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We opened the pen every morning and fed the chickens outside it. We did not use the feeder but rather fed them by dumping a couple of juice pitchers of feed out on the ground about 8 or ten feet from the pen several times a day. At night they got no food. Between that and foraging they finished, at 10 weeks, at 6-8 pounds. We'll be taking the same approach next year, maybe even getting lazier by getting a broody hen to take care of them when they're younger.
We opened the pen every morning and fed the chickens outside it. We did not use the feeder but rather fed them by dumping a couple of juice pitchers of feed out on the ground about 8 or ten feet from the pen several times a day. At night they got no food. Between that and foraging they finished, at 10 weeks, at 6-8 pounds. We'll be taking the same approach next year, maybe even getting lazier by getting a broody hen to take care of them when they're younger.
