CaliforniaMountainChicks
Songster
I’m just wondering if it’s normal for my 12 hens to only go through 35lbs of feed a month. For reference I have 6 standards and 6 bantams. Even with the bantams the ‘average’ amount my flock should be eating is about 60lbs a month (from things I’ve read online and here in BYC)
I feed scratch and peck grub layer pellets. That’s their main source of feed as I don’t free range, they’re just in an enclosed 1,450sq ft chicken yard with shrubs and fruit trees. They only get about a tbsp of scratch each at night in the winter and healthy scraps every couple of days. They’ll get grass and weeds that I pull about every day too. All are completely healthy, and all lay nice eggs with hard shells! Just curious if it’s normal for my chickens to go through such a small amount of feed and if anyone else’s flock also doesn’t eat the ‘normal’ amount!
