A 20% protein all flock feed. They aren’t laying yet so they don’t need that extra calcium that a layer feed would provide. Even when they are laying I would highly suggest staying on an all flock feed (with oyster shells in another dish so they can get what they need) as the higher protein is overall just much better for the birds themselves. (Someone can jump in and add more to the actual things that a 20% feed is better for as I don’t know off of the top of my head.)
You should always have food available for them when they are in their run.
Most feed is going to be dusty due to the feed getting crushed and shoved around with shipping. I personally don’t know a brand that hasn’t had less dust than another.
save the dust until you get a good bit and add hot water to it and make it kinda like grits and feed it to your chickens. Mine love it.
All the dust and tiny left over feed, even in the feeders gets put into a airtight container and in my kitchen. I use all that dust and tiny bits and add water to make a mash to offer every morning/evening and/or when I need to get some quick feed into a certain hen. every so often instead of adding water to the dust to make a mash, I'll add the chicken vitamin water. (every 3 months). Good Luck!
Thank you so much for the helpful hint.All the dust and tiny left over feed, even in the feeders gets put into a airtight container and in my kitchen. I use all that dust and tiny bits and add water to make a mash to offer every morning/evening and/or when I need to get some quick feed into a certain hen. every so often instead of adding water to the dust to make a mash, I'll add the chicken vitamin water. (every 3 months). Good Luck!
