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[sdm111]

I remember an old timer I knew fed pellets to everything even in a keep quantities different of course his thinking was if their food is changed it would mess up their stomach so why would u possibly mess him up at the very time he's got to shine. He was more into liquid amounts and being empty at the right time and did well too

 

[sdm111]

Haha no kidding. I'm gonna make a note of the pens where i find more waste food. They are getting the "five fingers of death" aka Vienna sausages.

c'mon don't waste good Vienna sausages mmmm!

 

[sdm111]

I feed a much higher protein for my other roosters feathers. I'm lazy so I use one bucket to feed the rest of the grown roosters.
My laying hens get pellets and scratch.
It's all got a lot more to do with genetics.
No matter what you feed me i ain't gonna look like the Rock.

question for u havoc just wondering cause u all up into the proteins and whatnot, it there like a cap or threshold where any protein over a certain percentage can't be used so it's basically waisted? Just wondering mine ain't changing they gonna get what they get just for my information

 

[SwampFoot]

I finally got a few more pics of what's going on in the yard lately.

One of the biddies got scalped, but he doesn't stay outside, he comes inside with me after I come in.

Hatch biddie

sweater/hatch pullet

supposedly hatch, but I am not familiar with this color.

supposedly hatch biddies

grey mama and a bunch of asil crosses

Grey son

Grey daddy

 

[sdm111]

They've arrived

and I was wrong it's bucket-o-quill

 

[B123]

Pellets = hot dogs
Mix = porterhouse, salad, baked potatoe and a beer of your choice or milk like me. Lol

Pellets are better than hot dogs. While they are not fancy, pellets provide a balanced nutrition. I agree though birds like some variety, just like us.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Pellets are better than hot dogs.  While they are not fancy, pellets provide a balanced nutrition.  I agree though birds like some variety, just like us.

fine. Turkey dogs then. Lol
More than half what I feed is pellets anyway. No special Canadian, Russian or any other kind of peas.
Pellets
Oats
Scratch
Boss
And take your pick of however u want to up the protein. Cost no more than pellets.
Seems to me pellet manufacturing is made up of waste grain.

 

[centrarchid]

The weather has been very much not conducive to rearing chicks this year. Spring has been wetter than average and cool as I remember it as a child. Most springs over last couple decades have been warmer and I got used to that. However, the month of June was the wettest on record and we have already accumulated an additional 10 inches of rain since the first of the month. All of my pens and the area used for broody hens was located on a slope to promote drainage. The slope appears not to be enough as water is averaging a good 1/2" everywhere for last 24 hours. The water appears to actually be coming out of the ground in a lot of seeps. The result is loss of all but two chicks hatched withing the last three weeks. This means a lot were lost. Some where products of rebreeds where first failed to give minimum sized broods. At this point I am committed to breeding some hens a third time which will means several broods will be hatching out in August, way later than anything planned should be hatched. This is a bit depressing. Older hatches are doing awesome although much of their eats now appears to be water bugs and frogs. This crap is outside my experience.

 

[sdm111]

Water is one of the few things that will have u wanting to wash your hands of the whole ordeal no pun intended

 

[roosterhavoc]

question for u havoc just wondering cause u all up into the proteins and whatnot, it there like a cap or threshold where any protein over a certain percentage can't be used so it's basically waisted? Just wondering mine ain't changing they gonna get what they get just for my information

It totally depends on how much exercise the birds get. If they are kept in a relatively small pen without much "work" or time on a cord or a fly pen. Then it would be mostly wasted say past mid 20%
With people lifting weights and breaking down muscle tissue the more protein intake the faster the muscle can rebuild and get bigger which leads to strength and power. Same can be said for gamefowl. Time and money would probably be better spent on better fowl from the beginning though.