Won't eat laying pellets?

[Dinos_rock]

I switched my chicken from scratch to laying pellets and she won't eat them. I guess if she gets hungry enough, she'll eat it because she hasn't starved to death yet. Anyone having this problem? Any advice? Will she eventually get use to it?

 

[shareneh]

My chickens wouldn't eat the pellets either because they were to big. I watered them down a bit and they eat them now.

 

[Southernbelle]

I call my 4 oldest chickens the Chicken Snobs. They love kitchen scraps so much that they boycott the layer pellets in favor of the kitchen scraps. They get very upset with me if I fail to bring their "real" food. But, I often go days without giving them any scraps, so when they get hungry enough, they eat their pellets.

 

[sugarbush]

Or you could buy layer mash instead of the pellets.

 

[cmom]

From another post.

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I agree with this post.

 

[cmom]

I tried both pellets and crumbles. My birds prefer crumbles. I raised my feeder and there is a lot less waste. Some does get flicked out but they pickat that too. Mine have access 24/7 to their food and water. I give them treats of scratch, (oats, sunflower seeds, once in awhile bird seed, cracked corn etc.), in small quanities as these are treats. I also give them vegies, fruits, most everything that I can grow. I do grow a lot of corn and watermelon especially, also tomatoes, squash, root crops, the list can go on. I feed them everything except potatoes. I figure they will eat what they want. I do free range them.

 

[Dinos_rock]

I think I'll try the crumbles then, thanks.

 

[Omran]

I mixed the palets with a little water and they started eatting them as they are having the last meal in thier life.