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petal, if mum is feeding them, she knows best, but if i am rearing chicks indorrs, then they get a little chopped chives from about 3 weeks, steadily increase it until they get the same ration as the main runs by 12 weeks.
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Our first hatch,we found the chicks were getting terribly sticky bums which needed regular cleaning.I found something on T'internet that suggested finely chopped dandelion leaves from just a couple of days old would help prevent it.Don't know if it was just a coincidence or if it works,but Boo & Roo never needed their bottoms cleaned!
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Ours love dandelion, over summer I collected weeds regularly for the laydees...Hayley B
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I know that they should eat their layers first but I have got into the habit of taking a handful of greens into the run with me each morning when I collect the eggs and clean out the house and poo-pick in the run. They only get grass when they are let out so not as much as free-rangers. I give it to them every day and the yolks are beautifully large and orange. I've never given them a full cabbage - they get the outside leaves from the greens I grow for us and they get individually pulled leaves of chard which they'd probably kill for! They also love a squashed apple but get fruit later in the day.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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2nd day the apple is untouched, so I took a big bite out of it to start them off.
If they don't like the mealworms I am NOT going to teach them how to eat them. I wasn't even keen on having them sitting next to me in the car and they are dead and dried
I only hope that soaking them ain't going to revive them
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After there greens au derves, they've got to have their sweet (fruit) after their main course with a glass of chateax de cider vinegar to wash it down!Originally posted by Flummery View Post
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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No wonder your non-layers are laying eggs. They know when they're onto a good thingOriginally posted by Snadger View PostAfter there greens au derves, they've got to have their sweet (fruit) after their main course with a glass of chateax de cider vinegar to wash it down!
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'tis true EC. Those little ladies quickly catch onto a good thing
I know one lady (the human type!!!) that has trained hers to eat up in 30 mins or it's gone!!! Literally. Hers free range in the afternoon so she has taught them to get their layers in or else they miss out.
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One of mine perches in the coop as I'm poo picking and remaking the bed in the hope that I'll think it's bedtime and give her corn Then the others pop in to check I've done it properly and rearrange to their taste.
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Unless they are getting really massive amounts of greens (and so getting too full to eat their layers pellets, or having tummy upsets) it can't do them any harm. Green veg is NOT fattening. Too much fruit might be a problem, starchy treats will turn to fat (not entirely bad, in moderation, during cold weather).
Really, the same basic rules of nutrition apply as with us, but layers pellets are designed to provide all they need (but may be somewhat boring) so any extras need caution to avoid unbalancing the diet. Greens are the safest extra (just as they are for humans).Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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someone told me recently that chickens cant have spinach, could anyone clarify this as I have stacks in the garden and though they could have some of itComment
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Mine love chard, which I think might be related to spinach. Never heard that they shouldn't have spinach?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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It's not in the list of toxic plants someone (I think it was Maureen) put on here. I was looking to see if Pomegranate was there as I have a few and they're not there either.
Sorry I can't post a link but it's Poultryhelp.com/toxic and there's some on the Omlet site too.Comment
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Its unlikely they'll eat it if it's harmful. I've given it to mine when DD has had a bag on yellow label from Asda. As Flummery says its related to beetroot and chard and they eat tons of that!Comment
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I couldnt find anything on Spinach, they nicked some from my bushes today while I was trying to paint their old coop to get ready for the new arrivalsComment
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