Single hen

[cluck and henry]

We have recently made our ladies a nice new run.

 

The type that we can walk into standing upright, (bliss).

 

We are over the moon with the results. No more scrabbling about on our knees picking out the poo. Our ladies moved in without a fuss. They seem to be loving the new space.

 

But, we are worried The food in the feeder does not seem to be going down much by comparison to the way it usually does. If we put a few bits on the floor as we used to do they will eat this. We now have a cabbage hanging up in the run which is something that we did not do before. The cabbage is being eaten but there is still a fair bit left. They were given leaves to eat before but this was by hand.

 

Should we be worried, especially as Henrietta is laying the double yokers??

 

Thanks

[welsh sarah]

i am sure they are fine especialy if they are laying double yolkers

i am sure someone knowledgeable will be along now with some words of wisdom

i know when we first had our chickens i worried that they were not eating enough layers pellets but they are still laying so i have stopped worrying

[Hen Watch]

I am only new to this too. But I have also noticed that when they arrived in April they were eating twice as much pellets as they are now. Perhaps it is shorter daylight.....?? Hopefully someone with all year round hen keeping experience can enlighten us.

[Laura & CTB]

I've noticed over the past week or so that my two are not eating quite as much mash as usual so I would suggest it's because of the reduced daylight. As long as they are happy and still laying then I'm sure they're fine.

 

Mine wont touch cabbage unless I've cooked it first

[skye]

Perhaps they don't need to eat so much as they're awake for fewer hours each day at this time of year? Or maybe there's just more to scrabble and peck at in their new larger run?

 

Sure they'll be fine though

 

Skye xx