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There's wheat, barley, rye, sunflower seeds, oats, and cracked corn.

Scratch grains aren't treats. They are the same kinds of things they would find if they were foraging or free ranging. And it's still less than half if I use 35lbs for every 50lbs of feed. But that's what I feed them yes. The shells are nice and hard. No poop on the eggs. The yolks are firm and...

I feed Dumor 16% layer pellets from Tractor Supply. But for every 50lbs of that I also mix in 35lbs of organic scratch grains. I measure out the feed so that each bird gets 1/4lb every day. And I have supplemental light to make sure they get their 16 hours daily.

This chick is HUGE! And it hatched a day early. I must be feeding them right because all of my chickens have beautiful shimmering feathers too.

I am just wondering if anyone else has tried this mix before. I crossed my older RIR with my Silver laced Wyandottes to get my 6 Red Star Sexlinks. Then, when they started laying I put a younger RIR in with them. (I have several pens and coops so there's no inbreeding.)There are 5 eggs in...