Am I feeding properly?

[ChickenyChickeny]

yeah, as @Texas Kiki (the goddess of backyard chickens) said, take out the scratch. for treats, fruit OR RAISINS RAISONS ARE GREAT work as a treat very well.

 

[Kiki]

yeah, as @Texas Kiki (the goddess of backyard chickens) said, take out the scratch. for treats, fruit OR RAISINS RAISONS ARE GREAT work as a treat very well.

I just peed in my pants.

 

[Steven Bussell]

Post pictures of the birds...maybe he gave you 2 rosters

 

[Al Gerhart]

You should be feeding about 1/4th pound of feed per laying hen per day. No scratch other than as an occasional treat for laying hens. The limitation on eggs is protein intake so laying pellets or crumbles are best. If you mix feed the hens tend to rake through the feed to get to the tasty bits like corn and usually waste feed doing that. Keep the feed in front of the hens 24/7 in a good metal treadle feeder.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Completely, or just reduce?

TWG

@aart

Corn is fine. But if you can get 'scratch' instead... they comprise of corn and other seeds. Just mix them along with your regular complete nutritional feed and you're good to go!

 

[TexasWineGuy]

You should be feeding about 1/4th pound of feed per laying hen per day. No scratch other than as an occasional treat for laying hens. The limitation on eggs is protein intake so laying pellets or crumbles are best. If you mix feed the hens tend to rake through the feed to get to the tasty bits like corn and usually waste feed doing that. Keep the feed in front of the hens 24/7 in a good metal treadle feeder.

I had been mixing "scratch" in with the 20% crumbles. I will be getting more crumbles later this week, so I can feed them only the crumbles, with other stuff as an occasional treat.

Thanks for all the replies.

TWG

 

[TexasWineGuy]

I went to the Wendland's website... They do not list details of their feed on the site.

Can you take a picture of the feed tag/label of your bag please?

https://www.wendlands.com/wendlands_bird.shtml

@Texas Kiki

Here's the nutritional analysis for the Wendland's 151 Crumbles 20%:

TWG

 

[Kiki]

@Texas Kiki

Here's the nutritional analysis for the Wendland's 151 Crumbles 20%:

TWG

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Thank you!