feeding chickens

A chickens diet should have a base of either mixed grain or poultry pellets (layers pellets). A large chicken should get around 60grams a day. As well as the grains you can give them breads, boiled vegetables like potatoes, carrots and parsnips and any other vegetable scraps. At night when you close them up you will need to pick up any left over vegetable or bread peaces this is not just to make the place look better but to stop attracting vermin which can become a troublesome ordeal. Your chickens will encounter insects more so when they are free-range this is fine and is a good source of nutrition for them. I know mine love slugs! Chickens need a constant supply off clean water. An egg contains a lot of water so your chickens will not only be drinking for themselves but for a 60g egg, if they do not get water for a whole day this could lead to a cancelation off egg production for over a week. So its best to get a couple of poultry drinkers so that if you forget to top them up one day there should be enough water to last them.