My extremely picky pullets

[rebeccaH86]

I swear these pullets of mine are more picky about food then my kids are , they don't like layerina feed crumbles ends up all over the ground wasted , I actually have to just buy Walmart vibrant life feed crumbles, so this last time I thought I would get both crumbles and pellets they have ate all the crumbles out of the mix and now are pretty much starving from there blanton refusal to eat the dang pellets ugh welp lesson learned stay away from pellets. I have even used a food processor to make it more of a crumble nope thier not having it .
And I'm huge on not letting anyone or anything go to bed hungry so off to wally world I go SMH.

 

[sourland]

They have you well trained.

 

[rebeccaH86]

They have you well trained.

Haha yes unfortunately but when I picked up a pullet and I feelt her breast bone I'm going to give in and get what they like .

 

[nolotus]

I never thought that chickens could be picky eaters. I've been blaming my feeder but maybe they just got spoiled when I fed them sunflower seeds and then watermelon and frozen corn during our triple digit weather. They just are not eating much--of the feed, the grit or the oyster shell. If I throw a little bread, some salad greens or a handful of rice, it's a feeding frenzy so I thought "OMG, I'm starving my chickens!"
But when I throw out scratch or their feed, they pretty much ignore me. It eventually is gone but it could be the quail that fly into the chicken yard.
If they see some spilled birdseed from the feeders they are pretty interested. I've got 3 bags of organic feed they need to eat!
Will they eat it if they get hungry enough and I stop with the treats?
The feed smells fine to me but I wondered if the triple digit heat and it being stored outside could have made it "go bad" somehow.
They do not appear to be molting and are still laying.
Have I created pullet princesses?

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Usually my chickens have quite enriched feed, but when i don't have time to prepare for them, they also enjoy simple commercial feed. I am happy that they are flexible