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You'll have to stop feeding the scratch feed. Chickens are like kids in that they will eat candy all day if allowed to.
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A feed like that is best fed fermented or wet.I have been giving my hens Happy Chicken layer feed and found they are only eating the other ingredients but not the pellets.
Thank you for your prompt reply. So am I risking them not eating a new crumble feed if I start offering wet pellets?A feed like that is best fed fermented or wet.
The pellets contain the protein, vitamins and minerals.
You don't want to put wet feed into your Grandpa feeder. I use a rubber bowl when I give my chickens wet feed as a treat.View attachment 2512626
I feed a Crumble feed dry in a hanging feeder.View attachment 2512628
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No not at all. My Hens and Pullets love their Crumble feed dry and wet.Thank you for your prompt reply. So am I risking them not eating a new crumble feed if I start offering wet pellets?
I have a grandpa's feeder too and just switched to layer pellets. They are on an eating strike. So I guess I'll go to wetting food outside of feeder and see if they catch on to eating dry pellets in the feeder. I'll wet food and leave out just for the day.I have been giving my hens Happy Chicken layer feed and found they are only eating the other ingredients but not the pellets. I am going to try them on layer crumble but I will also try wetting the pellets. I’m concerned about how quickly the wet pellets could get moldy. So, I will not put it in the Grandpa’s feeder but in a separate container. Any thoughts on this?
What is BOSS?I learned years ago that layer feed simply doesn't have a very exciting taste, and chickens really do notice.
This was one of the reasons I did away all together with layer feed. Unless you run a commercial egg barn, layer really isn't necessary.
I switched to Purina flock Raiser and provided oyster shell free choice, and soon after, began fermenting the feed. I throw in some BOSS and the chickens can't get more excited about their feed.
This feeding practice also serves my mixed flock well. I have roosters, chicks, and "retired" layers that all should not have layer feed, so the all flock feed makes life simpler - no juggling different feeds for different needs.
Black oil sunflower seedWhat is BOSS?
So my 4 hens will not eat the layer pellets I bought or the oyster shell. They free range all day and LOVE the scratch mix I put down in the run for when they are inside. They follow me to the run after I have let them out and wait until I pit the scratch down. I have mixed the pellets and oyster shell with the scratch but they pick around it. Is this an issue? Should I just buy and feed them scratch?