humblehillsfarm
Crazy chicken lady
Layer just refers to the fact that the feed was formulated for laying hens. It can still come in crumble, mash, pellets, whole grain, etc. I would try pellets.I usually give crumble, I will try to feed them just layer feed. Thanks for the advice!
In an ideal world it is best that 80-90% of their diet (at least the foods we give them) is feed formulated for poultry, meaning that rice, mealworms, scratch grains, corn, and even garden and kitchen scraps, remain a small 10-20% of their diet. Obviously, there are poultry keepers world-wide that don't always have that luxury, but we are quite fortunate in the US to have well-formulated feeds at are finger tips.