[Womble]

Well, due to a mix up at the farmers merchant, we've ended up with a bag of layers meal, instead of the mixed grain that was on the label! 

Unfortunately I can't get it back in the sack now to return it, but on the positive side, the shop have said that if I keep the bag, they'll give me one of the proper stuff for free  .

The only problem is, what the heck do I do with it?  Is layers meal the same as layers mash by any chance?  If so, so I'm presuming that I can just mix it in with the layers pellets for a few weeks to dispose of it (one of our hens is basically a walking dustbin anyway, so I don't think this will be a problem!). It looks like something you'd empty out of a hoover bag, only minus the balls of hair and lego bricks  .

Cheers!

Womble.

[northfifeduckling]

Hi womble, I found this on the river Cottage forum, hope it helps

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I went to get a new sack of layers pellets last weekend, as we walked in my 2yr old declaired they need the toilet and cant old it (Bless). I grabbed the pellets and shot home.

Its only yesterday my OH opended the sack and phoned me to ask what had I bought. I had accidently picked up layers meal instead. What are you meant to do with it!!! its just dust!

Do you feed it like that or mix it with something? It dosent say on the sack it just tells you the ingredients and what weight to feed them. Girls are looking at me as though why you not feeding us!





Sounds like mash (might be wrong as a bit of a newbie to this myself). If it is you mix it with water, it goes like porridge. Ours love it and last time we bought pellets instead as folks tell us that mash is too messy. They hate the pellets and we have ended up mixing these with water (they go mushy eventually)!!!! Fussy things.




Thanks, I have ready about mash on here, but this says 'Layers Meal' on the sack.

I will try mixing it with water as it cant be right giving them dust!

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I also purchased a bag of mash by accident last summer.

The birds managed to get bits all over the ground and we ended up with a bad fly problem.

Never again,its pellets all the way for us.



layers Mash/Meal is the same product.
It is exactly the same as pellets, but without having gone through the final process so it remains in 'power' form.
It was designed with commercial birds in mind as it is more time consuming for them to eat, which means less time spent pulling out each others feathers, and chucking their handbags around
As you have probably found out the hens pick through it to get all the yummy bits, which results in alot of waste. Perhaps you could buy a bag of pellets and mix the two together?
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[little blue]

pretty much answered above!
I just wanted say.... we have meal (mash) for the piggies, it seems to last longer than pencils (pellets) and if its made quite wet they cant nick it all off each other!
it takes a little practice to get it mixed to a consistancy they like.... good luck 

[doganjo]

The meal is the same as the pellets except they've gone through a spaghetti machine to form them

[Womble]

Thanks All!

I gave them a bowl of it yesterday, and they treated it like the world's best lucky dip........ i.e. they raked it all out onto the ground, then ate the bits of wheat and left the rest!!

I think I'll save it until the winter, and they can have it as hot porridge every morning.

Cheers!