First time Chick mom
Songster
- Apr 25, 2023
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My routine, in the morning, I use feed pellets (balk of the diet), 2 cups), broccoli leaves/kale leaves from my garden, (about 10%) black oil sunflower seeds, soldier fly larva, scratch (just enough to keep them interested, maybe a half of a cup if that).
Also, oregano, rosemary, thyme, Cheyanne pepper, garlic, cinnamon, basal, & sage, (mostly fresh from my garden) mix different spices on different nights. Only small amounts of each and a couple of teaspoons of oats. All mix all this a little water or yogurt. It sounds more complicated than it is, it only takes about 10 minutes to cut everything up and mix together. When they first get out of the coop.
I throw a 3/4 cup of scratch around noon in the outside run. Outside run is 6' x 12' area covered in hard cloth. No free range.
I throw 3/4 cup of the larva before bedtime to get them back in the cover run and ready for the coop. Covered run is 8.5' x 14.5' with a corrugated roof.
Pellets are available all day, along with crushed eggshells and grit and of course water.
Sometimes they get veggie scraps from dinner, but mostly just fresh from the garden when in season (cucumbers, tomato, leafy greens, berries, melons, pumpkin).
I have 6 pullets, two laying, (27 weeks) 4 getting ready to lay (22 weeks). 2 EE, 2 SLW, 2 BO.
What am I missing, or what should I not do? I have watched tons of videos, read many threads just to try and figure out what is healthy and what should be avoided, but experience is what I am missing. All my girls eat and forage for food. Any advice is welcomed.
Also, oregano, rosemary, thyme, Cheyanne pepper, garlic, cinnamon, basal, & sage, (mostly fresh from my garden) mix different spices on different nights. Only small amounts of each and a couple of teaspoons of oats. All mix all this a little water or yogurt. It sounds more complicated than it is, it only takes about 10 minutes to cut everything up and mix together. When they first get out of the coop.
I throw a 3/4 cup of scratch around noon in the outside run. Outside run is 6' x 12' area covered in hard cloth. No free range.
I throw 3/4 cup of the larva before bedtime to get them back in the cover run and ready for the coop. Covered run is 8.5' x 14.5' with a corrugated roof.
Pellets are available all day, along with crushed eggshells and grit and of course water.
Sometimes they get veggie scraps from dinner, but mostly just fresh from the garden when in season (cucumbers, tomato, leafy greens, berries, melons, pumpkin).
I have 6 pullets, two laying, (27 weeks) 4 getting ready to lay (22 weeks). 2 EE, 2 SLW, 2 BO.
What am I missing, or what should I not do? I have watched tons of videos, read many threads just to try and figure out what is healthy and what should be avoided, but experience is what I am missing. All my girls eat and forage for food. Any advice is welcomed.
