SCRATCH ADVICE

Here is what Dr. Jacquie Jacob, poultry extension project manager at the University of Kentucky, says about chicken scratch, in “Feeding Chickens for Egg Production.”

“Scratch grains are like french fries; chickens that eat too many scratch grains have less of an appetite for more nutritious feed. If you are using scratch grains, feed them to chickens in the afternoon after birds have eaten complete feed, and then provide only as much scratch grains as chickens can finish in 15 to 20 minutes.”