What do you feed your layers?

[Shadrach]

This as regular feed. About to change to crumble mash from the same brand.

2 tins of this properly drained spread over the week.

This for two to three hours a day. By far their favourite.

One eight year old rooster. One six or seven year old Legbar. One three or four year old Marans/Legbar cross. One three to four year old Red Sex Link Ex Battery hen. One Ex Battery hen of unknown age.

I/we settled on the pellets, not due to the nutritional content but because of the pellet size which is smaller than standard which they seem to prefer.

Due to the variety of stuff grown on the allotments there is a decent supply of bugs, roots and abandoned veg.

 

[R3bauer]

I have and will continue to feed Nutrena Chick starter and the layer feed. Other than it going up in price I am happy with it.

 

[CKfarm22]

My 5 hens are almost 2 yrs old and i give them Natures Best Organic chick/starter/grower crumbles. 20% I offer real oyster shells i collect and crush. I also mix some Natures Best 16% layer pellets with the 20% chick starter. They sift through and leave the layer pellets.

Wait i love the ladles

 

[Crooked Chicken]

My hens and rooster get (non-medicated) Country Lane All Flock or Naturewise All Flock.
They always have grit, oyster shell/eggshell available in separate cans that hang on the wall inside the coop.

 

[Fortune]

Looking for an organic feed, non gmo with no corn or soy or diatamaceous earth. Finding affordable feeds without all the chemicals, corn or soy isn't easy so I think I'm going to stick with buying grains and mixing myself. I tried several crumbles and pellets but they definitely like it when I make my own mix with wheat, oat, flax, sunflower seeds and green peas. Then I supplement with greens from my gardens, edible weeds (like moringa they LOVE), fruit scraps and anything else to mix up the diet. Pellets seem to bore them as well as crumbles. Maybe their just spoiled but I like spoiling them. Its the source to buy I need to find because tractor supply barely carries any grains any more and they've gone all woke so not happy about that.

 

[jezfarm]

nutrenanaturewise, girls seem to like it

 

[Sally PB]

@Fortune, you might want to read this article.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...eat-tears-a-calculator-or-deep-pockets.78655/

 

[Chick-in]

Looking for an organic feed, non gmo with no corn or soy or diatamaceous earth. Finding affordable feeds without all the chemicals, corn or soy isn't easy so I think I'm going to stick with buying grains and mixing myself. I tried several crumbles and pellets but they definitely like it when I make my own mix with wheat, oat, flax, sunflower seeds and green peas. Then I supplement with greens from my gardens, edible weeds (like moringa they LOVE), fruit scraps and anything else to mix up the diet. Pellets seem to bore them as well as crumbles. Maybe their just spoiled but I like spoiling them. Its the source to buy I need to find because tractor supply barely carries any grains any more and they've gone all woke so not happy about that.

I get directly from mills. Some will do custom. Depends on where you live. My flocks always did better with DE in the mix though. Here's one way to find them.
https://non-gmoreport.com/directory-of-organic-non-gmo-and-regenerative-supplies/

Also Petersen Organic Mill in MO does custom mixes. Modesto Milling uses DE but you can get C&S free, they are in CA. Both ship.