I give mine their feed first, in the morning....let them eat all of it. Then later, they either get to go and free range for a while...or I take them a treat. Fruit, salad trimmings, meat scraps, good chicken treats. Then, they forage till I feed them fermented feed for supper. They slurp all of that up off of the ground..then put themselves to bed. All I am left needing to do it gather eggs and lock them up.