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What is the best way to make fermented feed?A chicken on a good feed as their only feed will eat .2 - .25# of feed/bird/day according to the producer of the brand of feed I buy. Some folks say up to .3#/bird/day. That's assuming that no other ration is fed, and there is no waste, and no rodent issues.
A diet heavy on scratch is not doing the bird any favors b/c she will fill up on the scratch and miss out on the vitamins, protein, and minerals in the blended feed. Sunflower chips are high fat, and can contribute to fatty liver, increased visceral fat which can cause the hen to have difficulty passing an egg.
You might consider switching to fermented feed to help cut the loss to winged pests.
It's fallacy to assume that birds should get more scratch in cold weather IMO. Simply let them fill up on their regular feed. A calorie is a calorie, so it might as well be a calorie that is packed with nutrients.