feed

[kychickguy]

what age do u switch from starter feed to egg laying feed my girls is about 5 or 6 month old and they are gitting big

 

[Buff-Island-Australorp]

now

 

[Chris09]

You feed Starter or Grower until you start getting eggs then you can change over to Layer.
If you have extra Starter/Grower when you birds start to lay just mix it about 1/2 and 1/2 with the layer till the Starter/Grower is gone.

Chris

 

[ChicKat]

The differences in the feed aren't so vast. Some sources say wait until they are laying. A good idea would be to have oystershell available to them and, once they start laying, you can smash, grind their own egg shells for a source of calcium for your chickens.

Lots of advice I have seen says use up your grower feed, but make sure that you have calcium available, then buy your next bag as layer or flock feeder.