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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 03, 2016, 10:37:34 am

Title: change in food
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 03, 2016, 10:37:34 am

HI

does any one change the feed for the chickens once they stop laying over winter or stick to the layers

thanks

Title: Re: change in food
Post by: farmers wife on October 03, 2016, 11:09:48 am

Ive always stuck to the same regime they are still layers.

Title: Re: change in food
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 03, 2016, 11:14:08 am

yes
i always have done
thanks

Title: Re: change in food
Post by: twizzel on October 03, 2016, 11:40:48 am

I mix mine 50:50 with cut maize over the winter months especially whilst they are moulting.

Title: Re: change in food
Post by: macgro7 on October 03, 2016, 12:18:22 pm

My ones get layers pellets, wheat and oats over the winter. Then mostly layers pellets again from February

Title: Re: change in food
Post by: Dave C on October 03, 2016, 12:50:46 pm

I have a lot of bags of wheat kicking around with feeding pheasants, so when / if they stop I feed that.
Wheat is a lot cheaper than layers.

I turn my lights on timers in February so put them back on layers then