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Well, one thing you can do is give them feed with a higher % protein Just because what's labelled 'layer' at the farm store is like 16-17% doesn't mean that's what you have to use. It is perfectly fine to feed a higher %protein feed (grower, or some people even use high-protein...
I wouldn't be feeding chickens too much bread, it is not good for them (fattening without nutrition). Old produce and such is fine. Although the more you supplement with veggies, fruit, kitchen scraps, etc, the more important it becomes to provide a free-choice source of calcium (crushed...
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They won't destroy the run as quickly, but unless you are blessed with unusually glorious growing conditions and do a good bit of manual-labor maintenance, they WILL turn it into a bit of a wasteland in time (perhaps a year or two rather than a month or two), at least in the...