Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

Lord, this response got buried. I've had a heck of a busy week, including trying to excavate my big coop of bedding. I may have taken "deep litter" too seriously - I've got about three feet of shavings in there! I think most of it came from that week I had to keep them indoors due to hawk worries, I must've used $100 worth of bedding to keep the place livable.

Anywho, the turkey grow is 22%. I keep most of my birds on all purpose, grower, or turkey feeds pretty much lifelong; I constantly have younger birds and multiple species moving pens, so it makes much more sense for me to feed a high protein feed. My standard pen is on a 20% corn based flock raiser, and my bantam is on the 22% turkey grow. I would actually rather have the bantams on something 18-20% protein but my brand doesn't offer anything wheat-based within that range, and I prefer the wheat based feeds for my little birds. They seem to be a higher quality, last longer, and I like the color better - a nice natural grey/brown. I can't quite afford the wheat for my standard birds, though.

Thanks for the suggestions! How often would you suggest giving the Brewer's yeast and tuna in rice? Daily?

So is the grower feed a pellet or grain ?

 

[QueenMisha]

So is the grower feed a pellet or grain ?

It's a crumble. A little smaller crumble than layer feed and a little bigger than chick start. The bantams have a good easy time eating it, as do all my chicks.

 

[Fancychooklady]

It's a crumble. A little smaller crumble than layer feed and a little bigger than chick start. The bantams have a good easy time eating it, as do all my chicks.

Oh I see,I would only use the yeast on a weekly basis and the tuna is ok a teaspoon at a time , but only for the bird with wryneck . I give all of my birds a weekly treat of generic sardines in oil mixed with cooked pasta and raw egg. But all treats should be kept to a minimum.
Feeding constant high levels of protein or calcium will eventually lead to health problems such as viscerial gout and organ damage.
The finisher and game bird growers are purposely designed for table birds that are required to grow hard and fast and live a very short life. Once a bird reaches 20 weeks of age it no longer requires the protein that rapid growing chicks do and it is best to find a feed that falls into the 15-17 % range.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Anyone know what color.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Anyone know what color.

Partridge? Silver Partridge?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Partridge?

thank u

 

[CochinLover1]

For the life of me, I cannot find anyone who sells standard size silkies. Anyone know?

 

[Alex1010]

For the life of me, I cannot find anyone who sells standard size silkies. Anyone know?

For the life of me, I cannot find anyone who sells standard size silkies. Anyone know?

That's because there isn't none in the U.S

 

[abbevilleoz]

For the life of me, I cannot find anyone who sells standard size silkies. Anyone know?

I thought there was only one size?

 

[Fancychooklady]

I thought there was only one size?

I'm begining to think that it is just ' urban myth ' , there are said to be some here in Aus , but I've never seen one.
Here are the weights .

http://www.freewebs.com/silkiebreeders/silkiestandards.htm