nannyhenny Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I've discovered a supplier of 5kg bags of pellets with Fluvenvet! It's www.happychicks.co.uk This is enough to treat up to 6 birds for the required 7 days so little waste if you only have a small 'flockette' as it can almost all be used before the use by date! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Good find. I have only two girls just now and hate to waste food so this is great. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Any idea what brand it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I think you'll find the postage is £8.50 though. I get mine from farm and pet place. The bags start at 10kg but they are the same price as 5kg from Happychicks. You can order up to 28kg for £2.99. I get all my feed from there now and easy chick bedding. I've never paid more than £4.99 postage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Ooh that's good! Maybe others will soon stock the 5kg bags. Hope so. I still have plenty of powder to use up so that'll give them a chance to have them on the shelves when I go looking next. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannyhenny Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Don't know what brand the pellets are but the web site seems good quality. I'd rather spend a bit more on shipping than waste 5kg of feed - it has such a short shelf life - but obviously everyone must do what seems best. I don't know why everyone doesn't stock this size as so many of us only have a few garden girls these days. The feed manufacturers often seem to think we all own farms! On second thoughts, though - it does sell more - could that be the reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Any idea what brand it is? I wondered that too - I do hope they aren't splitting bags as that's unlawful. Shame about the zillions of typos on their website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Marriages are a very good company. I'm sure you could phone them and ask. I've phoned them to find stock it's before, they're really helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 How long does a bag last when it's opened? Will it do 2 feeds 3 months apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Depends on the use by date on each bag; some can have quite short dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I just read on the marriages web site that you don't have to worm them as often as 3 months apart, unless they have a worm burden. I think it said between 4 and 6 months. Check out their web site it's very informative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannyhenny Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I worm them every four months but have never found any treated pellets with a use by of more than 3 months - hence the search for smaller bags. They're due to be 'done' at the end of April so going to try them out. Will report back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=80156.15 Just found this. Hope you can copy and paste it. It's a discussion forum and Happy Chicks have a post on there stating they have just had approval to split bags and sell 5kg at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Big confused about the manufacture of these pellets. I've investigated. It's seems only heygates and marriages make them.Marriages don't do 25kg bags and when I put the post code in for happy chicks on heygates website, they didn't come up as a retailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Once I get a bee in my bonnet there's no stopping me. I have emailed Happy Chicks, the pellets are their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
