I feed mine layer crumbles. They will not eat the pellets. I also give them scratch as a treat only. And no more then they can eat in about 10min. Also they get scrambled egg, yogurt, kale, chard, cooked oatmeal (for winter mornings) pumpkin etc. They need a well balanced diet in order to be healthy and lay nice quality eggs. The difference btwn crumbles and pellets is the pellets are compacted, the crumbles are lose. You can see corn, oyster shells, rice hulls etc. Hope this helps.
You can always buy a bag of crumbles. If you want them to stay on the pellets mix 50% pellets and 50% crumbles. Each time you mix it add less crumbles and more pellets till all there is is pellets. They may eat it then. I tried but they down right refused so I gave the bag to my neighbor and stuck with crumbles. They know what they like. Good luck and have fun.
You can always buy a bag of crumbles. If you want them to stay on the pellets mix 50% pellets and 50% crumbles. Each time you mix it add less crumbles and more pellets till all there is is pellets. They may eat it then. I tried but they down right refused so I gave the bag to my neighbor and stuck with crumbles. They know what they like. Good luck and have fun.