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Right now I'd aim to get them back on eating feed as much as possible. Once they're reliably eating pellets without turning their beaks up at it, you can start working in small amounts of treats again (including scratch). A bit of greens is fine but if you're giving large amounts it's still...

I serve about 1/4 cup per bird in the morning (I use a 1/4 cup capacity ladle) and I put it in cat food bowls so I can spread them around the run. With 4 birds, 2 small bowls/dishes will work well. I serve it "wet" rather than go through hassle of straining, however it's very thick and almost...

Definitely start with small amounts - I cringe when people try fermenting for the first time and dump half a feed bag into a giant bucket, and the flock doesn't take to it. The chickens may turn their nose up at it for a few days before giving it a chance.

At the most basic level, yes, that's fermenting. I don't make mine fancy at all - a big glass jar (or other food safe container) and roughly equal parts feed and water. Leave plenty of space in the container, as the ferment can double in size! I let it sit 24 hrs and then start feeding daily...

Good idea and worth trying. I feed both fermented whole grain feed as well as dry pellets (and very occasionally wet pellet "dust"). The birds eat everything and get a balanced diet, plus there's almost no waste that way.

I'll be the dissenting voice. The two feeds you linked are fine provided that you can ensure they eat everything in it. That means serving it wet or fermented. If they're picking out parts of the feed, wasting/ignoring other parts of the feed, then they're no longer eating a complete feed.