What To Feed Molters?

[PepsNick]

Name says all.



Thanks.

 

[Organics North]

Protein!
ON

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Scrambled eggs, tuna, BOSS, leftover meat (fed my girls some leftover rib nuckles the other day and they went nuts for it),

 

[Kittymomma]

Like the others have said--High protien treats are good for them. You could also switch them to a higher protien feed such as grower or gamebird for the duration, just make sure to put oyster shell out for them if you do that so they can get the calcium they need if they start laying again before you finish the bag.

 

[PepsNick]

Great, thank you. LOL there will be a lot of meat buyin' then... I'm a vegeterian! So they won't eat layer at all? I know I won't just feed them that, but will they AT ALL eat it? Oh wait, they won't need it.

 

[Judy]

No, no, don't take their layer away, just supplement. Feed has vitamins and such. I can buy a can of mackerel near the tuna that is pretty inexpensive and no junk, a good supplement, and they love it.

 

[PepsNick]

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Great, thank you.

 

[Kittymomma]

They need chicken feed too. If you switch their feed to gamebird or grower to raise their overall protien intake without the hassle of feeding supplements you don't have to feed layer too, but as ddawn mentioned they still need some sort of complete feed to meet their other nutritional needs, protien supplements alone won't do the job.

 

[HorizonSon]

Ours NEVER EVER have had layer feed. A bit of scratch in the am and pm; rest of the day they free range. 6.5 eggs a week averages and about 4.5 eggs per week averages while going through slow healthy molting. But they molt right about now and the days are really short at this latitude already