Are my chickens to thin?

[cashela]

I have 3 Bantam sized Wyandotte hens. I'm by no means a chicken expert, just ended picking them up at a fair one day to keep my turkey company. I also have a slightly larger hen as well. Anyway, I feel like they are thin. Their feed dish always has layer pellets in it. Sometimes I add some regular bird seed to that but not a lot. They don't get to free range a whole lot because I work and I don't like them being out alone during the day, they wander near the street and something could pick them off.

I guess I don't know how fat a chicken is supposed to be. They just feel boney I guess, like I can easily feel their breast bone. They feel like the weigh next to nothing (I know they are small). Three of them are laying eggs. LOL well I think three are, could be any of the three little ones alternating

Should I be feeding them something different?

 

[Lollipop]

I have 3 Bantam sized Wyandotte hens. I'm by no means a chicken expert, just ended picking them up at a fair one day to keep my turkey company. I also have a slightly larger hen as well. Anyway, I feel like they are thin. Their feed dish always has layer pellets in it. Sometimes I add some regular bird seed to that but not a lot. They don't get to free range a whole lot because I work and I don't like them being out alone during the day, they wander near the street and something could pick them off.

I guess I don't know how fat a chicken is supposed to be. They just feel boney I guess, like I can easily feel their breast bone. They feel like the weigh next to nothing (I know they are small). Three of them are laying eggs. LOL well I think three are, could be any of the three little ones alternating

Should I be feeding them something different?

Sounds like you are doing right by them. As long as they are acting right and are healthy, don't worry. It's easy to imagine things with chickens.......Pop

 

[cashela]

They act like chickens LOL I won't worry about them then. They look nice and healthy, I just managed to get my hands on one today and was worried when I felt the breast bone so prominently.

 

[devora]

I'm shocked when I pick up my Leghorns: featherweight. Bony.

But they have food 24/7 and get treats all the time, so unless they stop acting chickeny I'm not concerned.

Banty Wyandottes, my goodness the cute factor must be in the hundreds.