broodie after hatching her eggs

[marjwhamond]

What do you recommend I feed my broodie once she has hatched her eggs?
I know the pollitos (spanish for chicks) eat chick starter, but what about Mom?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Feed them all starter. During the period of raising her chicks, the hen will not be in production and will have no need for the excess calcium offered by a layer ration - the whole family will be quite fine eating starter rations.

 

[marjwhamond]

thank you

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Feed them all starter. During the period of raising her chicks, the hen will not be in production and will have no need for the excess calcium offered by a layer ration - the whole family will be quite fine eating starter rations.

A big 2 X

 

[centrarchid]

Also make so hen can get at some fresh greens so she can keep her natural gut flora going. My free-range broodies regulate their intake in a manner that no only reduces competition with chicks, they also seem to keep their weight down. The same hens seem to take particular attention to new green growth that chicks initially have little interest in.