Quote: If I had the ability to have decent forage and bug access I would never feed my chickens.
They free range except for 90 days a year... those 90 days they are confined and fed FF since we have no forage growing and no bugs during those months.
The only other months I feed any livestock is when I have chicks... the chicks don't free range when they are little, so I feed them.... although they frequently get put out in covered x-pens during the day.