I'm always in the feeder cleaning out any lumpy food and to make sure it looks good. As long as it doesn't matter that they eat off the ground thats all I was wondering. I'll switch the food and put some in a feeder and do the majority by tossing.
I have 5 chickens. 4 hens ranging from 1 - 3 years, and 1 rooster. They used to ear heartily (I have 2 feeders, a grandpa and one that looks like a dome). The grandpa was good for the older hens, because the newer/younger ones seem like they don't want to learn how to use it, so I actually have...