Roobaloo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm definitely happy to pay £13 (including delivery!) for the sheer convenience!! Mine arrived today.......great service Same here!! They were so friendly and helpful over the phone...and quick delivery!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I think I will try them next time I worm my lot. Last time we only had the 4 ex batts, so wasn't too hard to mix up one lot of food for a week. Today I mixed up 6Kg of pellets with the Flubenvet powder and it took me ages as I had to do it in 2Kg lots as I didn't have a weighing scale that would measure out more than 2Kg or a bowl big enough to put 6Kg in for mixing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Cheaper to buy them from SPR centre plus you can take the order up to 25kg without paying any extra p & p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've recently completed worming my 3 separate "flocks" wth the Marriages pellets. We normally feed Smallholder Layers pellets, and I wasn't sure how they would cope with having their food changed all in one go. We weighed out the feed, allowing 1kg per chook for the seven days. At the end of the seven days, we weighed the food that was left to work out how much had actually been eaten. It worked really well for my 8 "Garden Girls". I left them shut in their WIR until at least 11 am each day, and put them back in at 4pm. The rest of the time they were free ranging, and they had a small amount of corn each day. They lso had a huge amount of pasta one day because I forgot that they shouldn't really be having too many treats. Anyway. The upshot for these Girls was that they ate an average of 95g per chook per day. This seems reasonable, especialy as only 3 of them are laying at the moment. For the Breeding flock (1 cock and 3 hens), it was fairly successful. These ate an average of 85g per chook per day. This was a bit less than I expected, but none of the hens was laying, and I don't know how much a cock is meant to eat. They would have eaten more but we had some really bitter weather, and DH gave them extra corn for a few days. For our Laydees, a group of 4 small hens, we have no idea what happened. They seem to have eaten only about 30g per hen per day. They weren't laying, they also had the extra corn. I'm also wondering if I made a mistake on the initial measuring out - but I know I didn't. Not that big a mistake anyway. I'll be redoing them in a couple of months to see if I get better results next time. It was much easier to do, and I'll definitely be using it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 My banties also ate less than usual, but then it was very different from their usual feed. I kept them in the run quite a bit, especially as the weather was rubbish. They had come back into lay but laid less as they didn't eat so much. Now they're back on their regular feed, they are laying again. I regularly worm them with Panacur* anyway so didn't expect a drastic difference in their health. *not licensed for use on poultry in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks so much for the heads up on these pellets. I ordered some from SPR Centre on Wednesday and they were delivered yesterday It will be so much easier than trying to get my girls dosed with Flubenvet grapes - that way one always gets too much and another never gets any, it's a right carry on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I am on day 6 of worming my 8 girls and they have had nothing but their medicated pellets. I am hoping the 6Kg will last them till Monday, it is hard working out how much they will eat in a week. I'm trying to work out how much it costs to mix it up yourself. I think I paid around £14 with p&p for my tub of Flubenvet, but it apparently will do for 20 hens, so I think I should get one more lot of worming done with the tub I have as I only had 4 hens last time I wormed them, so that works out at 70p per hen. 6Kg of ex batts pellets is about £3, so comes to.....um.....£8.60 I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks so much for the heads up on these pellets. I ordered some from SPR Centre on Wednesday and they were delivered yesterday It will be so much easier than trying to get my girls dosed with Flubenvet grapes - that way one always gets too much and another never gets any, it's a right carry on! Sorry to seem ignorant Chaps, but what is an SPR centre???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Sorry to seem ignorant Chaps, but what is an SPR centre???????? Supplier of chicken stuff (amongst other things). Has an online poultry specific presence here http://www.sprcentre.co.uk/The_S.P.R._Centre_Poultry_Site.htm Edited February 12, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks Peeps just ordered a 10KG bag for my chooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 My lot loved the Marriages and scoffed their way through very nearly 2 (20kg) bags in the 7 days! It was the easiest worming i've ever done and ideal if time is a limited commodity like it is for me working full time - mixing up to 40kg of food is quite an undertaking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Mine are on their second treatment of worming (last was October) using these and yet again were fighting over them. If I could get Marriages pellets ANYWHERE in Lancashire I would probably swap over to their regular pellets as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I agree it is pants that they don't have a supplier in Lancashire. How many of us are there on here could we lobby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Wonder if Happy Chicks would consider it. Mind you there seems to be a definate lack of horsey places that sell chicken related products as well around the Fylde anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'll ask Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sarah, is checking if her drug licence will allow her to sell it mixed ie flubenvet & Feed and will keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Sarah, is checking if her drug licence will allow her to sell it mixed ie flubenvet & Feed and will keep us posted. Thanks Treekeeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Filled up my feeders with the Marriages medicated pellets today and I can't really see any difference to their normal food. Cannot believe it can be this easy! Looks like I will only use half the bag, going by the amount they usually eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Filled up my feeders with the Marriages medicated pellets today and I can't really see any difference to their normal food. Cannot believe it can be this easy! Looks like I will only use half the bag, going by the amount they usually eat. Fiona, you mean you wouldn't rather be measuring and stirring and stirring and stirring and stirring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 No, it was more of a Keystone Cops style event with the medicated grapes ... (Not entirely convinced I ever got Ada properly dosed, because of Greedy Gilda who was much quicker on the draw!) Medicated pellets will be a much more civilised affair - and they won't even know it's medicine Genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm trying to decide whether it's worth the £11 delivery charge to ship a bag here. My normal stockists will only supply it by the tonne I think I've almost convinced myself that for convenience it'll be worth it, my lot usually eat a bag in a week, that's a lot of powder to measure and stir, stir, stir, stir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Go for it! I always felt it was a bit hit and miss measuring - can't be sure if the scales are correct (especially for measuring the powder!), can't be sure it's evenly distributed through the pellets etc. This is much better for peace of mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm trying to decide whether it's worth the £11 delivery charge to ship a bag here. My normal stockists will only supply it by the tonne I think I've almost convinced myself that for convenience it'll be worth it, my lot usually eat a bag in a week, that's a lot of powder to measure and stir, stir, stir, stir Lucy, who's that ordering from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Lucy, who's that ordering from? SPR Centre, just checked the e-mail again to make sure I hadn't dreamt it. £11 for a 20kg bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Lucy, who's that ordering from? SPR Centre, just checked the e-mail again to make sure I hadn't dreamt it. £11 for a 20kg bag. Eek. Was going to suggest them if it was someone else you'd tried. Does make it very dear but it is sooooo easy. I know when we had a max of twelve chickens I was never convinced that I'd mixed it properly and it also took so long to do. Can you add anything else onto the order before the postage goes up again to make it more worthwhile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
