Giving scratch. How often?

[Lockdown199]

I've looked in several scratch threads and none mention how often you give to them, my question is you guessed it......how often do you give scratch.....everyday, every other day, once a week?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I give mine every day

 

[RonP]

A small amount, a hand full, most mornings, for a dozen birds.

 

[Chris09]

A lot depends on the age of the birds, the protein amount of there regular feed and the protein amount of the scratch grain.

Lets say your feeding 10 to 12 adult birds, there on a 16% protein feed and your using a regular 8 to 9 percent protein scratch you wouldn't want to feed much more than a hand full of scratch per day. Now take that same number of adult birds and the same 8 to 9 percent protein scratch BUT your feeding a 20% protein feed then you could get away with up to 1/4 there feed intake.