Um, lest anyone get the wrong idea, I am only feeding dry while I'm out of town so that my daughter-in-law, who hates all things "yucky" doesn't have to mess with the FF. Other than that, when I'm here they get only FF. Haven't gone through a winter using it, but Beekissed (one of BYCs pioneers in FF) said to feed them what they can clean up in 30 minutes so it doesn't freeze. I'm winging it here as well.Hi, Cluckfun. I've only had my chickens about a year now, but I've learned quit a bit in that time. I asked some of the same questions on the start of this thread and from what Blooie has told me is that you continue to feed the dry feed along with the FF. BTW, I free choice my dry feed, always keeping the hopper full. I feed FF once a day in the evenings, and only give enough so that they can clean it up in about thirty minutes or so. But please bare in mind that I'm new to this as well, so I don't won't to steer you in the wrong direction. I would wait for Blooie to respond.