte lots of pots of food about. Take thin one away & she hardly eats at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I would make sure there are a couple of food stations Sandy. That way of head girl is hogging the food, she can't 'man' two feed stations at a time. I find they love layers mash/pellets mixed with warm water to make a porridge. It is just their standard feed (mixed with tinned sweetcorn ), so provides them with goodness and they see it as a treat. I do give a very small amount of mixed corn in the late afternoon. They will eat more now it is getting colder too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 thanks Christian, made me laugh cos there are at leat 6 feeding stations due to these 2 being a bullying pair!!! Think Greedy has a dependency problem as she wants to do EVERYTHING together.een to same bowl. thinkI got their names the wrong way around now!maybe I want to see fat chook too quick, now her tum is sorted perhaps she will gain. allways seems to be eating tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
