by Shelby Johnson
My fowl are kept in 4'x4'x8' high fly-pens at all times. During the coop-walk period, I feed- 1/3 oats, 1/3 scratch & 1/3 lay pellets. With the fly-pens boarded up at least 3' on the bottoms, the fowl get all the exercise they need in order to retain their proper weight. If, the fowl need to lose weight, I cut their feed down. If need to gain, I simply ad more feed. I give about 3oz of feed daily.
MY 2 WEEK FLY-PEN KEEP FEED
Here, we change the feed a bit. Instead of measuring the feed with the container, as in the coop-walk, we measure all our feed on the scales. All parts are by WEIGHT.
I use 1 part cooked liver, 1 part onions, 1 part lay pellets, 1 part oats & 1 part scratch. First, I cook the liver &then grind the cooked liver with the raw onions. Next, I mix all parts together and ad a heaping tablespoon of Log Cabin Conditioner to each 1/2 lb of this mixture.
This mix is kept in the refrigerator with a top on it, in order to retain a stable moisture. Each bird is given 3 heaping tablespoons daily in his feed cup (once daily).
Several hens & pullets should be running loose at all times in order to make these cocks work up & down in their pens.
Fresh water cups, & feed cups should be kept up high near the end of their high roosts (solid roosts, no swings). Their roosts are about 6' up off the bottoms of the pens. At leat 6" of clean builders sand is kept in the pens.
Water is taken away from these fowl after the last "IT" is given, the night before their battle-day. Only 2 "IT"s are given at the end of this keep. One on Thursday, one on Friday before the battle-day on Saturday.
Take your fowl off their roosts just before daylight on the battle-day. In that way, they are empty, rested & SHARP.
ALL the B-vitamins are derived from liver. When we use liver, we are giving them all their B-vitamins in their best form, which is the NATURAL form.
Good Luck
Shelby Johnson
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