South Carolina

[Joycats]

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I give mine bread about once a week. It's a treat and they love it but nobody gets very much. Too much bread will make them fat and fat hens are not good layers. Just watch the quantity.

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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I give mine bread about once a week. It's a treat and they love it but nobody gets very much. Too much bread will make them fat and fat hens are not good layers. Just watch the quantity.

Would it help put some weight on my polish hen?

 

[oneofseven]

We fought a big fire at a bank this morning. Wouldn't you know it. It started raining AFTER it was put out.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I get all the old bread from the food pantry every Wed. and give it to my birds. Sometimes I have so much that they do not even eat all that I offer. I feed it to free ranging as well as penned birds. Mine love it and gobble up what they want but none of mine are fat and they still eat their regular food. I have free choice fed it to my roosters that we put up for meat from the time they are 6 weeks old on up and not gotten any more fat on them from it than the ones that seldom get bread.
I think it depends on how much exercise they get but if a bird has free choice good food then they will eat that. Chickens are pretty smart and they know nutrition when it is put before them but not given a choice they will consume whatever they can readily get to keep from starving. Or in their mind, keep from starving. Chickens and ducks always say they are starving. Oh, and horses, too!

I made a new page for my website. One of many that need to be done but the rain helped keep me inside to work on it.

http://www.westknollfarm.com/Guineas.html

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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I get all the old bread from the food pantry every Wed. and give it to my birds. Sometimes I have so much that they do not even eat all that I offer. I feed it to free ranging as well as penned birds. Mine love it and gobble up what they want but none of mine are fat and they still eat their regular food. I have free choice fed it to my roosters that we put up for meat from the time they are 6 weeks old on up and not gotten any more fat on them from it than the ones that seldom get bread.
I think it depends on how much exercise they get but if a bird has free choice good food then they will eat that. Chickens are pretty smart and they know nutrition when it is put before them but not given a choice they will consume whatever they can readily get to keep from starving. Or in their mind, keep from starving. Chickens and ducks always say they are starving. Oh, and horses, too!

I made a new page for my website. One of many that need to be done but the rain helped keep me inside to work on it.

http://www.westknollfarm.com/Guineas.html

Amy, I love the page!! You have some really pretty guinea babies there!!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Do any look familiar??

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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You have done a great job! I just love how fast they have grow--it seems like just yesterday they were hatched!!

 

[dixiebeast]

Wow everyone had such a busy rainy day...it stormed awfull here this morn but I was in Joanna at work...just got home to most everyone high and dry and had my first 5 egg day!!!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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You have done a great job! I just love how fast they have grow--it seems like just yesterday they were hatched!!

I almost caught up with you. I haven't counted all the Guineas lately. I thought it best to stop counting at 30! I have some in a plastic brooder still, some in a wire bottom brooder in the coop, some have just gone out to play in the duck yard, some still in the trampoline pen and then those that free range.

Oh! I snapped some photos today of the hen from Joy and the Guinea Boy that came up last spring, with their 2 keets. I need to add to my webpage already!

And the other animals know they mean business when they come around with their keets. This cat decided to leave the area when the Guineas started down the drive.

Here are the ones that are out "free ranging" now. They went into the duck pen and coop up in the end stall with ducks, brooder pens, chicks and the pair of LF Cochin. I expect in another month I will see them wandering. Guinea Girl does not like them near her keets.

 

[Moonchild]

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You have done a great job! I just love how fast they have grow--it seems like just yesterday they were hatched!!

I almost caught up with you. I haven't counted all the Guineas lately. I thought it best to stop counting at 30! I have some in a plastic brooder still, some in a wire bottom brooder in the coop, some have just gone out to play in the duck yard, some still in the trampoline pen and then those that free range.

Oh! I snapped some photos today of the hen from Joy and the Guinea Boy that came up last spring, with their 2 keets. I need to add to my webpage already!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9332_guinea_family_9-11.jpg

And the other animals know they mean business when they come around with their keets. This cat decided to leave the area when the Guineas started down the drive.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9332_cat_not_stupid.jpg

Here are the ones that are out "free ranging" now. They went into the duck pen and coop up in the end stall with ducks, brooder pens, chicks and the pair of LF Cochin. I expect in another month I will see them wandering. Guinea Girl does not like them near her keets.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/9332_protect_me.jpg

Can't Wait to see the d'Uccles and the Keets!!!!!