are they SERIOUS?!

hunterjumper999

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11 Years
Dec 26, 2008
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I put a 50 lb feeder in my coop last night. In it i Have the following:

3 5 week old turkeys
5 May Easter Eggers
3 Cucko Marans
1 adult buff hen
1 adult EE hen



the feed is GONE

not a single seed on the ground either



i guess the plus side is I got 3 eggs from a pen that I was getting NONE since July in.
 
Wow, that is crazy! I have 22 chickens, and they go through a 50lb. bag in a week. I don't think I could afford to feed your guys!
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if i read that correctly, that is 13 birds, eating 50lb of food, that would have them at an average of 3.85lbs of food per bird - no way, absolutely no chance. Something else got in there or something like that, or i read this incorrectly
 
I dont know.. I fed yesterday Am. It was a hanging bucket feeder. I mixed the starter and scratch, but they are not able to spill. the coop/run are secure... I gues mabe a tiny squirrel.
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I second to that, 3 turkeys and Marans could put some dent in the feed but no way they could eat that much, you have a unwanted visitor (s) eating your food. Have you checked for mice and rats?

I have 25 bantam chicks, 3 ducks, 35 quail, all eat about 125lb of feed a month.
 
I use that in a week and have bout 40 or so...
they are free range during the day and they get a lot of extra fresh fruits, vedgs and a little bread.
We have squirrles and off and on rats...............we started making sure there was no feed laft out at night and that helped.
 

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