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Cuteness Overload!!!!!! Everyone has been posting such beautiful photos of their chicks!
How much chicken food do you all go through in a week? Chicks included since they seem to spill the most.
I have 44 birds and go through 50 pounds in just under a week. My 8 hens and the 4 (4 month old) orpingtons free range almost all day, every day but still go through a large amount of foos. I have 7 (4 month old) Barnelvelder that are in a tractor that is moved at least daily. They seem to be great foragers, especially liking any grass that has gone to seed. They don't go through much feed. I have a juvenile pen with 13 youngsters that are 9-12 weeks old. Seems like they suddenly started eating a lot!!! I go through far more food for these guys than I do my other pens. I have a brooder box with 5 (4 week old) cochins. They make a huge mess of their food. It seems the container epties as soon as I put it is, and their flor is covered with 1/2 inch of food! I think I may forgo the wood shavings! I scoop their box out weekly and put all that wasted food into the compost. I have a rabbit hutch with a broody hen and her 4 1 week old BCM chicks. Food in there falls through to a pan below, and there is a mountian of food in the pan right now. and lastlly, I have a large dog kennel with another Eglu and 2 abntam cochins. They don't eat much, and if I use the feeders that came with the coop, they don't spill much either. These are the same feeders that are in my barnie tractor where I also don't get much wasted.
