So I just got more chickens so we could keep giving out the same amount of treats, and it made less of an impact on their diet.![]()
Hahaha that's wonderful!
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So I just got more chickens so we could keep giving out the same amount of treats, and it made less of an impact on their diet.![]()
That sound terrible! I'm sorry. Mine seem healthy but I get concerned about their food intake. It's hard to control free-rangers diets'. I'm against providing unlimited access to treats, and I don't believe in providing even more corn (since there's already so much in most feeds, and from I've heard, it's not very nutritious). But if I have their 'healthy' food always available, and they choose not to eat it, I'm not sure what to do about that, other than to try to entice them. My bucket feeder makes so they'd have to eat their way through the feed to the next layer of treats, so that helps.
Do you have any other recommendations for tempting them to eat more boring feed?
My oldest is 3, so I haven't had a chance to see long term health outcomes yet; I don't know how much to worry about this.
I like to give treats... and so does my toddler. But really, they can cause total havoc for egg layers, I was getting a lot of soft shells.
So I just got more chickens so we could keep giving out the same amount of treats, and it made less of an impact on their diet.
feeding is a science and not really guesswork or generalizations, and you would really be throwing off the ratios of what they need by filling them up on corn.
Throw it in the trash.Um, sort of....
I don't want to throw away good corn... (if that's what you really mean't..)
Feed them commercially made pelleted or crumbled layer type feed ONLY.So my main question is: What exactly should I be feeding so my hens (almost hens) live LONG?
ETA: I got them for pets so I want them to live a long life.
Pellets are always nice.So my main question is: What exactly should I be feeding so my hens (almost hens) live LONG?
Feed them commercially made pelleted or crumbled layer type feed ONLY.
Feed the layer feed if your birds are over 18 weeks.
If younger they should be on starter/chick feed.
If you have a cockerel or rooster feed an all flock feed with oyster shell on the side.
If you want to give treats give the scratch......I would toss the whole corn in the trash.
So my main question is: What exactly should I be feeding so my hens (almost hens) live LONG?
ETA: I got them for pets so I want them to live a long life.