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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Teresa on July 21, 2010, 09:34:49 pm

Title: Homemade mash
Post by: Teresa on July 21, 2010, 09:34:49 pm

Does anyone make a homemade version of layers mash? The last couple of bags ive bought have mainly been dust!!

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: CameronS on July 21, 2010, 10:04:34 pm

mix the dust with some water, and a little , mixed corn crushed up,

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on July 22, 2010, 10:31:42 pm

why mash and not pellets? Whats the diffrence?

Craig

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: doganjo on July 22, 2010, 11:39:00 pm

Mash is pellets ground down and wetted as far as I know, although my Gran used to make up her own mash for our hens with porridge oats, veg and scraps

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on July 23, 2010, 12:05:39 am

ok so feed more regular than pellets? 2 or 3 times daily? take it that you make it up and serve for freshness?

   Craig

p.s if im talking bull **** tell me.

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: doganjo on July 23, 2010, 11:13:25 am

Yes, but why?  Mine are fed pellets and mixed grain in tehir feeder twice a day - a measured cup based on what the average hen needs and the number of hens, in addition i thow down veg scraps when available.  My new ex batts coming on 31st will get ground down pellets mixed in with the whole ones to phase them in gradually.  They will learn about teh veg scraps from the others

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: carrie on July 23, 2010, 04:35:10 pm

we use pellets, and boiled left over veg, but some chickens will only eat the dry pellets

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on July 23, 2010, 07:27:35 pm

ah ok. So do you gring your own pellets or just buy them? you serve it hot or cold? Supose with mash, I could put in cuttle fish bone ground up and add the odd vitamins, Although my hens all happily eat pellets along with mixed corn in the morning then at nite, along with some canary mix, I could mix a rather healthy treat!


   Craig

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: doganjo on July 23, 2010, 10:10:13 pm

Quote from: woodlandproductsfife on July 23, 2010, 07:27:35 pm

ah ok. So do you grind your own pellets or just buy them? you serve it hot or cold? Supose with mash, I could put in cuttle fish bone ground up and add the odd vitamins, Although my hens all happily eat pellets along with mixed corn in the morning then at nite, along with some canary mix, I could mix a rather healthy treat!
   Craig

Sounds like a good plan to try for fun - it's another way of enjoying our animals, feeding them special treats. ;D

Title: Re: Homemade mash
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on July 23, 2010, 10:21:09 pm

good way to get calcium in anyway, They dont even look at a cuttle fish bone, so could sneak it in, within a mash, some vitamin c everyones a winner


   Craig