chestnutmare Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 What do you feed your laying girls and why? (As in their main feed - not treats or supplements). I'm currently giving mine Organic Omlet Chicken Feed because it was convenient to order online at the time. It's doing a fine job but I have to order it online and it has a shelf life of six weeks. I might be persuaded to try something else... Also, mash or pellet? Is there really any difference or preference to the chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Garvo 731 layers pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poached Egg Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Our girls have access to both pellets and mash. Depends where we have been as to manufacturer & which they prefer, but both get eaten. Am interested in Garvo and Wiggly Wrigglers having seen them mentioned various places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageandonion Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Ours aren't laying yet but I was told to put them on layers pellets and I've put them on Garvo too following recommendations on this forum. They tuck into them quite happily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Allen and Page Smallholder layers Pellets. I would have liked to have tried Garvo but my nearest stockist is about an hours drive away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I would use Garvo but it's such a chore to get it. They get Dodsen & Horrell pellets from Pets at Home. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MummyHen Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Garvo 730 layers mash It's either an hours drive or £££ delivery via online - but it's worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertie Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Mine did not like organic layers pellets They have fancy feed company layers pellets which they seem to like a lot. They lay well & it's not too expensive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Garvo here too! Breeders pellets, layers pellets or cockerel growers pellets depending on the season I mix it with 25% grain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Allen and Page Smallholders layers pellets for my girls - it's what my stockist has in regularly although he's trying to get Marriage's layers with Flubenvet for me to try as an alternative to the usual hit and miss worming regime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Garvo 730 layers mashIt's either an hours drive or £££ delivery via online - but it's worth it Me too - I hate the drive but they love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hi, mine get 1) garvo mini chick growers (got it for the sablepoots when they were little & they still love it) 2) garvo alphamix hugely expensive (well for me) but they love it I feed it in the afternoons only. 3) wiggley wigglers layers mash + bokashi My big girls + pekins get this & they love it. Have tried all sorts of pellets over the last couple of years but other than the above they just haven't been interested When this lot of wiggley wigglers is finished, I think I'll give Omlet feed a go. Alli xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ours get Organic Feed Co. Layers pellets, got from the local feed merchant. Goes down well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctors girls Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 i use farmgate layers pellets it is cheap to buy and a good balanced diet for them though it says you do not need any additional limestone or oyster shell grit i still have a little pot of mixed grit hanging from the run and since they came into lay nice strong egg shells john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ex bats crumbs for my girls. Would like to try Garvo but no stockists near here and I am not prepared to travel miles for chicken feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess1merlin Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Garvo layers mash here, they now won't eat anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Would like to try Garvo but there is not a stockist near me. I and my hens are currently very happy though with the Thompson feed layers pellets I give them. It is a mill nearby that makes its own animal feeds and it seems to be cheap and a good quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clairey_Fairy Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Mine get farmgate layers pellets, as it's what the farm where I got the chickens sell. It seemed quite cheap, the girls seem to like it, and lots of lovely eggs good hard egg shells so far. Only had them 4 months, on my 2nd 20kg bag. Not sure whether to start trying different things, or stick with what I'm using as they like it? With only 2 girls if I change to something else and they don't eat it it would be wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Allen and Page mash here. It's what I can get locally, and better than the only other local alternative - can't remember what it was called, but was cheap and nasty and didn't look nearly so good as the Allen and Page, and the chooks seem to like it a lot more. And they look healthier on it , and their poo's don't smell as much... Prefer the Mash - keeps them quieter in the mornings as it takes longer for them to eat their fill, although it can get messy of OH overfills the feeder, so Fred can flip the food everywhere... Good job the other two like eating it off the ground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
