How much should i feed my 10 chickens (in cups) a day?
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i have 8 chickens, getting 2 more in a few days, full grown layers, how much feed should i give them a day (in cups) i have been giving them 2 cups, but my mom thinks thats WAY too little, am i feeding them correctly
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17 tons per day per chicken should be sufficient
Pedo Bear
September 8, 2012 at 6:48 am
3 cups are good for them but it also depends on what size is your cup is !!
Syed
September 8, 2012 at 7:48 am
3-4 full cups per day is enough as chickens are grazing all day long so they need food to graze on but you should try putting some of the feed not in their feeder but spread it around so they can walk around and get some exercise as they need it.
Adeal Hafeez
September 8, 2012 at 8:19 am
They should always have free-choice feed. No certain amount. Even pasture fed chickens have feed available at all times.
Megan
September 8, 2012 at 8:47 am
Chickens need to have food available at all times, and will regulate their own intake to what they need. It is bad for them to ration their food to what you think they ought to eat. Get a proper chicken feeder, which will hold enough food for them for a couple of days at least, and will release it in a steady stream without waste. For 8-10 chickens this will probably be about 1-1.5 kilos of food a day, way more than you are giving them, so you either need a feeder that will hold 4-5 kilos, or provide 2 feeders, which is better so they don’t fight over the one feeder. Put the feeder(s) in a dry place, under cover, so the food doesn’t get wet and spoil. They need to have food passing down into their crops steadily through the day, rather than having separate meals as mammals do. They also need to be able to go to roost with full crops, to last them through the night, especially in winter when the nights are long and cold. If you don’t let them do this they will go hungry and egg production will suffer. This is MOST IMPORTANT for the well being of your hens.
Sunflower
September 8, 2012 at 9:37 am