Do your bantams do pellets?

[chickenmeadow]

Have had my Faverolles Banties on organic crumbles since hatching & have thought about trying some organic pellets also. Does anyone out there have bantams that eat pelleted chicken feed well? Always figured the pellets were just too big for them.

 

[amyparrotflock]

my bantam black cochins are on the purina pellets. picked some up from TSC not to long ago, and they were on crumbles before that. They like to throw them around a bit sometimes- the longer ones- but they eat most everything.

what kind of amazon do you have? (there's a mealy, dyh, bfa, and liliac crowned here)

 

[jenjscott]

None of my bantams have any problems with the pellets, including oegb and Japanese.

 

[DawnSuiter]

the first couple of days mine weren't eating much..
so I started giving them the bottom of the daily bucket which tended to have a few more broken up pieces by the time I scooped out food to everyone else.. the smaller pieces were easier for them at 6 weeks and within a week they got the hang of it and have great success now with full size pellets.

I remember when I posted a similar question...

 

[catdaddyfro]

Yes all my bantams are on layer pellets and they also swallow whole corn, that's what all my chickens get unless they are still young.

catdaddy

 

[chickenmeadow]

Thank you all for sharing your experience with pellets for Bantams. I started this flock from eggs & chicks, now they are beginning to lay. Guess it's time to let them grow up & move on from "baby food." Will offer pellets soon in my second hanging feeder.

armyparrotflock, you are a well rounded "bird lover." We raised & breed all kinds of parrots in the 1980's, now it's just the Blue Front Amazon pet. Interestingly he stopped talking years ago (had a 150 word vocabulary with songs also) & became vicious when we added a cage buddy (another amazon), it was love at first sight & became all about her. Every once in a while I hear him low talking or humming a tune; he's beautiful & named Rooster.

Jenjscottee, how'd you talk that chicken into jewlery. Great, unique picture!

DawnSuiter, thanks for the corn mention also. Will have to put the cracked/chunked corn out also. I've been only feeding it soaked in the morning along with their kefir/yogurt. Very pampered chickies.