how much are you suppose to feed chickens per day?
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Question by lilhendy: how much are you suppose to feed chickens per day?
I’m doing some research before i get chickens I’m going to get 3 Dominique’s and cant seem to find how much food to feed them per day and what time or times to feed them per day so i need your help
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What we do is let them eat as much as they want on their own time. We built a tall narrow box that has a trough on the end and fill it with food. Make sure to put a top on it though. We have had our fair share of curious chickens. Lol
Lexie
April 12, 2012 at 7:31 pm
just get a feeder (like this http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/3kg_green_white_poultry_feeder_300.jpg ) and fill it up with feed, they’ll just peck at it all day, and it will usually last quite a long time, they dont eat it all in one go.. just remember to take it out of the pen/coup at night so the rats aren’t attracted in.
i also give them like a handful or two of corn a day, just chuck it on the floor
Ellie
April 12, 2012 at 7:42 pm
just give the chicken a big pot fill then it will eat how much it wants then give it as much as it ate that day every day.i just used to give my chicken a pot full it used to last it 3 days. make sure ur chicken has a big enough cage or run even if ur only looking after it for a Little time other wise it will go crazy and attack someone.
Zoe
April 12, 2012 at 8:36 pm
I would recommend a feeder made of galvanized steel. Make sure the feeder has a top so the chickens don’t jump up and eat from the top and contaminate the food. Also, at the end of the day it is advised to set out some hard grain for them so as you have a chance to inspect them for red mite etc. In ways of water, just let them drink when they want. Fill the feeder all the way up and see how much they eat in the first day, then put that amount in from now on, as chickens don’t tend to eat and you’ll end up wasting a lot of food.
Chicken
April 12, 2012 at 9:24 pm
you let them eat as much as they want.
but if you’re curious, i have four bantams (very small and don’t eat as much) and four regular sized birds. together they eat about a little less than a gallon of feed a day.
HowardTheHen
April 12, 2012 at 9:36 pm
ive took chickens to fair you feed them 1 full feeder full in the morning and 1 full feeder full at night make sure they have plenty of water they eat and drink alot!
Sydney Grueser
April 12, 2012 at 10:21 pm
A laying hen should have 4 ounces of layers pellets or mash per day, you can feed mixed corn at the same rate but they don’t lay so well on corn. I find it best to give them pellets in the morning, then give them a little corn late afternoon, If they have access to both corn and pellets together they tend prefer corn.
Owen
April 12, 2012 at 10:53 pm