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With free ranging you need to make sure they have places to "duck and cover". We have lots of trees and ferns where we are and my chickens are on the constant look out for predators. They always see things before I do. So if you don't have natural things for them to hide under you can make it...

The original question, I thought was a simple one, "Is 16% or 22% better for layers?" Is there no short answer to this? I'm not sure I have spent much time thinking about this. My chickens free range and eat so many bugs and greens that I really didn't think I had to worry about anything.

I think mine have a forage smorgasbord. We live in a forest area. They are always digging through the forest leaves and finding gobs of sprouts and worms galore. Plus there's lawn area. My feed consumption has gone WAY done since our weather has changed. They forage from 8am-5pm daily...

Thanks for answering junebuggena! I always chose middle of the road because I really didn't know for sure. Mine free range all day every day too. I probably can reduce my protein amount? I throw about 2 cups worth of scratch everyday for them (11 chickens).

Personal opinion as they sell layer feed with protein content from 16 - 22%. I pick one right in the middle, 18%. That being said I did find this article very helpful: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/avian/feedingchickens.pdf