Did they keep chickens in tiny, dirt pens? Did they have "production strain" chickens which laid 300+ eggs per year? Did they have chickens laying well beyond 10 years of age? Or did their chickens free-range over wide territory and wind up in the soup pot or lost to predators by age two...
digitS' :
From being around here awhile, I am beginning to see how some folks discover these complex recipes for feeding their birds. And, then . . .
Then, they apparently learn that it is too complex and too expensive.
Then, they drop out -- off the forum and maybe out of chicken-keeping...