PixieDust Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Can I feed the flubenvet pellets like a porridge? i.e. mashed in a little water? With them on lock down for worming I don't want any undesired behaviours occurring because they have no treats or FR access. Any other tips greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Don't see why not Pixiedust, so long as they eat it all within a few hours of mixing because wet mash goes off very quickly. Sour crop is always a danger so when ours get wet mash the dishes are only left down two hours and then in the rare case of some being left it is binned. We mix our Flubenvet with Olive oil and that has no impact on the effectiveness, so water shouldn't affect it either. After all they drink water with the pellets anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I must have really greedy chickens. They all get locked in their runs once every 3 months and just get fed worming pellets, but they just eat it all up. Guess I'm just lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Just don't use hot water to make up the porridge pixiedust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Always make mine into porridge, use hot water. they hoover it up, but if I just put the pellett in the run they refuse to eat them. daft chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I must have really greedy chickens. They all get locked in their runs once every 3 months and just get fed worming pellets, but they just eat it all up. Guess I'm just lucky Mine too, they have no option, so they just eat it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 More greedy chickens here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Seems they are eating through it fine. I just worried with all the flock issues at the moment. Had to turf Winnie out of the nest box again. Then she and Pixie were on different perches. They really are not coping well without the bully. However, their feathers are growing back nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I haven't been back through the thread, but have you tried bumpa bitting her? It will save the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 We used these pellets to worm ours recently and they too gobbled them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Always make mine into porridge, use hot water. they hoover it up, but if I just put the pellett in the run they refuse to eat them. daft chickens. I spoke to the supplier about a year ago regarding using hot water and was advised to use tepid water as the active ingredient is heat sensitive ( I'm not a chemist so I don't now how this works) and to be honest they don't seem to care how there porridge is served, warm or cold they gobble it up:)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Oh, thanks for that, will do that in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
