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When it is really cold, they target the corn more, especially when topping off crop for the night. I'm trying to format the findings for a thread. Last time I tried was a failure.

Not always preferring high fat / high calorie. It varies as a function of what forage provides

All this discussion so far does not consider acreage per bird. I am running about 14 hens in an 8.5-acre area where they use only about four acres as certain areas are far better than others, at least during the winter and early spring. As the season progresses and chicks / juveniles come into...

It's not just about the grass or even legumes for that matter. The consumption of animal prey is a significant contributor to the overall nutrition of the foraging chickens.

The conversation went kind of crazy since last time I posted so not certain I can add in a constructive way. That said, for the next few months my free-range birds will be fed only shelled corn and BOSS as a supplement to natural forages. Egg production will be very good through late summer when...

From what I’ve been seen with my chickens great dude give them broad range of sources to choose from, they do appear to balance the consumption for overall healthy diet.

One of my students recently did an experiment that addresses this issue directly. We wanted to test whole grains with no milling.