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  1. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    Srry for the very long delay on the response of what we found.OK so many of you are right about the mystery critter, we found pictures of many many mice from the game camera and they only come in there to steel my feed at night so I am now putting the feeder up at night and I am still going to...
  2. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    OK so I know this is a big disappointment but I still havent set up the game came as my father still hasnt given it to me (hes on a business trip) but I am still eager to set it up , and the feed going missing has for some reason slowed down, now only 30lbs are getting eaten a day.
  3. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    I sat outside the coop with a clear veiw on my feeder and to my surprise nothing but the hens touched the feed. Even though I havent seen what is steeling the feed this doesnt stop me from believing something eles is steeling my feed. And I am waiting for my neighbors barn cat to have her...
  4. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    Yes there would have to be more than just the sparrows , and I am aware I have a rat/mice problem in my barn . I am setting traps but they always get away and chew open all of my bags of feed . But still with a few mice and a few sparrows couldnt get away with eating that much food. Im goiung to...
  5. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    Wow I never though of sparrows that could very well be part of my problem , as I know they nest almost everywhere near my house and sometime even on my house.
  6. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    Thanks for all the help and feed back . I will go check to see what eles might be eating the feed. The thing that makes this so hard is that their run is completly confined by chicken wire so it cannot be the dogs but it might be the mocking birds, though my feeder is hung inside the coop so...
  7. JR79

    My 17 hens are eating 50lbs in less than a day , is this normal ?

    So I have 17 laying hens and they have a run about the size of a horse round pen and a coop that is 20' by 6' . I feed them when the feeder goes emty and this happens about twice a day . I have a 25lb feeder. Where I live a 50lb bag of pellets cost $18.00. With the birds eating this much its...
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