chickens dont seem to be eating.

[allabouttheeggs]

I have 3 roosters and 10 hens that are only cooped up at night, then allowed to free range all day. They dont seem like they are eating very much feed at all. I am not having to refill their small feeder for at least at week. It seems like with that many of them they would be eating more. We do live in the country, so I'm sure there are lots of bugs for them to chow down on, but it just makes me worry that they are not getting enough.

 

[Pyxis]

! It could be that they are finding most of their food while out free ranging, and as a result aren't eating as much of their feed. I know this time of year is the time I go through the least amount of feed because my birds are out finding their own tasty food.

On an unrelated note, you really need to get some more hens or get rid of one or two roosters. Three roosters to ten hens is too many. It's generally recommended to have at least 7-10 hens per rooster so that the hens aren't overmated and possibly injured.