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Quote: No, Mash type has been around for quit sometime and before we penned chickens. A good percentage of today's chickens parent stock were feed a mash type feed when they were being bred/created. A truly free ranging chick needs a good bit of good land to survive healthily with out mans...

Quote: I am curious about a more natural feed. There is no real " natural feed " for chickens as most people know them. They are a type of fowl that were bred by man from junglefowl so a chickens most "natural feed " food wold be processed/ ground food and scraps with some whole grains now...

Quote: I think you just have to introduce the whole grains slowly so that their gizzards are able to adapt. I raised my last batch of Cornish on a diet high in whole grains and sprouted grains starting from day one. They have the largest gizzards I've ever seen! I'm sure those muscles need to...

Which category would you consider the seramas to fall into? Ground or not? sharon ETA: Also, on the soured oats. Is there a reason not to feed them in the winter?

Quote: Resolution, you need to do a bit more research on feed manufacturing in the USA. There is virtually zero Brazillian soybean meal used in the USA. The bulk of almost every feed manufactured in the USA contains products from the USA: Corn, Soybean Meal, DDGS, Wheat, Fat, Minerals. The...

Quote: Yes, this is what I do. They have access at any time they want to the pens with the water and food. I am primarily dealing with my o shamo in this regard. They are excellent at foraging. The silkies......not so much! Nor the polish.....LOL Also if your Shamo are still growing they will...

Quote: I see what you are saying but also some breeds are better at foraging than others. If you have feed/water in there coop and let them free range during the day they should be just fine. Chris Yes, this is what I do. They have access at any time they want to the pens with the water...

Quote: Sharon, Just keep in mind that chickens as we know them are a domesticated animal that was never wild so they never really had to find there food naturally on there own. Chris Good point. I think my wording was not as intended. I think the use of the word bulk threw it off. I want to...

Quote: Satiation as in full- filled- I'm going to describe this better above where it says Flock Management. Sorry...I will be patient then. LOL

Resolution, Satiation as in them being satisfied with the complexity and diversity of feed? This is what I am having a problem with. I am not happy with feeding them a processed feed that is so far from what they would find naturally. I too feel that is more for the comercial feeders than me, as...