Chicks don’t like new feed?

[mgharris30]

New to chickens. I have two Easter Eggers and two silkies. All are roughly 9 weeks old.
We were feeding them Purina medicated grower feed. We switched to Purina flock grower. The birds arent eating as much feed. They are still interested in dried worms and they will still eat grass, or whatever is in the grass, when I let them out of the run (usually about an hour a day). Do they not LIKE the new feed?? Is that even a THING?? I thought chickens would eat nearly anything.

 

[3KillerBs]

New to chickens. I have two Easter Eggers and two silkies. All are roughly 9 weeks old.
We were feeding them Purina medicated grower feed. We switched to Purina flock grower. The birds arent eating as much feed. They are still interested in dried worms and they will still eat grass, or whatever is in the grass, when I let them out of the run (usually about an hour a day). Do they not LIKE the new feed?? Is that even a THING?? I thought chickens would eat nearly anything.

At some point they stop eating so much because they're not growing so fast.

Also, with summer coming in there is more food to be found foraging.

 

[sourland]

Chickens hate change of any sort. When changing feeds it is best to mix the new with the old in gradually increasing amounts until you are feeding 100% new feed.

 

[mgharris30]

At some point they stop eating so much because they're not growing so fast.

Also, with summer coming in there is more food to be found foraging.

Thank you so much! I feel better!