Fatting my birds

[moeyo83]

I was giving eight birds a few months ago and they have done pretty good. I ended up with about four to five roo's and cant really have that many. I just switched them from medicated feed so within the next month I want to fatten them up and eventually send them to the kitchen. Any ideas on how to fatten them up, I was thinking extra goodies like fruit, and different treats. what about putting them in a pen, I let them free range, but wondering if I pen the ones I will cull and increase feed if thats best to fatten. Thanks for any ideas.

 

[emys]

Give them lots of seed - whatever is cheapest. Wheat, millet, corn. (You might want to pen them just to keep from accidentally fattening your layers.)

 

[terri9630]

How old and what breeds? Some breeds will never get "fat".