Scratch and Peck Feeds Whole Grain Scratch + Corn Chicken and Duck Supplemental Grain - 25 lbs Bag - Soy-Free - 9% Protein, Certified Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified Chicken Food

The absolute BEST poultry food. Not processed into pellets. Scratch and Peck products are unprocessed in a natural state - whole grains like birds are supposed to eat! Starter, layer, grower and scratch are all extremely fresh, superb quality whole grains, and non-pellitized. I haven’t found anything better for the health and happiness of my chickens and for the unbelievable taste and color of their eggs, inside and out.

We don't have any chickens but there is a rooster who lives next door and he spends most of each day over in our yard so I feed him. He seems to like this feed. I'll mix it with a couple of other varieties and add dried meal worms and he pecks away at it. He really appreciates it. In regard to the flavor of this feed; we were asked to rate the flavor for this review. I have not actually tasted it. If the rooster could speak, I hear him crowing at this very moment, he would probably say it tastes just fine.

This food seems to be a great mix. I don't supplement additional calcium, my chickens free range, and their egg shells are always strong. I went away from this food for about a month and the shell difference was noticeable

UPDATE: The seller has corrected this listing so it now accurately describes the product as scratch “treat”, not as layer feed - which is what the listing originally was. This is fine scratch treat, just don’t try to use it as a feed.===============================================================================This listing was originally for 18% protein layer feed and that is what the reviews are for. The seller recently made a change to the listing and is selling 9% protein scratch treat (NOT feed), BUT did not update all parts of the listing and the reviews for the previous product make it appear that this is layer feed, but it is not. If you look down in the middle of the listing where there is a manufacturer description of the product it says:"What is a Scratch n' Corn Hen Treat?Scratch and Peck Soy Free Scratch n' Corn is made using Certified Organic whole grains. We use a blend of Pacific Northwest grown Organic Corn, Organic Wheat and Organic Barley. Feed as a treat from your hand or scatter on the ground! Scratch n’ Corn is an excellent treat choice for cold weather. The added corn is an easily digestible carbohydrate that helps your birds generate energy.Scratch is an indulgent treat for your birds — don’t let it spoil their dinner! Limit scratch to 10% or less of the full diet."Notice that it lists only 3 ingredients and recommends that this stuff should be 10% or less of your flock's diet. Meanwhile, the seller's description (which is from the previously sold product on this listing) says:"Nutritious and Energy Dense - A special blend of cracked organic grains, organic flax meal, and select vitamins similar to Naturally Free Organic Starter and Grower, but our 9% + Corn contains an optimum level of corn and protein for birds 20+ weeks and which helps them recover during molting seasons."This is a description of the 18% protein layer feed that was previously being sold (except that 18% was changed to 9%), it is NOT an accurate description of the current product. IF YOU GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHICKENS AS THEIR PRIMARY FEED THEY WILL GET SICK!! I bought from this listing before the title was changed from 18% feed to 9% scratch and didn't realize that the listing was inaccurate. This is what the listing title was when I purchased: "Scratch and Peck Feeds Cluckin' Good Organic 18% Protein Scratch 'n Corn for Chicken and Duck Flocks - Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified - 50-lbs" I had my laying hens on this for less than two weeks but their laying production slowed and they were so frantically hungry/malnourished they started pulling feathers from each other and eating anything they could forage to try to get the nutrients they weren't getting from their feed. The seller made good on giving me a refund and has *partially* corrected the information listing, but not enough for people to not realize that this is NOT FEED. Please do not give this to your chickens as a primary food source, you will make them very sick.If the listing is corrected so that it no longer contains inaccurate (fraudulent) information, I will change or amend my review. It's good quality scratch, it's just terrible quality FOOD.

Chickens like it but in my opinion the feed is too expensive. Went back to my old brand.

By "real" I mean "unenriched". When are chickens ever going to get their own grain mill and start adding inorganic niacin, thyamine, etc. to their food? The only absorb-able nutrients are in whole, unadulterated grains. Thank you!

This review is on behalf of the chickens: they love this mix and it immediately boosted their egg production..

I've been buying Scratch and Peck Organic Chicken and Duck Feed since I got my first chickens nearly 2 years ago. Started with their Starter Chick Feed (ground-up 20% protein feed), then their Grower Feed, and finally their Corn-Free and Soy-Free 18% Protein Layer Feed. I have a love hate relationship with the Scratch and Peck feeds. I love that the ingredients are organic and that they sell feed that is free of soy and free of corn, and has 18% protein. The majority of all other brands are mostly corn, soy, soy meal and grain by-products. What I hate are the pieces of stems, twigs, sticks, husks mixed in with the feed, and the excessive amount of dust or powder from seed husks and powdered vitamins and minerals that come in each bag of feed. The powder is about 40% of the content of each bag, and most does not get eaten by the chickens, so it is wasted, and the chickens end up not eating enough of the nutrients they need. A few of my 9-10 month old chickens have ended up with nutritional deficiencies, and for that reason I now mix the Scratch and Peck 18% Layer Feed with 16% and 18% protein crumble and pellets from another brand. I also add BSFL grubs and sunflower seeds to help increase the protein, and I provide them with crushed oyster shells for calcium and grit separately that they can eat when they want to. My chickens also get a small amount of organic 5-grain scratch I get from a less expensive brand.Last week I was running out of the 18% Layer Feed and when I saw this Scratch and Peck Scratch 'n Corn 18% Protein Feed I bought it thinking it was 18% Layer Feed with Corn. What I got is nothing more than the Scratch and Peck 3-Grain Scratch that contains just 9% Protein.I am really upset and extremely disappointed. If it was clearly stated in the title and description that this was 3-Grain Scratch and not the 18% Protein Layer Feed I would not had purchased it, as it is too low in protein, just 9%, and this 3-Grain Scratch is way too expensive. The 5-Grain Scratch I get from another brand is nearly 2/3 less than the price of this one.Now I'm out of the Scrarch and Peck 18% Layer Feed, finished the last 3 cups today as I received this extremely overpriced 3-Grain Scratch. I can't give this to my chickens as their main feed, but only as a treat. Now I have to quickly buy and spend more of my limited funds to get the 18% Protein Layer Feed that my chickens need.If you are looking for 18% Protein feed for your chickens, this is not it. This is 3-Grain Scratch that has 9% Protein. If you give this to your chickens as their main feed, they will end up malnourished and eventually suffer health problems. Scratch is not feed, it is a low protein treat that should consist of no more than 10% of what your chickens eat. Chicken feed should have a minimum of 16-18% protein, at the very least, more if they are molting or ill, and if they are laying eggs the feed should also contain enough calcium.