how many pounds of pellets per month should i need

[Jenbirdee]

per 5 pound duck -
per 11 pound goose -
per 8 lb hen -

estimates are fine
they are eating nutrena all flock pellets

 

[aimee750]

For chickens I have heard you should figure .25lb per day. Sorry, I have never heard an amount for the other birds.

 

[Jenbirdee]

For chickens I have heard you should figure .25lb per day. Sorry, I have never heard an amount for the other birds.

thanks so for like regular size chickens you mean? cuz my chickens are quite large breed- english chocolate orpingtons

 

[Al Gerhart]

Start with the quarter pound per bird per day. Ignore roosters unless you have a lot of them. Watch your feed consumption based on this, if more you are likely feeding vermin as well. Losses start out small and grow as the rodent colony or wild bird flock grows.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ducks eat more than chickens bases on my flock. I'd imagine geese eat way more.

 

[PoppasGrill]

Our girls are ALWAYS starving, so if you ask them, .25 lb a day is for chicks not big, health, Egg Producing Queens of the yard.

Some will eat a bit more/ less than others which makes it harder to average out. A few prefer the pellets, most like mash, and a couple just like the treats and would rather free range.
We have 100+ hens, 20+- Roosters and 4 Toms and roughly go through 180-200 lbs a week. And, like Al Gehart said, there are rodents, and donkeys, that will eat up any and all leftovers.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Our girls are ALWAYS starving, so if you ask them, .25 lb a day is for chicks not big, health, Egg Producing Queens of the yard.
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Some will eat a bit more/ less than others which makes it harder to average out. A few prefer the pellets, most like mash, and a couple just like the treats and would rather free range.
We have 100+ hens, 20+- Roosters and 4 Toms and roughly go through 180-200 lbs a week. And, like Al Gehart said, there are rodents, and donkeys, that will eat up any and all leftovers.

There you go, 124 birds, from hens to roosters to turkeys, x 7 = 868 "bird meal days" divided by .25 pound pounds is 217 pounds expected feed use and they used only 180 to 200 pounds.

A quarter pound per bird per day is an excellent guess for most flocks. I always say to ignore roosters unless like the poster I am replying to, has a bunch of them.