Flock of 25 chickens. Age ranges from 5.5 weeks to 4.5 years. Two roosters, 21 hens, 2 chicks (won't be staying, they're both cockerels). 2 bantams, 3 mid-sized, rest LF.1. How old are the members of your flock(s) & what does it (do they) consist of?
Flock Raiser; half dry, half fermented.2. What feed do they get?
Every morning.3. How often do you fill/refill the container(s)?
Homemade hanging trough feeders. One 4', one 6' with a smaller spinning 3/4" pipe on a wire to prevent the large birds from getting on the feeders.4. What feed container(s) do you use?
The bowl that the WLHs are at is a heated dog bow that I keep the fermented feed in.
They get three handfuls of bird seed mixed with either mealworms or BSF larvae thrown out into their pen to get them out of my way for morning cleaning. I also cut up my apple cores and give them those and they get butternut squash, cantaloupe and other melon seeds when I process one. I've seen them catch and eat any number of frogs, snakes, moths, bugs and once an English swallow fledgling.5. What do they get besides regular feed? (Scraps, treats, feel free to be as specific as possible).
I just make sure they go to roost with full crops and top up dry feeders so they can eat as soon as they come off the roost in the morning.6. Does your method of feeding change in the winter months, if so, how?
They get electrolytes added to their fermented feed during temperature extremes to help them through.7. Anything else you’d like to add.