Mash recipes please

[Gorsty]

Hi folks

Two queries for you:-

* Have read about cluckies being fed "mash" - what is it exactly? Not layers mash but "mash" - is it something to do with boiled potatoes?

* What do you think about feeding cluckies with a bit of RAW mince - just as a treat!! To bribe them into going to bed for instance! or getting worming powder into them - Alice, our new hen, is NOT into grapes!

[bluemoon]

The only mash I've ever heard of is layers mash so can't help you there. We give ours a weekly treat of raw mince, they love it and it's no different to them eating worms.

[shirlthegirl43]

Ours are given mash when there are sufficient leftovers or veg peelings - not often at this time of year! Basically, all table scraps are put in a bucket reserved for the hens - ends of bread etc. Veg peelings are boiled up and added to the bucket along with a measure of layers pellets (unless there are lots of scraps) and the bucket is put in the hen run for them to enjoy.

[MaureenHall]

I cook extra potatoes and root veggies, mash them up with some layers pellets, poultry spice, garlic powder, ground-up egg shells and some water to make it all stick together. I add any bits of fruit (apple cores, strawberry tops etc) plus bits of tomato, cucumber etc. Sometimes it's pasta instead of spuds. That's for the summer, in the winter I add hot porridge. It's always given around mid-afternoon so that I know they've already had a good feed of just pellets.

[shirlthegirl43]

I forgot to say that our hens have ad lib pellets at all times. Also, people who have eggs from me know that the hens are re-cycling the table scraps.