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I've bought and inherited food from a variety of brands, none moldy, all dry stored the only brand I've had limited success with has been Nutrena All Flock. Sorry but I don't buy into that "chickens will always choose the tastier scratch" If I put a steak, pork chop, or live bug in front of...

Spoiled chicken is only bad if they're already in the fridge. I did try grinding up some of the original pellets I had and moisten it and a few of my hens at least tried it out but I would not call their reaction "enthusiastic," and I'm certainly not going to grind and moisten food for picky...

I've had four different bags of pellet food, four different brands all with 16% protein or higher and only one of them do they eat a little of. The one they will eat is Nutrena Naturewise All Flock (smells like spaghetti sauce due to oregano oil in it). I wouldn't say they "like" it but if...

I know I got CRD and egg-drop-syndrome from a full grown Delaware hen I bought on Craigslist and integrated into the flock last October. I will never ever buy a chicken on Craigslist again. I quarantined and treated with antibiotics before integration but none of that matters with CRD since...

ha no, but my chickens have always been fussy eaters, I think they just weren't meant to be cooped up and fed "scientifically formulated" feed. They love the bugs and grass and I've caught them making guacamole with a fallen avocado on more than one occasion. My late great rooster like to...

If protein is the primary concern If protein is the main deficit with scratch then I'm not going to worry about them eating it because they hunt and kill lizards and giant night crawlers the size of snakes every morning. My alpha hen yanked a lizard tail off and the lizard just sat there and...

You still gotta wonder what's in pellet food if even a wild animal wont eat it. Even the local possums and raccoons wont touch the pellets. Food resources actually improve here in fall and winter due to rain (SoCal) but never really go away. Odd thing is despite foraging, they still eat...

I've had 10 chickens and not one will eat pelleted food from four different brands no matter how much I "feed them pelleted food" I just can't force feed it to them. I don't think you understood to what extent THEY WILL NOT EAT PELLETED FOOD. Healthy birds will refuse to eat if the food is not...

Actually this thread came to the top of my search engine when I queried "why not feed them all scratch" or something like that.

I know this is an old thread but it came to the top of my search. I've tried to feed my chickens laying pellets of four different brands and they simply wont eat any of them except the Nutrina All Flock and they only eat a little of that. The scratch I have though, they can't keep out of it...