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Feeding older hens

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Our 2 hens are 4 and a half now, and have stopped laying. I've noticed they both have rather daggy bums, and am wondering if they have sloppy poos because the layers pellets are now too high in protein for them. Should I be feeding them something different now they've stopped laying?

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Hmm - thanks. How long before some marketing bod decides to produce a food for older hens: they're around for older dogs and cats, aren't they? Past-laying hens must have completely different nutritional needs. I guess the problem is that often they're in with newbies, or else get put in the pot :(

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I currently have my girls on a mix of Garvo Fancy cockerel growers and normal Garvo layers pellets. This is so that we have something for everyone whether they want to moult, lay or just retire. It also helped that the fancy cockerels pellets bag was split and at half price :dance:

 

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