Oldfart
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1441 posts
Sep 11, 2009
3:44 PM
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Hey All, This is going to be the most unanswerable, problematic question to date, at least from me. LOL I have a kit bird, a hen, that is insatiable. She is not heavy, not skinny or lite, just always hungry. I feed her just like all of the kit. I stand and watch while they eat and she gets her share. Yet, after feeding she will climb the guard wire on my kit trying to get more food. I have fed her more separately and she will eat until I just can't stand to watch her any longer and take the feed away. I think she would eat until she ruptures herself! She has been wormed in the spring but I'm going to worm her again just to be sure. Has anyone ever experienced the same?
Thanks
Thom
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George R.
61 posts
Sep 11, 2009
3:53 PM
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yes rollers are great actors they will act like they are starving just so thier owner will feed them more .
try letting her eat all that she wants in the kit box.
all the wood and rust she can scrape off the sides of the inside of the kit box LOL
Last Edited by on Sep 11, 2009 4:01 PM
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TT
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476 posts
Sep 11, 2009
3:58 PM
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Hey Thom,
I had the same problem happen to me, It may seem to look like its eating just like the others but in all the frenzy she is getting shoved around half the time by all the larger birds, most likely the cock birds. If you have a couple kit boxes start moving your birds around maybe split cocks and hens, or place her with the youngest and use her as a lead bird, or pull her out and feed her up if you have no other options. Ive done all these and they worked great for me.
What are you using to feed your birds on? how many in a kit box,
I use 2 baking trays 24"x18"(24x36") side by side and some kit boxes have 32 birds in them so it does get crowded on the bottom when feeding in a 3x3x3 box
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Tony...
"Color is not an option"
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donnie james
716 posts
Sep 11, 2009
9:03 PM
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hay thom on 1 of our tapes berle adams had a kit that would fly and tryed every thing but it came down to worms he wormed them and it cleared the problem up............donny james
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birdman
729 posts
Sep 11, 2009
9:12 PM
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Thom, she might be trying to tell you she needs grit or vitamins/mineral supplements.
Russ
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toughrollers
270 posts
Sep 12, 2009
1:07 AM
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Hi Thom,
I had a problem very similar, and i put it down to the feeding of pellets. When they were grain fed, i never had this problem. What are you feeding your birds?
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1442 posts
Sep 12, 2009
4:08 AM
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Hey All, This is just one bird in the kit, everyone else is just fine.
Donny, I have wormed her and the rest of my young birds but it could be worms so I'm going to worm her again.
TT, She is one of the older birds and does plenty of pushing. I only have sixteen hens left after the B.O.P. and I feed on a 24"x26" plastic tray.
Russ, I give A.C.V. and Vitamins and Electrolytes on a regular basis, along with a pinch of grit on their food weekly.
Ralph, 1st. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!, I'm feeding straight wheat to the kit birds and they are doing fine, flying about the height I like and kitting good. They seem energized on the wheat and I'm happy with their progress after my extended lock down.
George, She would eat until she bust. I'm not saying she needs too, just that she would. Odd thing she feels great in hand, hard bodied, not fat but not skinny.
She is a good bird and it will most likely clear up by it's self. I was just puzzled as to her behavior.
Thanks everyone!
Thom
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