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Im glad the kids can't read , limiting food and pro pellet talk would rile them up! :D
rjohns39 said:
:frow Good morning Henny, try to have a great day and stay safe

:frow Good morning Fishy, have a great day. I've attached a starter read. I have Jeff's book and his goto guide as well. Feed is formulated with three main considerations: 1) How to make it as inexpensive as possible; 2) How to get maximum productions from the birds; 3) How to compensate for the treats we give. There's another metric out there that likely doesn't apply to your situation nor to mine. Layer chickens on fresh pasture require 4 1/2 oz of feed per day per bird. This metric again focuses on cost vs production, but also takes into account feed waste. It has an added benefit for those who don't feed pellets. Chickens will cherry pick if given the chance with grain based feeds. They like the candy better than the meat and potatoes. If you limit their feed, they'll eat it all. Some who have been fed excess grain based feed have developed fatty liver disease, because of the cherry picking. That's not possible with a pelleted feed.
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rjohns39 said:
:frow Good morning Henny, try to have a great day and stay safe

:frow Good morning Fishy, have a great day. I've attached a starter read. I have Jeff's book and his goto guide as well. Feed is formulated with three main considerations: 1) How to make it as inexpensive as possible; 2) How to get maximum productions from the birds; 3) How to compensate for the treats we give. There's another metric out there that likely doesn't apply to your situation nor to mine. Layer chickens on fresh pasture require 4 1/2 oz of feed per day per bird. This metric again focuses on cost vs production, but also takes into account feed waste. It has an added benefit for those who don't feed pellets. Chickens will cherry pick if given the chance with grain based feeds. They like the candy better than the meat and potatoes. If you limit their feed, they'll eat it all. Some who have been fed excess grain based feed have developed fatty liver disease, because of the cherry picking. That's not possible with a pelleted feed.
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Thank you! I will likely print this as well.
I kept reading the opposite information: pelleted feed is more likely to be picked through and wasted.
I fill their 3# feeder about every other day depending on the weather. I mix in a scoop or two of grit and a half scoop of scratch grain that has lots of different grains and isn’t heavy on the corn. My current scoop is a 2 cup dog food scoop. I did end up grabbing one of hennys scoops at TSC though, they were on sale. :)
 
Fishychix said:
Thank you! I will likely print this as well.
I kept reading the opposite information: pelleted feed is more likely to be picked through and wasted.
I fill their 3# feeder about every other day depending on the weather. I mix in a scoop or two of grit and a half scoop of scratch grain that has lots of different grains and isn’t heavy on the corn. My current scoop is a 2 cup dog food scoop. I did end up grabbing one of hennys scoops at TSC though, they were on sale. :)
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Grit and Oyster shell are best provided on the side free choice, as for the scratch just remember it's a treat. As for wasting, my teenagers are the worst. They scoop it out of the feeder and all over the ground. As for pellets, every pellet has the same blend of feed. So one pellet is no better than the next, but you'll never ever convince the birds of this. :gig
 
Well we are after the 8am ok to make noise rule.....imma get busy out there smoke or not.

In order to put Bitty's house together I need to harvest 2 rows of corn and 50 onions. Then the digging.

I did carb up in prep lol. French toast with duck eggs and bacon. The last week or so I been bottomed out at 10am.
 
rjohns39 said:
Grit and Oyster shell are best provided on the side free choice, as for the scratch just remember it's a treat. As for wasting, my teenagers are the worst. They scoop it out of the feeder and all over the ground. As for pellets, every pellet has the same blend of feed. So one pellet is no better than the next, but you'll never ever convince the birds of this. :gig
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So right about food wasting! Pretty funny, I have the "teenagers" in a tractor style coop that I move to fresh grass about once a week. They demolish the grass pretty fast, scoop the feed on the ground, and I move them. Then rake up excess poop and water the next day. Then I turn them loose and they go back and eat the damp old rejected feed like it was candy! LOL -- fermented feed?
 
21hens-incharge said:
Well we are after the 8am ok to make noise rule.....imma get busy out there smoke or not.

In order to put Bitty's house together I need to harvest 2 rows of corn and 50 onions. Then the digging.

I did carb up in prep lol. French toast with duck eggs and bacon. The last week or so I been bottomed out at 10am.
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Yum! After that breakfast I could not eat all day!
 
Parront said:
So right about food wasting! Pretty funny, I have the "teenagers" in a tractor style coop that I move to fresh grass about once a week. They demolish the grass pretty fast, scoop the feed on the ground, and I move them. Then rake up excess poop and water the next day. Then I turn them loose and they go back and eat the damp old rejected feed like it was candy! LOL -- fermented feed?
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:frow Good morning Parront, have a great day... This is the first group I've had do this. So it's something new for me.
 

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