I started mine with layer feed at 7 months!
I have 3 chickens and have gotten 3 eggs daily since they started :)
I slowly introduced and mixed it with crumbles at first - they are very healthy!
They free range around the fenced in yard and I feed them organic layer pellets
Treats i give then sunflower seeds, scratch, meal worms, boiled eggs, greens like parsley and the ends to strawberries
6 months 10 days and no eggs
Thanks for the input! We have 3 chickens and the run is 10x4! Also we are going to put like a foot of dirt/grass leaves on top of the mesh as well as covering the mesh with landscaping cloth before filling? Any thoughts?
I also have a 4x4 coop...i use pdz and top with shavings...every couple days i stir it around and put a thin layer of shavings about 1x a week. I have had them in the coop for nearly 2 months and NO smell!! I was hesitant on trying the DLM but now i am sold and loving it!! Good Luck!!