Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[MaryJanet]

Aussies, do any of you feed pullet gower? If so, which one do you prefer and how come?

Never mind, I found this post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...that-funny-little-island.598568/post-24430379

Unless there are any other tips and tricks for getting pullets off to a good start in life?

 

[Sussex19]

The seller has cleared up the mystery of the yellow chicks. They are French Wheatens, apparently the breeding project went wrong, and didn't breed true.
I am not at all worried about it, I had actually thought it would be nice to have some Wheatens.

 

[ChookieG]

Never mind, I found this post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...that-funny-little-island.598568/post-24430379

Unless there are any other tips and tricks for getting pullets off to a good start in life?

LOL OMG I forgot I posted that!!

I don't feed them Grenfell any longer as they hate the raw lupines in there. There's also evidence that raw legumes are toxic to chickens unless heat treated or at max 10% of feed content. I'll feed my chooks VSF pullet grower, their products are really good.

 

[Sussex19]

I second the VSF grower, it always seems good, and all my chickens love it!

 

[ChookieG]

The seller has cleared up the mystery of the yellow chicks. They are French Wheatens, apparently the breeding project went wrong, and didn't breed true.
I am not at all worried about it, I had actually thought it would be nice to have some Wheatens.

Hmmmmm.....fair enuff! Seems like these kinda things happen more often than it should....like for instance the two cockerels I picked up a couple of weeks ago were meant to be pure SLWs but turned out to be GLW x SLWs... the breeder said she got the eggs from someone who didn't manage their flock well....she only realized it the night before we met.

 

[Sussex19]

Hmmmmm.....fair enuff! Seems like these kinda things happen more often than it should....like for instance the two cockerels I picked up a couple of weeks ago were meant to be pure SLWs but turned out to be GLW x SLWs... the breeder said she got the eggs from someone who didn't manage their flock well....she only realized it the night before we met.

If I were being serious about breeding them or something I might be more upset, but as it is I've got my Marans, and thats the main thing.

 

[Poultry mum]

I don’t feed grower mine go from chick feed to scratch mix and layer pellets at around 12weeks… they all seem to grow fine and fatten up nicely

 

[MaryJanet]

I don’t feed grower mine go from chick feed to scratch mix and layer pellets at around 12weeks… they all seem to grow fine and fatten up nicely

It seems like lots of people do it that way.

 

[ChookieG]

It seems like lots of people do it that way.

Some do pullet feed for their mixed flock when the littles hit about 6 week old and supply calcium on the side for the adult layers.

I've done pullet feed mixed with layer feed and I noticed they tend to lay a bit earlier compared to using chick starter w layer feed.

 

[Poultry mum]

@Sussex19 when your hatching are you dropping the temp to around 36.1? I find the low temp with the high humidity works well during the hatching process