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If they are actually scared and running fast, that might be bad for them. But I've had plenty of chickens who just like plenty of personal space-- when I walk close to them, they walk away a bit. If that's how yours act, you can probably get them to walk all over the yard without too much...

Yes, "broiler" is another name for meat bird. Many broiler chickens grow so quickly that they get butchered around 8 weeks old, and if they are not butchered they may die of a heart attack or similar problem by the time they reach 10 to 12 weeks old. Obviously, your hens do NOT have that...

Brahmas have fluffy feathers, so they look bigger than some other chickens of similar weights. I've seen the other side with Dark Cornish chickens: they can outweigh many other chickens while looking like the smallest birds in the flock, just because their feathering is tight and close. So I...

Different people feed their chickens differently. For Kiki, it works well to feed a complete chicken feed and no treats at all. For Chicalina, it works well for chickens to free range, and have treats and leftovers. [Edit: Chicalina points out, a complete chicken food is the main diet, and the...

:thumbsup This works really well. Chickens usually love wet feed. If you are limiting their food to make them lose weight, of course you can serve that measured food dry or wet or part each way, so long as it is the same total amount of food each day. (Weigh or measure it dry each day so it's...

Probably a little less than what they want to eat. You could measure some feed into a feeder, let them eat as much as they want all day, then at the end of the day measure what is left. Doing that for a few days will tell you how much they want to eat each day. Then you can serve them a bit...