Thank you! I enjoyed the article. I'm not an "ALL natural" rebel who refuses to use commercial food. I serve it (layer variety) to my hens twice a day, moistened, and I keep a feeder full of pellets in their pen in case they want them. Since they are up before I am, they munch on them until they get their breakfast. lol. I am happy with the quality of the eggs my girls lay. They could use more calcium, especially in the Spring. They temporarily had thinner shells, so I put out some oyster shell. You KNOW your eggs are fresh when you drop one on the stove, the end of the egg cracks open and most of the "whites" spill out BUT you can scoop it up with a spoon! Can't do that with a "runny, watery" egg from the store! My girls free range and eat lots of greens, grass seeds and about anything that moves. They give eggs with an orange yolk. During the winter, after the grass was no longer green and the insects, etc, were gone, the egg yolks lost some of their color, but still looked better than store-bought eggs! We serve OCCASIONAL treats--not every day, though. They eat more commercial food during the winter, which stands to reason. Not much else to eat unless I give them more scraps. My hubby and I just don't have many leftovers or stuff they'd like. I end up buying some greens and veggie/fruit treats for them.
