I feed them all our meat/fat leftovers. We generally roast the entire chicken/duck/goose, and we give the chickens the leftover cooked carcass. They literally take it down to bare bone overnight (if that long). This past Fall I just threw away my deer carcass, but wanted to kick myself when I saw a neighbor throw his to his chickens. In the middle of winter I throw pig lard (which we get for free) into the scrap-food bucket.
My girls laid fairly well all winter long. I'll probably not feed much lard in the warmer months.
My girls laid fairly well all winter long. I'll probably not feed much lard in the warmer months.
