Need a second job

[CowgirlPenny]

To fed these chicks LOL. 75lbs of feed down, just picked up a 50lb bag today. Hard to believe 18 chicks can eat that much in 7.5wks time!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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We go through 8 bags a week. That doesn't include BOSS, scratch, oats or treats.

They can get very pricey. Good thing we have a feed mill right behind our house!

 

[CowgirlPenny]

I don't let them graze eat either, they don't have food in their coop at night and I refill their feeder once a day. If it was full all the time...omg I don't even want to think about how many bags we would have used by now,lol. Of course mine eat lots of real food too.

 

[flying_babyb]

whats scratch? I thought thats when you tossed the chicken feed around the coop. (again, im new)

 

[CowgirlPenny]

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Scratch is a treat.

 

[Celtic Chick]

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Scratch is a treat.

Scratch grain. You buy it at the feed store. It is for poultry. Mostly corn, oats & seeds. But don't give them much. Just throw it on the ground & let them forage for it.

 

[chickensinwasillaAK]

Just remember with scratch it's like candy to kids. Your birds will love it but feed them to much they''ll get fat and won't lay.

It's more of a treat, up here in our cold winters we use it when they're outside on a cold day, throw it outside and they'll forage for it and burn off any calories from the scratch by the exercise they're getting in the cold.