I just used the boiling water to make it go softer quicker. I then let in cool in the fridge before giving it to them. I mix it up before I go to bed then give it to them in the morning. My worry is if they don't eat it will more feathers be on the menu for one of my girls!
My six girls won't eat their layer pellets. They started on a complete layer mix being pellets, corn, grains and sunflower seeds. I then changed to just layer pellets (cheaper option too!) but they wouldn't eat it, mind you they do look rather boring! So back to the complete layer mix I went as...
My Isa Brrown's are probably about 40 wks now. I got my australorps x RIR about two weeks after and they were a bit younger, so I'd say they are about 32 weeks. My other two are a bit of everything.....they have a bit of leghorn, RIR, RIW and australorp. I got the last two about three weeks ago...
Mid morning I did let her out where she can access the normal feed. I figured I'd separate her tonight so I can see just how much poo she passes after having a good feed through the day. It may be the wrong thing to do, I don't know, but if she has had it for this long........
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The crop issue: the chicken is an Isa Brown. grit is available all day. They are feed "Darling Downs Layer - complete feed" it is a blend of natural grains and seeds (cracked & whole) and pellets. It's pretty popular here in Australia. They get veggie scraps, bit of bread, I throw some...
Hi! I became a chicken owner about 4 months ago - I've got 2 Isa browns, 2 Australorp x RIR, 2 x mixed breeds. I can honestly say I thought chicken would have been a lot easier to deal with - one has crop issues, another had feather pecking problems!