Official BYC Poll: Do you change your chicken feed in the fall to prepare for winter?

[Nomadicus]

Here this far south it rarely gets cold enough to worry. I feed the same starter grower to the flocks year round and withhold scratch a couple of months during the hottest part of summer.

 

[TLynne1]

As the days get shorter and the weather cools, our chickens’ needs begin to shift. Many chicken keepers adjust their flock’s diet in the fall to help them stay healthy and strong through the winter months. But how about you?

Do you change your chicken feed as fall approaches, or do you stick with your usual routine? Let’s find out! Share your feeding strategy by voting in the poll and see how others prepare their flocks for the colder season!

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Further Reading:

• Caring For Chickens in the Fall
• Molting: All You Need To Know
• Important High-Protein Foods for Chickens During Molting
• Coop Health: Designing & Maintaining A Healthy Coop

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This will be my first winter, so I don't know. I did notice they are he weather changes. I'm here for the comments so I know what to do if anything. Attached is what I'm feeding them now. I mix them