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As a very rough guideline, I would say a rooster eats about the same as a hen, and a banty (hen or rooster) eats about half what a standard sized hen does. That will not be perfect, but it means you can just count chickens plus half of banties, then divide by four to get pounds of food per day...

Getting the feed wet can reduce waste in some cases (chickens don't throw it around the same way they do dry feed.) So if chickens are wasting dry feed, and the owner starts getting the feed wet and fermenting it, they might save money because they reduced waste. But they could get the same...

:thumbsup That is a good tip right there, that many people forget about. Cutting the flock size is a very good way to cut the feed cost. Another one I can think of: make sure feed is not being wasted (thrown on the ground and lost, eaten by rats or mice, etc.) Feed on the ground is not always...