No feed when free ranging?

[FenrisMau]

You might look into fermenting the pellets. It can cut down on food waste because they can't fling it everywhere. Supposedly it also makes the nutrients more bio available too, from being partially broken down. It's very easy to do. They may not like it at first but you can always put some dry food on top, or feed them the wet stuff at night when they are tired and ready for bedtime-- if they're hungry, they'll eat it.

If you are particularly worried about it, and your birds are at least moderately handleable, you can weigh them on a scale to see if they are losing weight

Thanks for the advice! The feed we give isn't in pellets, it's pieces of corn, barley, millet, etc. (New Country Organics duck grower) Might still be able to ferment it, but I know that if rain gets on it, it smells sour and they don't want to eat it.

 

[SnackMeat]

Yeah, pretty sure that's fermented. You have to mix it daily. If parts of it is whole you could try sprouting them. And you may try fermenting anyway and see if they change their minds if they get hungry enough.