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[sadietoo]

My Light Sussex has been broody for about a week, and today when she was out in the garden, she stood up from her dustbath and left a considerable amount of her feathers behind! I've not had a chicken moult before, and just wondered if I should be supplementing her diet whilst this is going on?...I feed layers mash, with a small treatball once a day filled with a mixture of dried corn and mealworms.. they have a corn on the cob and/or some greens most days too. Your advice, as always, will be much appreciated.

[Deb Dav]

I always put a teaspoon of poultry spice in with their layers pellets just to perk them up a little bit.

[Christian]

The basic layers feed contains should contain everything they need, but a bit of added protein won't go a miss. Rinsed tuna, meal worms or cat food will help her feather up more quickly.

[sadietoo]

Thanks for the info....the cat might leave home if I fed her his food but I will increase the mealworms and feed her tuna when no one is looking....Also I do have some poultry spice which I had forgotten. I bought it when I first got chickens (as you do..I bought nearly everything and hardly ever bother with any of it) so off to make some Mummy's special mash for them now!