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| Author: | duckie [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
My girls are always going broody. I give the chicks the starter food and put some grain up higher for mum. I use a parrot water bowl and hang it on the wire for her. The starter I put a little bit off the ground so that she will not scratch it all out. Even when she gets the starter she drops it for the chicks. I have no issue with her eggs as she doesn't lay for about a month anyway. As suggested, the medication in starter is minimal for a grown hen. Don't worry too much. |
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| Author: | Doolan [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Ok duckie..sounds reasonable...starter is so boring too xxxx |
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| Author: | duckie [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Hello Doolan, I also give my poultry (chooks, ducks & geese) greens (and fruit if available) every night and a little in the morning as I don't have any grass in the run any more. The chooks destroyed it all over time. I also have a bag of chaff for emergencies. In the winter I mix mill run (bran & pollard mixed) with warm water and cooked scraps. |
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| Author: | Doolan [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Oh god duckie...i am a sucker for treats but i only meant the starter is boring for mum after she is so used to the best of everything...mine are all demand fed and i am at their beck and call of course ha ha..i am a push over xxx |
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| Author: | Pete28 [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
I mix a little layer grain in with the chick starter so mum has some normal food and it limits how much of the starter she eats |
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| Author: | Cordelia [ Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Thats a good idea Pete
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| Author: | Doolan [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Ummmm...what can I say? |
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| Author: | LOOLOO [ Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Doolan wrote: i am at their beck and call of course ha ha..i am a push over xxx I know the feeling  LooLoo |
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| Author: | Desnee [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
My hens don't start laying again until many weeks after the chicks are gone so never a problem here |
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| Author: | LOOLOO [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Egg withholding when mum eats chick starter |
Desnee wrote: My hens don't start laying again until many weeks after the chicks are gone so never a problem here Your lucky Desnee Its quite normal for them to start again while they have chicks LooLoo |
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