Official Squatch Watchers

[Kiki]

I need to sit down and do the math.
It is PASSED my bedtime.

 

[Kiki]

“They” say treats shouldn’t be more then 10% of their diet. So say 8 cups of fruits and veggies 2-3 times a week. 20 cups a week between 9 chickens. That’s 1/3 cup per chicken per day....

Can you say this a different way.
You have me all confused here.. I am just not getting it.

 

[Suzi18]

I would say yes.....2-3 cups 5-6 times a week split between 9 chickens

 

[Kiki]

I would say yes.....2-3 cups 5-6 times a week split between 9 chickens

STOP.
I have 8 hens and I feed maybe 2 cups total per week!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Little green bug? No...those awful Asian lady bugs. They are orange and stink when you squish them. They love my house.
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That’s just one window. They currently love my bathroom....

I wonder if the home defense spray on the window frames outside will hold them at bay.

She is a 8 month old Bluebar.

I give them " treats" ( veggies and fruits) 5 or 6 times a week. 2 pie pans of chopped veggies or fruits shared by 9 chickens

Don't think she is any more of a piggie than the rest of them.

I would cut the treats to about 1/3rd of that and see if that helps.
I also read about oats being a bad thing.

That is too much treats in my opinion.

I would agree totally.
30 birds here get 2 cups of scratch to share each day and if I am giving other treats they don't get any that day. Other treats are given in the same amount that the scratch would have been.

 

[Kiki]

STOP.
I have 8 hens and I feed maybe 2 cups total per week!

So that is almost a whole cup per girl per day.
That is just too much imo.

Like how I round way up here.

 

[CapricornFarm]

And climbing all over the coop and rabbit cage get a 22

Already have one and a shot gun, rifle, hand guns....if i see it, its history if i am armed.

 

[Kiki]

I really like this article.
It doesn't matter if you treats are corn (please don't ever tell ME you feed corn...I will have a heart attack) greens, fruits or whatever.
Just LIMIT them.
http://articles.extension.org/pages/69065/feeding-chickens-for-egg-production

 

[Suzi18]

So even at the high end.....3 cups 6 times a week equals 18 cups a week split between 9 chickens.......thats only 2 cups per bird over a weeks time. Doesnt seem excessive at all........

 

[TexasSam]

Can you say this a different way.
You have me all confused here.. I am just not getting it.

Basically when you feed treats they eat less of the feed and the feed is a higher Concentration of vitamin that they need. So to much treats are bad. The feed is mixed with everything a chicken needs and treats are not. Don’t get me wrong treats are fine in small amount