Best feed for old non egg laying chickens?

[Cynthia12]

what have you been feeding them? do they forage? they need grass/veggies/fruits, etc. I cannot recommend you any feed as I live in greece but they should not eat commercial feed only.

You live in Greece? Awesome!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

From the FAQ page:
"Orders over $49 ship free! All other orders ship for a flat rate of $4.95"
https://www.chewy.com/app/content/faq

Thank you very much, I will look into it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Debbie292d we don't have bantams, btw, all our birds are LF. I made the feeders myself using 5-gal. buckets and port kits I got from Bomgaars. In my estimation, the inner parts of the ports are not deep enough. In other words, the bottom of the inside of the port is flush with the opening, it does not extend downward at all. So the chickens were just billing the crunbles out and making a big mess. It doesn't seem to be happening as badly with the pellets. I may try a couple bags of the Kalmbach and see what happens. It wouldn't hurt my feelings for the feed to be delivered regularly. How many birds do you have? I have 30 at the moment.

 

[Debbie292d]

@Debbie292d we don't have bantams, btw, all our birds are LF. I made the feeders myself using 5-gal. buckets and port kits I got from Bomgaars. In my estimation, the inner parts of the ports are not deep enough. In other words, the bottom of the inside of the port is flush with the opening, it does not extend downward at all. So the chickens were just billing the crunbles out and making a big mess. It doesn't seem to be happening as badly with the pellets. I may try a couple bags of the Kalmbach and see what happens. It wouldn't hurt my feelings for the feed to be delivered regularly. How many birds do you have? I have 30 at the moment.

50 or so.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you very much, I will look into it.

I buy two of these and a Henhouse Reserve and that comes to $60 something.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I buy two of these and a Henhouse Reserve and that comes to $60 something.

Thanks.