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post #11 of 15

6/12/12 at 10:12pm

Cotton42

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Awesome! Glad to hear they've started laying again!

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6/13/12 at 6:09am

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I may have missed this, but how long do they molt. We are fairly new to chickens.

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6/13/12 at 6:18am

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Sometimes they can molt for a few months. I usually up their protein & add avian charge to their water. They need protein to grow their feathers back.

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6/13/12 at 7:24am

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Thanks for the swift response. How do I increase the protein content? Is there a supplement for that, or should I add something to the feed?

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6/13/12 at 8:02am

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There's lots of things you can use to up their protein. I wouldn't do too much though. A really good protein source is calf manna. You can get it at any feed store even WalMart sells it. Some people use BOSS - Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, but I'm not a fan of using it due to too much fat IMHO. You really don't want more than a 20% protein ratio and chickens also need the amino acids too. Lysine and Methionine really helps with feathers as well. Lysine is in egg products and Methionine is in greens.

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