I've fed this feed to my laying hens for a while. The mini pellets are more appealing to my birds than normal pellets and are not as messy as crumbles. It's been fine for my younger hens but I've had an older hen with thin-shelled eggs and she's an egg eater. They also don't seem to want to eat it in the winter. It never smells very fresh and eventually starts smelling really weird and makes whatever else was in the container (galvanized trash can) smell the same way. I've thrown away a lot of this stuff because of that.