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Quote: At 6 and 18 months they should be old enough for layer feed, but this is true; maybe the neighbor's chickens are younger? I agree, but am unsure if the younger ones have been getting layer since they were really young or not....I was thinking if they've been getting the layer since...

A fecal sample is a good place to start, but if you have been feeding the youngsters laying pellets from the beginning that could also be part of the problem. Layer has too much calicum in it for the little ones and can cause them to have organ faliure.

Quote: Yes, just put the pellets out in the feeder and you can toss them a couple handfulls of scratch once or twice a day as a treat. Think of it as if scratch was candy and pellets a balanced meal.....and the chooks were a three year old child-----they need the balanced meal, but will fill...