Feeding Time

Waterers and feeders

feeds@yuku.com (darlasmum) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:30:57 GMT

My chicks are due to arrive the end of the month, so I am getting ready to make a shopping trip for supplies. I have a couple questions re feeders.
1. Do chicks do best with the plastic strip feeders vs bowls? Do you use these strips also for water?
2. Whats your opinion on plastic vs metal feeders and waterers? I have an antique glass top with a metal bottom/dish- can I use it?
3. Once they are in the run- to hang or not hang water and feed?
4. Do I need water and feed...

Pearson's Square Protein Calculator

feeds@yuku.com (FussyHen) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:28:02 GMT

Is anyone familiar with Pearson's Square, the calculator for determining how much of a high-protein ingredient to add to a grain-based feed?

I understand how it works and have done my calculations, but the results are in 'parts'. Now, most feeds are calculated in pounds, and others are calculated in 'parts'. It seems to me that a feed that is (a simple example) 8 lbs wheat mixed with 2 lbs alfalfa meal is going to be different from the one that is 8 cups of...

Feeding Comfrey and waterer question

feeds@yuku.com (thatcomputerchick) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:14:46 GMT

Anyone feeding comfrey to their flock? if so, chopped, whole leaf, etc?

Also - I'm on about my 4th round of waterers - I'm looking for something that wont' be a)as heavy as the 5 gal field waterers (which are HORRIBLE to clean) - possibly even autowaterer hookup (I tried some trough style i purchased from Randall Burkey and they are VERY 'cheap') - for a bunch of pastured birds... I'm SOO tired of bucket hauling! Thoughts?

Andrea

Pennfield feeds 4/15 to 6/30/09

feeds@yuku.com (ML) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:28 GMT

Went to the feedstore today to get some egg layer. Wow what a pleasant suprize. Buy 2 get one free on 50 lb bags of Penn field feeds!

My feedstore was great about this the deal is over 6/30 and they are not saying a limit yet. So bought 8 got 4 free bags. yahoo, that so helps my feed bill.

They said it is open those that carry Pennfield and particapating in the offer. You do have to fill out a form for each free bag. I can so deal with that. That is like a...

Changing Water Containers

feeds@yuku.com (jimnjay) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:13:09 GMT

I hate the LG water jugs with the threaded red bottoms. I am scrubbing them daily to get the guck out of the threads and they freeze in winter and it is a job to get them ready to set out again. When you use them in the brooder they are full of shavings almost immediately. I have decided to go with crockery bowls. I found some at TSC and it will be expensive to convert but it will save so much work. I will only have to swish the left over water out each day and refill from a gallon jug...

Special needs chicken feed requirements question

feeds@yuku.com (BeckT) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:44:50 GMT

I now have a special needs girl in the house again. She has lost the use of her legs. She is high in spirits and is willing to eat. The question I have is am I feeding her the right things. I got some hand rearing formula and am mixing that up with layer and adding hard boiled egg yolk. I then mix in some yogurt. I mixed in some leftover rice last night and this morning and she is eating it well. I can't seem to get her to drink from a bowel so I use a syringe and drop the water on her...

Can I feed the Bacon Grease? Quail 27% protien feed?

feeds@yuku.com (garcam123) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:21:52 GMT

I've got 10 RIR hens about 16 weeks old. I started feeding them chick started feed and then switched them to laying mash too soon I guess. They appear to want to eat all of the time so I started putting a small amout of bacon grease in their food and they seem to like it. I also got some high protien quail feed and have added a small amount of that to thier laying mash diet. My thinking is to get some additional fat and protien into their diet. One person I chatted breifly with on...

Buying fish meal

feeds@yuku.com (FussyHen) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:23:17 GMT

My local feed store has a mixed cracked grain consisting of corn, wheat, milo, oats and barley. Since it's lacking in protein, and many websites recommend fish meal, I am wondering where I would get it? I only have four hens, with maybe another four or so maybe the coming spring, so a large order is out of the question.

Any thoughts?

Sue

Is it ok to feed Raw Rice in the Hull to my chickens ?

feeds@yuku.com (Nikki) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:40:54 GMT

Is it ok to feed Raw Rice in the Hull to my chickens ? A friend says he feeds this to his birds all the time...
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Homemade feed mix

feeds@yuku.com (Csuzanne) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:24:23 GMT
Does anyone here make up their own chicken feed? I have been using Purina Layena but this fall my hens have had a very hard molt. I started feeding a little dog food to supplement the protein's and they have come around really well. I am now convinced that animal protein is a part of the key for their health. I can't find a feed around here that contains animal proteins so I thought about making my own. I don't know where to start. Anyone have a recipe or suggestion for...

Dumor feed

feeds@yuku.com (sue) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:41:17 GMT
I have noticed the Dumor feed has a proof of purchase with dotted lines around it-often this indicates a use if you save this proof of purchase. Like the weight circle on Purina products. Anybody know anything about this? Dumor doesn't have website I've been able to fine.

Is this diet okay?

feeds@yuku.com (birdlover2) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:09:26 GMT
I have just one little quail antwerp cockeral I'm hoping to find a home for SOON! He was very sick but is fine and dandy now (except for his right eye which went blind). Anyway, I have him in the house 24/7 and he hardly eats any of his chick starter. It's probably my fault spoiling him to death! So he gets about a cup of dandilion greens each day, meal worms,...

Melamine in Livestock Feed, Agricultural Products

feeds@yuku.com (calpsychik) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:20 GMT
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Feeding Roosters

feeds@yuku.com (auntmonicasfarm) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:00 GMT
Well, I'm seeing a lot of posts RE: Don't put roosters on lay feed. Soooooo, how do I feed my rooster when I have him in running with the hens? M.

Wasted feed

feeds@yuku.com (abbey2140) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:36:19 GMT
We seem to have an issue with wasted food. Our bantams are "scratching" it out of the feeder. We have the galvinized feeders that take the mason jars. After about a week there is a pile of feed under their cage. Any ideas on how we might remedy this?

Black Oiled Sunflower Seeds!

feeds@yuku.com (tuffoldhen) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:15 GMT
I just bought my first 50# bag of BOSS for the Fall and Winter, it cost me 24.00 for a 50# bag!! Anyone else having to pay that much at their local feedstore? Whewwwwwwwwwww, I was on my last pound or so from last year, I just about fainted!! I gotta shop around if this runs out!!

What brand to feed?

feeds@yuku.com (zoomom4) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:38:36 GMT
Okay, i read all the nutrition posts. People seem to be having issues with solely plant proteins (soy) but who is making it with some animal protein? In my area I have Dumor, Blue Seal and Purina feeds available. One post said Dumor, but it is all plant proteins according to my labels. I had a molting problem, and i wormed/dusted everyone b/c i narrowed it down to feather plume mites. Removed all bedding, and sprayed permethrin on all surfaces and in nestboxes. I have been adding cat food in...

Apple seeds poisonous?

feeds@yuku.com (country4ever) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:42:52 GMT
Hi all,
I've fed my chickens whole apples for a long time. Recently I heard the seeds have small amounts of cyanide in them.
Anyone ever had trouble with them?

Organic feed in Florida

feeds@yuku.com (lingrahm) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:09:09 GMT
Does anyone know where to buy organic feed in Florida. The nearest I can find it is in Virginia and the shipping is very high. Does anyone on the forum make their own organic feed?

Feeding young and old in the same pen

feeds@yuku.com (lingrahm) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:58:15 GMT
I have 4 chickens that are 14 weeks old and 6 laying hens in the same pen. I was feeding the young chicks Finishing Crumbles and the older hens layer pellets before I had to put them in the same pen. Now the older hens are eating the crumbles and the young chicks are eating the layer pellets. It says on the Dumor bag not to feed layer pellets to chicks under 18 weeks.
My question is will the layer pellets harm my young chickens and will the crumbles effect the laying hens?