katek Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I a completely amazed by the amount of food my chooks eat. I am currently worming with flubenvet, and so weighing out all their food to max the correct amounts. I give them pellet mash (mixed with warm water) it the morning and they often finish two whole galley pots and some dried ones in the grub pot. I have put out 1kg already - only 3 hens - The dried stuff is still mainly there but all the mash gone. I thought 2 kg would have been ok for the week but obviously not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Mine seem to be eating much more than usual more in this cold weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Mine too, they are up from about 90g a day to 130g (they are bantams) My rhea however are eating me out of house and home - the two of them are getting through 5kg of food A DAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 They do eat huge amounts when in lay. Are you sure that other creatures aren't dining alfresco at your expense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 It's not the amount they eat that I have a problem with per se - it's the amount they poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katek Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 I am sure we have no rodents as they have a WIR and no holes or evidence of rodents, there is one magpie that occationally hops in but is then launched apon by the chief girl but she can't get in there when it is shut when I am at work. I take the food out at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katek Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 and only one is laying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 l have 11 hens and 7 ducks and l get through a 20kg bag over about 8 to 9 days the food cost me £7.65 every time l know there a some mice getting in l need traps which will help but mine always get through that amount.When l had 3 hens l brought a bag every 3 months that seems so long ago now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Mine are eating less at the moment, but then I only have 3 girls laying at the moment and I am giving them more mealworms etc to make up for their reduction in free ranging time and the cols weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Mine eat more when the weather is cold, and they eat even more if I make the pellets into warm porridge and put sultanas in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MammaT Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Mine did seem to be eating loads as it got colder but I changed over to Garvo when the other stuff ran out and after about 10 days on it I'm amazed at how little of it they seem to get through compared to the other stuff. They are getting out into the rest of the garden now that the snow has gone so they top-up there but they've always done that. I can't really tell at the moment if they're also pooing less but it would seem logical - less in, less out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
