quickcluck Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Hi, I got my 3 bantees in July at about 7weeks, They are in their own section of the WIR and come out for an hour or so a day to play with the bigger girls. I'd really like to take the partition down by christmas, but the bantees are on growers, if I put the in together they will be eating what the like as I dont suppose they would stick to their own food! Would this be a prolem if they went onto layers??? If so I'll keep them seperate for while longer... Thanks Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I should think they'll be ok on layers by Christmas - they'd be coming up for 20 weeks wouldnt they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 When I put my banty babies in with the big girls they all went onto growers until they started laying and all were fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 hadn't thought of that plum, does it not do the big girls any harm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Why not mix the two types of feed, half and half, and gradually increase the ratio of layers to growers over a week or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Good idea Egluntyne. My big girls were moulting so I hoped it might stop them laying and give them a bit of extra protien for feather growing. Grackle keeps on laying though, she's a real trouper. Pigeon stopped but has just started again and lovely brown eggs with good shells. She's laid softies and all sorts of odd things for the past year. So it's not done them any harm. Feathers coming through are looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I gave mine all growers when the little ones moved into the WIR - the big girls will be fine, only realy difference is the calcium, so you may have a drop in eggs for a short while. Could do that to use up the growers you have left and start moving them on to layers as Egluntyne suggested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
