Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Can anyone give me a guess as to when the littles might be able to eat pellets rather than crumble?
I will run out of chick crumble before the end of the week and trying to decide how big a bag to get. I generally prefer pellets because of waste but I assume they are too big for the babies to eat.
Worst case I can make mash of course but at the rate these gals are eating I would be making new bowls of mash every few hours!

Well I use crumble for everyone so I am no help!

I buy 25KG bags of feed that lasts forever, how big of bags are you getting?

 

[featherhead007]

I cheat when I am in a pinch and need to grind up some food. My old trust blender to the rescue.

That’ll work

 

[RoyalChick]

16 weeks

Thank you.
Do others have roughly the same experience?
Everyone else, I know how to convert pellets into crumble and have a full armory of weapons to help me do that.
However I want to figure out how much crumble to buy so that I don’t have to go through the hassle of grinding, chopping or otherwise pulverizing pellets!

 

[Ponypoor]

The silkies are so cute and the frizzle
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The big ones and the tweens wont come out
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Zeus cocorico. The tween rooster is cocoricoing back from inside the coop. He is actually loud now and has a good cocorico going on.

That little paint is very cute and reminds me of Fluffy

 

[featherhead007]

Yes. And a food processor. But I am also lazy!

Use the hammer. One crumble at a time And say (with every smash) I hate that Alex! I hate that Alex!

 

[Ponypoor]

Caturday:
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Thirsty Thursday that I missed:
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Tiny fluffy butts (all five)


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Some individual butts
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Moving up up up butts
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hahaha love that cat in the tree - too funny.

And look at those babies! wow have they ever grown! Very cute

 

[LhickenChicken]

Use the hammer. One crumble at a time And say (with every smash) I hate that Alex! I hate that Alex!

I don't hate you Alex...

 

[Ponypoor]

Backed with love - she will love it

Meant Baked - sheesh! autocorrect!

 

[Ponypoor]

Can anyone give me a guess as to when the littles might be able to eat pellets rather than crumble?
I will run out of chick crumble before the end of the week and trying to decide how big a bag to get. I generally prefer pellets because of waste but I assume they are too big for the babies to eat.
Worst case I can make mash of course but at the rate these gals are eating I would be making new bowls of mash every few hours!

Anywhoo mine are 2 weeks old and they eat huge grubs and worms and even the scratch grains I am throwing down for the mamas. Can you try a handful and see if they eat it?

 

[RoyalChick]

Anywhoo mine are 2 weeks old and they eat huge grubs and worms and even the scratch grains I am throwing down for the mamas. Can you try a handful and see if they eat it?

Now that is a very good idea!