Chicken picking at feet

[Raina]

 

Hello,

 

 

We get some Super mixed corn from Flyte So Fancy and have just run out

 

 

Well my mum feeds them it in the afternoon, and she's only just told me they have none left

 

 

We won't be able to get any till next week so is there anything i can use till then?

 

 

Thanks

 

Raina

 

 

P.S. We did have a look in our local petshop in Walsall a few weeks ago and they don't sell any

Edited June 24, 2009 by Guest

[Barkisland]

An animal feeds merchant would be your best bet - horse supplies, that kind of thing. Try looking in your yellow pages.

Is it corn or grit you have run out of? They need grit to grind up food, but they can cope without mixed corn for a few days - give them some apple, grapes or sweetcorn for an alternative treat.

[Raina]

An animal feeds merchant would be your best bet - horse supplies, that kind of thing. Try looking in your yellow pages.

Is it corn or grit you have run out of? They need grit to grind up food, but they can cope without mixed corn for a few days - give them some apple, grapes or sweetcorn for an alternative treat.

 

 

OH No we put the yellow pages in the burning bin yesterday with everything else we were burning (looks like a trip to google lol)

 

 

Its both, The grit is in the the Corn, along with oyster shell.

[Lewis]

They sell mixed corn and grit at:

Hungry Horse

Fox Hill Farm

Weeford Rd, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6NA

0121 308 8080

 

Pets at Home sell grit aswell but for parrots, and I'm sure theres one in Walsall.

You could always put the egg shells in the microwave for a minute and feed them back to the chickens.

[Redwing]

They will be fine, my hens go weeks without touching theirs

 

You could always find soem tiny stones in the garden and scatter them on the run floor, if your hens are already free ranging in the garden they will find their own though

[Egluntyne]

If they free range they will be picking up grit as they go about their daily business, so no real urgency.

[debbie26pet]

we also use the egg shell after we eat the eggs.

we put them in the microwave and then crush them, and feed them back to the girls.

could use this till you get more

[Chucky Mama]

Even though I mix grit in with feed a good deal of it seems to get left behind. I am sure that mine get most of their requirements whilst free ranging.

[hilda-and-evadne]

if your hens are already free ranging in the garden they will find their own though

 

I found an old reference book on the web that mentioned making your own grit from broken crockery - broken up into pieces as small as peas. Haven't tried it yet so don't know whether or not this is a good idea.

[Lewis]

if your hens are already free ranging in the garden they will find their own though

 

I found an old reference book on the web that mentioned making your own grit from broken crockery - broken up into pieces as small as peas. Haven't tried it yet so don't know whether or not this is a good idea.

I don't know whay but it sounds like a bad idea to me

I'm sure it would work for the process of grinding up food though.

[Raina]

 

Mum just ordered a 25kg Sack of Flint Grit, Hopefully we won't run out for a while

[sjp]

theres AK feeds at Shenstone

or http://www.johnsonsfeed.co.uk/index.html they're at Barr beacon don't know if they do grit I get my pellets and bedding from them

can get grit from here http://www.romsleycountrystore.co.uk/home.htm

[Chook n Boo Mum]

 

Mum just ordered a 25kg Sack of Flint Grit, Hopefully we won't run out for a while

 

25kg! That would be a very very long while

 

Sha x

[Raina]

 

Mum just ordered a 25kg Sack of Flint Grit, Hopefully we won't run out for a while

 

25kg! That would be a very very long while

 

Sha x

 

 

 

 

 

Always an Excuse to get more Chooks