pellets and grit ratio?

mikeschooks · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 09:50 »

Picked up my three new girls Tuesday. I have a bag of pellets, but told they didn't contain grit so bought grit separately. Is there a particular ratio of pellet to grit, at the moment I have just roughly mixed the two. Also the grit 'pieces'seem to be quite large, but I guess the chooks manage these in there own way? Thanks Mike
PS One of the hens was very reluctant to descend the ladder this morning, she just sat up top. I eventually lifted her down? Is it just she's in a new coup and at the moment unsure of her surroundings.

Vember · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 10:01 »

I always leave grit in a separate dish for them to peck at as and when they need it

I presume the larger pieces are oyster shell? The hens will manage those fine, they are very important to the girls as the calcium will help them give you lovely strong shelled eggies

I would imagine the reluctant girlie was just taking in her surroundings and getting her bearings give her a day or two to settle and she should be fine

Sarah

laurabee · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 23:04 »

Great, I've been meaning to ask a similar question - I feed mine on layers pellets (which I think contain some soluble grit?) and have a separate tub of mixed grit available to my birds all the time. They pick out all the oyster shell and hardly touch the rest of the grit. Is this normal? Should I ditch the mixed grit and just give them oyster shell, or add extra oyster shell to the mix? Their eggshells are lovely and hard so am assuming there's no calcium deficiency causing them to crave more!

Boxfanman · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 23:14 »

Quote from: laurabee on April 22, 2009, 23:04

Great, I've been meaning to ask a similar question - I feed mine on layers pellets (which I think contain some soluble grit?) and have a separate tub of mixed grit available to my birds all the time. They pick out all the oyster shell and hardly touch the rest of the grit. Is this normal? Should I ditch the mixed grit and just give them oyster shell, or add extra oyster shell to the mix? Their eggshells are lovely and hard so am assuming there's no calcium deficiency causing them to crave more!

They'll pick out what they need, I just put in a pot of shell if I think the shells are getting a bit thin as layer pellets have plenty of grit and shell, plus what they get out of the ground.

Wheelchair Gardener · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:23 »

Quote from: mikeschooks on April 22, 2009, 09:50

PS One of the hens was very reluctant to descend the ladder this morning, she just sat up top. I eventually lifted her down? Is it just she's in a new coup and at the moment unsure of her surroundings.

We have had our 3 birds for 2 weeks now, they were all very hesitant at first, now when I let them out they charge down the ramp and start bossing me about.

andreadon · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2009, 13:29 »

Quote from: Wheelchair Gardener on April 23, 2009, 07:23

Quote from: mikeschooks on April 22, 2009, 09:50

PS One of the hens was very reluctant to descend the ladder this morning, she just sat up top. I eventually lifted her down? Is it just she's in a new coup and at the moment unsure of her surroundings.

We have had our 3 birds for 2 weeks now, they were all very hesitant at first, now when I let them out they charge down the ramp and start bossing me about.

ours were very wary of the ladder at first - they'd stand at the top and then jump down to the ground instead of walking down it (it's only 1 foot off the ground) but now they run down it two at a time!

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