Eat alot

[Alwayswantchics]

Which breeds tend to eat a lot? I thought I read somewhere that the Astrolorp trends to eat a lot of feed. Is it true? What are the others?

 

[Chicks Galore3]

They are a bigger breed of chicken so they eat more then others. This will be true for every breed - bigger chickens eat more, smaller or bantam chickens eat less.

 

[Chambertin]

Yup, size = more upkeep.
Larger birds = larger food bill
All in all I like the larger breeds better, more meat and larger eggs too, so as long as you pick a good laying or dual purpose breed it all works out.

 

[chiqita]

dual purpose birds are hogs. My marans are total PIGS and also don't lay well unless they have 20% feed. If you just want eggs go for lighter birds that still lay well. Cream legbars don't eat much, for example.