Pellets....?

any members give pellets when young are in the nest ? if so whit ones ? or what are members thoughts on adding pellets to the mix while feeding ybs ?

ours get 15% chicken pellets

always used chicken pellets for over 30 years got the tip from john crowder and christ he was spot on sean

got the tip from same place sean dont think he has changed the way he rears y/b still the same today

birdy2011 wrote:

got the tip from same place sean dont think he has changed the way he rears y/b still the same today

no one rears better young ins than john sean

do you only use them when you are rearing young or are they added to the mix thru tthe year

mine young birds have them all the time even after weaning

but not the old birds only when breeding

cheers graham

so do you prefer the chicken pellets to the G10 or the boss pellets graham/sean.....? ive used both and dont rekon much to them, i used the grower pellets in the past and prefed them......plus they were cheaper.

birdy2011 wrote:

mine young birds have them all the time even after weaning

but not the old birds only when breeding

in y/b feed all the time but only 10% the same with the racers but only last 3 feeds 10%max they tend to drink more water when on pellets so yer dont want a big water intake when racing sean

its the same old story david put a pigeon on the bag and it doubles in price

dont forget a chicken is born and on the table in 42 days must be something in them pellets

David wrote:

so do you prefer the chicken pellets to the G10 or the boss pellets graham/sean.....? ive used both and dont rekon much to them, i used the grower pellets in the past and prefed them......plus they were cheaper.

David i have tried all types of pellets those ones wi a pigeon on the bag a rip off far too dear i have always went back to chick layers or chicken rearers pellets have a look on the bag it tells yer exactly whats in them but remember they tend to drink more water so i always have 2 drinkers in the breeding season in the loft sean

I never had better youngsters in the nest than last year, never killed a single yb out of breeding over 100, other years a kill a few scrawny ones, all because of pellets I give mixed together 50% layers chicken pellets and 50% gem G10,s.
Magic stuff added to the normal mix at 20 % pellets 80% corn.

yes i rate the g10s aswell i add them to the breeding mix at 20 %

We use the Turkey starter pellet its higher in protien than the others & is small an easy for the babys to pick up ; Cheers

tip if you find they not eating the chicken pellets moisten them with a drop of peanut oil sean

use the natural free range layers pellets with extra omega 3,boosted with vitamins and minerals they are very very small and come in a 5kg bag from countrywide george