How much feed do you go thru?

[BirdBoy88]

50lbs bag in one week for me

 

[BeardedChick]

12 almost laying age hens, 5 small pullets, 5 turkeys eat about 50# in a month. They freerange and eat a lot of bugs every day. For now, they are all eating Sunfresh Flockraiser & the hens get some scratch.

 

[AllChookUp]

smom1976 wrote:
does anyone know the food/chick ratio that we should be feeding?

I don't know, exactly. My thought is that if their feeder is empty when you check on them, they need more. If there's still some feed left in it, they're probably getting enough feed.

I know that's a pretty generic answer - Sorry. I obsessed over it at first, but now I'm more relaxed about the whole thing.​

 

[ams3651]

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about the same here, almost 13 weeks, 8 birds, they are outside but dont free range they always have feed out

 

[FarmerChick]

I have 400 chickens laying eggs that I sell at the farmers markets.
Chicks--be sure to get all CHICK feed, starter etc. The feed store and back of the bag will easily tell you want to feed. Chicks need to eat at least 5 times a day up to 6 weeks, 4 up to 8 weeks, and about 3 times a day after.

I keep open chick filled feeders in all troughs when raising young. I don't raise them any more, I buy 16 week old pullets that are close to laying from another local farmer. Easier for me in time and cost.

I go thru 2,000 to 2,300 lbs of bulk feed every 5 weeks.

best of luck on the chicks!

 

[chicken_angler]

I have 8 Chickens and they go thru 50 lbs. in about four weeks. They are about 13 weeks old.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I think I may be feeding them tooo much.. anyone how much is too much.?

Most everyone just keeps their feeders full and let them eat what they want. I have the gallon sized feeder and I refill it every three-four days for now. Of course as they get older that will increase I'm sure. They are 10 weeks old. They also free range for a few hours every night while we can sit out there with them.​

 

[pips&peeps]

I have around 80 chickens, 100 chicks of various ages, 20 ducks and 16 geese.

I go through a little over a bag of layer feed a day, a bag of chick start in a week, and a bag of gamebird feed in 3-4 days.

 

[ChickenToes]

Right now I have 31 chickens (about 16 weeks old) and they go through a 50 lb bag of feed every month. We also give them a bit cracked corn and any old fruits/veggies/bread that is laying around.

 

[elfkin2001]

My husband and I own approximately 60 chickens (youngest are 8 months old) and 8 ducks. We go through 200lbs of scratch/layer mix every month.