hi all,
I have 5 small flocks, I have 5 old hens turning 7 and still doing great I have 6 hens that's are a little over a year old and then I have 2 chickens turning 1 year in November. next I have 1, 15 week old chicken then I got 4, 8 week old chicks all in one coop and 3 chicks in the stall. also last but not least 11 guinea hens that run wild and roam wherever, whenever they want so in total I have 31 chickens including the guinea hens and lots of breeds! so my question is how much do I need to feed them? my coop holds 18 chickens so I feed daily crumble, cracked corn sometimes tomatoes sometimes thing that are starting to go bad in the garden such as squash and zucchini and sometimes cucumbers ok its a lot but my question is how much feed do they need?
I take my chickens to show every year and I take about 3-4 so I choose the best ones and this year (my fair was last weekend) I found out the judges had commented on another of a 4-h members chicken saying it was overweight and it did well but that was the only flaw so it got me thinking am I feeding too much? I feed my chickens crumble and cracked corn and fill it up to the top in my 5 gallon feeder and sometimes I mix in bird seed or sunflower seed. which I know is all good for them but can my chickens become over weight? and if so how can I stop/prevent this? what is your tricks when coming to feeding time? I feed them snacks such as watermelon will that make them over weight? if I keep feeding what I usually feed will it eventually make them over weight? or am I all wrong and its too little? I can post some pictures if needed by the way!
thanks anybody who helps and has any suggestions!
-aqua
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I have 5 small flocks, I have 5 old hens turning 7 and still doing great I have 6 hens that's are a little over a year old and then I have 2 chickens turning 1 year in November. next I have 1, 15 week old chicken then I got 4, 8 week old chicks all in one coop and 3 chicks in the stall. also last but not least 11 guinea hens that run wild and roam wherever, whenever they want so in total I have 31 chickens including the guinea hens and lots of breeds! so my question is how much do I need to feed them? my coop holds 18 chickens so I feed daily crumble, cracked corn sometimes tomatoes sometimes thing that are starting to go bad in the garden such as squash and zucchini and sometimes cucumbers ok its a lot but my question is how much feed do they need?
I take my chickens to show every year and I take about 3-4 so I choose the best ones and this year (my fair was last weekend) I found out the judges had commented on another of a 4-h members chicken saying it was overweight and it did well but that was the only flaw so it got me thinking am I feeding too much? I feed my chickens crumble and cracked corn and fill it up to the top in my 5 gallon feeder and sometimes I mix in bird seed or sunflower seed. which I know is all good for them but can my chickens become over weight? and if so how can I stop/prevent this? what is your tricks when coming to feeding time? I feed them snacks such as watermelon will that make them over weight? if I keep feeding what I usually feed will it eventually make them over weight? or am I all wrong and its too little? I can post some pictures if needed by the way!
thanks anybody who helps and has any suggestions!
-aqua
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