Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: craig1981 on May 28, 2009, 15:18
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hi again helpful folk . My chickens arrive on tuesday and according to my supplier they are currently fead on layers mash as they are 14 weeks old but changing them over to layers pellets wont be an issue . Is layers mash just the pellets soaked in water in basic terms . PS how do i shrink a [ic so it can be added to this forum as i want to show off my girls when they arrive
Many thanks
Craig
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Hi,
Mash has the same ingredients as pellets, I find Mash a waste of money as it gets scattered all over the place, pellets are much better and cost you less in the long run.
Good Luck with your new chickens, and many more to follow ;)
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thanks for that . he did say i could put them straight on pellets . Im so excited about getting the girls
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. PS how do i shrink a pic so it can be added to this forum as i want to show off my girls when they arrive
Many thanks
Craig
you can do it in your picture viewer - i know vista has a way to do it or use paint.
(i have photoshop elements, so I can't help with method, i'm afraid)
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to shrink a picture using paint as advised to me by pooh porrie.
Hi if you go into paint then open your picture , then click image go to stretch an skew when the box opens put 35 in first 2 boxes and save.hope this helps
Re mash, mix mash and pellets together for a while (so they get used to the texture) gradually increasing the amount of pellets untill that is all that is used.
Hope this helps and good luck with the chickens.
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Hi
Agree mash is very wasteful we have weaned ours onto pellets all except 2 (who use it as a dust bath) and we have nearly halved our feed bill, not quite as wasteful if you soak it but it goes off.
Good luck with the chickens