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Quote: This is what I do with my flock, simply because I have various ages of chickens. I tried feeding layer feed in the Big Coop where the Big Chickens stay (the laying population) and general purpose or grower/finisher feed next to the coops where the juveniles hang out, but the Big...

Quote: No, you're not nuts. It's a common question actually. The roos can eat the layer feed just fine. Most layer feeds that I have found have only a small amount of calcium in them anyways, usually 3 or 4%. That's why alot of us supplement with oyster shell. I supplement and I have...

I personally switch them over when I get the first egg or at 20 weeks if they haven't started laying before then. ETA: Don't let anyone tell you that switching them early will cause them to start laying. The only thing that determines the age at which they first start laying is their breed...