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[pennyJo1960]

It is not bad for them to have just feed
Morning Old Folks now handing a clump of weeds
is no big deal

 

[Sally PB]

You can give them their feed as mash. Remember though, grower feed in not the best thing for hens

Oh, I'm not feeding grower. I'm feeding Nutrena all flock 20%. They're not quite hens (10 months) if that changes anything. I have a cockerel, so that's why I picked all flock.

 

[pennyJo1960]

20 % is pretty high for all of them JMHO

 

[Sally PB]

Here are the things I usually give as treats. Snippings of kale or weeds from the greenhouse, barley fodder, their food as a mash (to use up the fines/crumbled bits they don't like), melon or squash guts and seeds, carrot pulp from juicing. Not all of them, just what's on hand. Much less often, maybe 1x week, they get BOSS with a few mealworms.

I picked the 20% because I knew the treats would "dilute" the protein percentage a little. Their treats are 10% or less of their feed. Except with the mash, since that is their feed.

I'm in "use it up" mode right now, planning my meals from the freezer and what's on hand. So they're getting mash as their treat until the bag of fines is gone. With some snippings of green on top.

OS and egg shells and grit on the side.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Once a week is great use what you have I agree don't have throw money away

 

[ronott1]

Oh, I'm not feeding grower. I'm feeding Nutrena all flock 20%. They're not quite hens (10 months) if that changes anything. I have a cockerel, so that's why I picked all flock.

Perfect!

They do need less treats then. I would follow the pdf guide I posted for table scraps for all treats-- anything other than the poultry feed.

The flock should eat nearly 100% feed until the egg quality is back up

 

[getaclue]

Flockraiser feed (18 - 20%) is fine. Make sure they have a source of free choice calcium, (oyster shell, or other type) which is more critical when you feed flockraiser type feed.

 

[Sally PB]

They love their food as a mash, so that's their treat for a week or so. With some barley fodder snippings on top. They love their greens just as much.

Thanks for all the advice!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Still wet here darnit 45 or close working on the collar I bought Pugsly sad he is too small for most

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Still snowing here. I'll measure later. Some parts of North Jersey had 28" as of last night. Not near that much here.