How much feed does one chicken eat?

[Sylviaanne]

I found this chart in another thread and at the bottom it says they eat 110 grams of feed per day. That converts to almost 4 ounces per bird per day. At first I thought my birds are eating more than that, and they free range, but if you count all the chickens I have, I guess it equals out. I don't have many adults but I have a lot of teenagers, preteens and adolescents.

Does 4 ounces per day sound right?


Table 2. Nutrient requirements of leghorn-type chickens as percentages or as milligrams or units per kilogram of diet. (Continued.)

Laying, daily
intake per
Energy base Laying hen (mg) ** Breeding

kcal ME/kg diet * 2,900 2,900

Protein (%) 14.5 16,000 14.5
Arginine (%) 0.68 750 0.68
Glycine and serine (%) 0.50 550 0.50
Histidine (%) 0.16 180 0.16
Isoleucine (%) 0.50 550 0.50

Leucine (%) 0.73 800 0.73
Lysine (%) 0.64 700 0.64
Methionine + cystine (%) 0.55 600 0.55
Methionine (%) 0.32 350 0.32
Phenylalanine + tyrosine (%) 0.80 880 0.80

Phenylalanine (%) 0.40 440 0.40
Threonine (%) 0.45 500 0.45
Tryptophan (%) 0.14 150 0.14
Valine (%) 0.55 600 0.55
Linoleic acid (%) 1.00 1,100 1.00

Calcium (%) 3.40 3,750 3.40
Phosphorus, available (%) 0.32 350 0.32
Potassium (%) 0.15 165 0.15
Sodium (%) 0.15 165 0.15
Chlorine (%) 0.15 165 0.15

Magnesium (mg) 500 55 500
Manganese (mg) 30 3.30 60
Zinc (mg) 50 5.50 65
Iron (mg) 50 5.50 60
Copper (mg) 6 0.88 8

Iodine (mg) 0.30 0.03 0.30
Selenium (mg) 0.10 0.01 0.10
Vitamin A (IU) 4,000 440 4,000
Vitamin D (ICU) 500 55 500
Vitamin E (IU) 5 0.55 10

Vitamin K (mg) 0.50 0.055 0.50
Riboflavin (mg) 2.20 0.242 3.80
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.20 0.242 10.0
Niacin (mg) 10.0 1.10 10.0
Vitamin B12 (mg) 0.004 0.00044 0.004

Choline (mg) ? ? ?
Biotin (mg) 0.10 0.011 0.15
Folacin (mg) 0.25 0.0275 0.35
Thiamin (mg) 0.80 0.088 0.80
Pyridoxine (mg) 3.0 0.33 4.50


* These are typical dietary energy concentrations.
** Assumes an average daily intake of 110 g of feed/hen daily.

 

[Den in Penn]

Yes that is right. The amount will vary according to the breed and the size if chicken. The range most often given is .25 to .33 pounds a day. A bantam wiil be eating less and a large heritage will eat more.

 

[Sylviaanne]

Yes that is right. The amount will vary according to the breed and the size if chicken. The range most often given is .25 to .33 pounds a day. A bantam wiil be eating less and a large heritage will eat more.

Thank you. I don't have any birds as large as Jersey Giants but I do have one Cornish cross hen. All the others are regular size and chicks that are still growing.