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The ultimate guide to understanding the form and types of chicken feed for chicks to laying hens. Covers the specific types of chicken food you need to feed your backyard chickens through all ages and phases of the chickens life.

In this installment of how to care for chickens 101, we’ll be discussing the difference between chicken layer feed & chicken scratch for new chicken keepers! Which should you be feeding your chickens and why? Click to find out!

Chickens often begin molting in the fall. Molting lasts 8 to 12 weeks, which can freak out new chicken parents. These easy tips, such as high-protein can help your molt chickens with feather regrowth.

Hi Treats for Chickens community, it's me, Dawn! As of Thursday morning I have three dozen eggs + eight.  That's 44 eggs. What in the F am I going to do with 44 eggs?    Photo credit: RyanJLane   They are "free ranging" on the kitchen counter, on top of the refrigerator in cartons, in a basket lounging on the kitchen counter, plus an unaccounted for 12 hard boiled inside the fridge.  And, before nightfall there will be at least 9-10 more freshly laid in the nesting boxes.....so it's time to get generous and be busy in the kitchen. Pronto. ...