Leicester_H Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Omlet leaflet says fully grown chicken eats approx. 120g layers pellets per day – call this a unit of food. Omlet shop page says add 1 Tablespoon of garlic powder for each refill of feeder > Omlet leaflet says full feeder contains enough food for 2 chickens for 2 days (ie 4 units of food) which makes 1Tbs Garlic per 4 units of food. Omlet shop page says add 1/4 teaspoon of Chicken spice per 2 chickens (I assume per day – it doesn’t say ?) ie 1/8 ts per unit of food Omlet shop page says add Bokashi bran at rate of 5% of weight of food. So to mix up 2 weeks worth of food for 3 chickens (so don’t have to ‘mess around’ every day- its as easy to mix to a recipe as not as don't have to think about it) 3 chickens x 14 days = 42 units of food Layers pellets = 42 x 120 g = 5050 g (call it 5kg)Garlic powder = (42/4) = approx 10 Tbs – this seems an awful lot ?? Chicken Spice = (42 x 1/8 tsp) = 5 tsp – this seems quite a lot ?? lot more than I usually add Bokashi 5% of 5kg = 250g – again seems a lot I know these are all extra’s and its not an exact ‘science’ – but a. Is my understanding of recommended quantities correct ? b. do people add these quantities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I buy the ex-bat food which has lots of goodies in it already. And add other things from time to time- when I remember! Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I half fill a big plastic box with pellets, chuck a bit of poultry spice, garlic powder and bokashi in, fill the rest up with pellets, top up with more of the above and stir . "Exact science" it isn't . I don't think it matters too much. Just put in what you feel is a good quantity without using too much and costing yourself a fortune . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I put four scoops of mash, one scoop of BWHT ex-batt mash, a teaspoon of garlic, a teaspoon of poultry spice, a good sprinkle of ground egg shell, a handful of mixed grit and about half a scoop of diatom ... which lasts about four days for my four ex-batts. Goodness knows what I'll do when it's time to worm them ... the thought of measuring it all out carefully to get the right does of Flubenvet *doh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I've just mixed my first ever batch of pellets plus Flubenvet. I dispensed with all the extras and just used pellets alone. Made it quite easy to measure out . I reckon a week off the supplements won't do any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I put four scoops of mash, one scoop of BWHT ex-batt mash, a teaspoon of garlic, a teaspoon of poultry spice, a good sprinkle of ground egg shell, a handful of mixed grit and about half a scoop of diatom ... which lasts about four days for my four ex-batts. Goodness knows what I'll do when it's time to worm them ... the thought of measuring it all out carefully to get the right does of Flubenvet *doh* just weigh out 2kg of mash per blue scoop if you use the 1% then follow the guide on this topic viewtopic.php?f=11&t=52454 that Chucky Mama has posted 5 posted down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks, that's useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
