Chicken pellets, good idea ...?

David wrote:

very true darren, ive often wondered how the royals seem to live to over 100, (with the odd exception of course)........yes they get the best of everything, food, health treatment etc, but i do think they will be getting life prolonging drugs to leep them alive for longer, whereas joe public are lucky if they even manage to recieve any treatment for illness`s.

i think we can safely say they are the biggest benefit scrougers in the uk, and i wonder if the bedroom tax will effect them..........

sorry this has nothing to do with chicken pellets......rant over

Marvellous what you can find here at times. Start with chicken pellets & finish with a rant about the royals. Very diverse conversation. "Love it" .
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From the Colonies :-) GOD SAVE THE QUEEN .... And I use turkey finisher pellets non med with whole corn on the side to all my breeders & non performing ybs for 20 yrs. very happy with results. Have a great day .

David wrote:

started my birds on the chicken pellets a few days ago, not sure if it was a good idea.........

the droppings have changed from green tinged with white to brown and its like going into a chicken shed.........

maybe should have just stuck to breeding mix, any thoughts ?

All i can say is we thought we were clever years ago in the early 80,s all the boys around us used %of turkey pellets(anti blackhead)canker,and chicken growers(cocci) for youngsters,and it worked very well,beautiful racing,but alas Nature will not be mocked and she bit us with a vengence a few years after ,it was awful ,we just couldn,t keep them healthy,it ruined whole families of decent racers,much the same as the big boys in belgium useing huge doses os antibioticsfor restpo andother drugs for canker,then shipping their contaminated crap into english lofts,its pathetic,it will not be very long before you will have problems even sourcing healthy future stock,honestly.

Ross H wrote:

From the Colonies :-) GOD SAVE THE QUEEN .... And I use turkey finisher pellets non med with whole corn on the side to all my breeders & non performing ybs for 20 yrs. very happy with results. Have a great day .

Forget the queen etc, no value to me down here. Turkey pellets, not my thing "too dear". Chicken layer pellets in my view, can be of benefit & I have fed them for over 20 years also & have not found them a problem/issue. Around 5% racing & up to 20% breeding is my way.
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