Tonics for Moulting Chickens

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

Hi,

all you wise chookie people out there,

I was wondering what do people use for their chookies before and during moulting season?

Thank you, kindly

EGGBENDER · **Joined:** Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:02 am **Posts:** 2

I have used Moulting Aid by Vetafarm Pty Ltd

Directions: Mix 0.5mL of Moulting Aid with 150mL of clean drinking water and supply for 3-5 days each week during moulting season.
On food, add 5mLs of Moulting Aid to approximately 1Kg of soft or wet feeds

Ingredients: Vitamin A, D3, E, K, B12, Biotin, Nicotinamide, Potassium Iodine, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Panothenic Acid, Lysine, Pyridoxine, Methionine, Choline Bitartrate, Folic Acid, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt

Nsw Backyard Poultry · **Joined:** Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:39 am **Posts:** 1

Plenty of good greens just before, during moult will be all you need and no I am not talking about lettuce. I use mainly silverbeet and cabbage but also colli and brocoli

oozcorpse · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:15 am **Posts:** 2715

Nsw Backyard Poultry wrote:

Plenty of good greens just before, during moult will be all you need and no I am not talking about lettuce. I use mainly silverbeet and cabbage but also colli and brocoli

you can also add small quatities of fruit to this ^
If you want - a half dose of a multi vitamin can be added to their water = many like to give their birds multi vitamins
remember tho that a well fed bird has a rounded diet and that diet is full of what they need

# well fed does not mean over fed

Bill · **Posted:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:39 pm

Yes too good points there overweight is just as bad as underweight

Fiona450 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:49 pm

Mine are quite keen on bunches of fresh chicory, but turn their beaks up at kale!

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

Thank you, kindly

for all your responses, your input is appreciated!

EGGBENDER · **Joined:** Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:02 am **Posts:** 2

Fiona450 wrote:

Mine are quite keen on bunches of fresh chicory, but turn their beaks up at kale!

Had to look that up

Chicory is a popular substitute for coffee, as well as a central ingredient in ' chicory coffee' recipes

Interesting stuff

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

EGGBENDER wrote:

Fiona450 wrote:

Mine are quite keen on bunches of fresh chicory, but turn their beaks up at kale!

Had to look that up

Chicory is a popular substitute for coffee, as well as a central ingredient in ' chicory coffee' recipes

Interesting stuff

Coles sell chicory essence.

http://www.bushellscoffee.com.au/range/essence.asp

SussexLover · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:15 am

Mine get a little biotin+calcium (the product is intended for healing horses hooves) in their wet mash of an evening. The do get greens through the day.

My hens quite often start laying again during the later stages of the moult whereas, prior to adding the biotin, they didn't lay for some months.

Linz

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