ex batts mash

Ok so I pick the new 4 girls on sunday!  Now i've got them some layers MASH and will mix abit of of pellets in with it to wean them gradually.  How do they have the mash??  As it is? or do I have to mix anything in?  

I know this sounds stupid but I'm very nervous about having these girls........all the others I got, I muddled my way through and then found the answers on this site!!! :oops: This time there has to be a bit more involved :?: Thanks all x

i always feed mine dry , and also at this time of year it doesnt hurt to give them corn mixed with it . i have been told that 50% mash an 50% corn will do them fine in this cold an yukky weather.

hi when i got my first ex bats i gave them mixed pellet and mash dry and they soon came off the mash its up to you though whether you wish to keep them on mash or pellets and give them corn in late afternoon mine are ok on it  all the best with them anyway  

Hey there

As with others on here, I fed mine dry mash initially but they moved onto pellets in no time at all.  They now have a combination of pellets, corn and whatever is left over from the kitchen and they are still all laying in the depth of winter!

We were advised to keep some mash around, just in case one of them gets a bit under the weather as they seem to like to revert to it when not well. Fortunately, this hasn't happened yet!

Good luck, hope they are as hardy as mine are; we've had no problems at all since we got them in Sept.

Vx

I would have thought that it may be possible, if necessary, to soak pellets and make a wet mash if it were needed. Someone else on here may know better.

Mash can be a bit of a pain because they scatter it everywhere.

I feed all of my guys pellets all year round with treats and scraps, but I put the pellets in a large round dish and invariably one of them stands in it and scratches as if they were outside, sending pellets everywhere in the henhouse  :roll: