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I offer you a challenge: Do your own experiment, and you tell us your results: Feed out your typical ration of feed, a 50# bag given to what ever size flock you have. give it free choice. Let them eat as much as they want. Document how long that bag lasts. Now, with your next bag of...

I've tried that and was flatly denied, no further discussion allowed. The store nearest to me gives all of their stuff to a local farmer, and won't share with anyone else.

If my girls free range right now, they get a choice of snow, or ice. My math says each of my birds eats just over a pound of feed/week, which doesn't sound like very much at all. they also get limited kitchen scraps, and some sprouts to supplement. My advice: Buy a bag of feed, and start...

Now, let me muddy the waters for you just a bit! If you want to save on your feed bill, hop on over the the Fermented Feed thread. it will cut way down on the amount of feed your girls eat and waste. My flock of 16 birds goes through 50# of fermented feed every 3 weeks. Save some money, and...

16 DP birds = 50# layer pellets FF lasts 3 weeks. They also get 1/2 cup of mixed seeds sprouted and/or 2 - 3 cups of dry mixed seeds/day, and misc. kitchen scraps. FF makes a huge difference in the amount of feed a flock can plow through and/or waste in a month!