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Hi there, can I ask what brand of food everyone buys for their chickens? And do you buy organic? I've had a soft shelled problem with one of my hens for a good few months now so wondering whether the Farmgate organic layer pellets are good enough. Maybe I need to change to non organic.

Anyone else use Farmgate organic?

Thanks all x

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Hi from another London girl - I buy whatever I can get locally. At present its Marriages and in past Hodell and someone?? I dont buy organic as I want to keep costs down - mean I know but dont want my hobby (I always wanted chucks so its a passion) to become too pricey :whistle: OH is great about it but like anyone we have to watch pennies. Sorry no help to you.

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PERSONALLY I think the whole organic thing is a load of rubbish to con people into spending more money, but that's just my opinion.

 

I have tried cheap own brand pellets from feed merchants with varying levels of success, but my girls seem to prefer and do best on Marriages layers pellets.

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PERSONALLY I think the whole organic thing is a load of rubbish to con people into spending more money, but that's just my opinion.

 

I totally agree! To each their own I guess, but it is near impossible to produce fully organic eggs in your own garden. Most plants you plant, aren't organic and even if you use only seed to grow plants, it's hard to find fully organic seed. Most of it today is a marketing thing anyway. Organic is the new hype.

 

Mine get cheap own brand pellets from a local feed store. Mainly because I can buy it per kg, so I'm not stuck with an enormous bag of feed with only three little bantams. It would take me months to finish one of those.

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We had a problem with Farmgate pellets years ago. The hens didn't like the taste so stopped eating and laying. Then we switched to another brand and discovered it contained three permitted chemical colourants termed 'yolk enhancers' on the label. Didn't like the idea of eating chemicals in our eggs so we used Smallholder Layers pellets after that.

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I buy whatever's cheapest - the last lot came from a Mole Valley store that I happened to be passing. I couldn't tell you the make as I tip the sack out into a plastic bin. I used to buy organic at the outset but as others have pointed out, the hens are eating non-organic plants and other stuff, it seemed pointless after a while.

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