Quantity of food per day???

[jaimepowell]

I have 8 pullets (12 weeks old) and a bantam pullet and cockerel (12 weeks old) that are all on medicated starter feed. They are in a large pen with an attached coop. I have been filling their food container with a couple cups of feed each morning--it's always gone by the next day. I just wanted to know if I should be making sure they have a constant food supply or if there is a certain amount I should be putting in each day. I know they snack on plants and bugs each day and they do have grit available. Just don't want to be feeding them too much or too little.

Thanks!

 

[Den in Penn]

While they are growing I like to have a little feed left the next day. The amount of they eat increases and varies. For growing chicks I don't think there is a chart that says on day 25 they need x amount of feed. And if you allow them to find some of their own food, like you, its even harder to tell how much they need each day. So having a little left each day means to me they are getting all they need.

 

[jaimepowell]

Thanks!