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[centrarchid]

Mine eat the least on warm winter days. They eat the most when it is really cold when feed intake can better that double. Relative to the base winter rate, egg production and molt increases feed intake. During production season feed intake low except for growing birds. It gets real complicated when tracking broody hens.

 

[roosterhavoc]

That needs to be clarified. When it is very cold like now, providing water twice daily gives them access to liquid version only about 2 hours of the day. When I track penned birds, most ingest water once per day. The other application of water they look for me to give them something different, even if food not all consumed yet.

Most evenings, all feed consumed when they rise to roost. This evening about half had feed as grain still on ground.

Most birds will start bypassing pellets for corn and scratch. Which isn’t good for them either. Sometimes it seems
Like they slow down completely and actually eat less. With pens wrapped and in the sun it’s considerably warmer and they’re more active. = more water as well

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I've been giving mine more since its pretty cold bout a quart and a 1/4 mason jar or so for a pair with whole corn tossed in not a lot of corn and right at 2 quarts for trios, but been putting it on the ground as well as in the cups. They seem to clean it up pretty decently, maybe a few pellets left.

 

[centrarchid]

Most birds will start bypassing pellets for corn and scratch. Which isn’t good for them either. Sometimes it seems
Like they slow down completely and actually eat less. With pens wrapped and in the sun it’s considerably warmer and they’re more active. = more water as well

Restricting ration can make so intake of balanced formulation is not decreased.

In pens, pop with grains at end of day after the complete formulation is consumed. Ideally, they consume all the intact grains before going to roost. It is a game where they get too much some days, especially as temperatures increase.

Birds based in barn as part of larger groups get free-choice access to complete diet in pens and grain mix well away from barn. Birds have to acclimate to that arrangement. At first they are prone to over consume the grains but after a couple days balance things out. When it gets hot and free-range forage picks up, grains are for the most part passed up.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Had the inlaws check in on my Warhorse and hatch hen right before dark all seemed well for now.

 

[B123]

Morning All!
-3 right now, should drop a few more degrees before things start to warm. Stay warm.

 

[sdm111]

35

 

[roosterhavoc]

Morning. Gave all the birds hot tea and a buttered English muffin. A few ungrateful birds said they’d rather have coffee and crumb cake. “I’m doing the best I can here!” Can’t win.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Not as cold today. It’s 13 now

 

[sdm111]

Morning. Gave all the birds hot tea and a buttered English muffin. A few ungrateful birds said they’d rather have coffee and crumb cake. “I’m doing the best I can here!” Can’t win.

bagels and cream cheese man bagels and cream cheese