what kind of chickens do you have? my brother had rhode island reds back in the day.
I have 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Golden Sex-Links, and two Black Jersey Giants.
The RIRs are named LaVerne and Maxine, The Goldens are Paris and Nichole, and since the Black Jerseys have huge butts and pretty, iridescent black feathers, they are named Oprah and Tyra.
And yes, I do overfeed them, but they are not fat and they are producing well. Lately I have been cutting back on the scratch and letting them free-eat the layer rations. If they had to subsist on nothing but forage and scraps, they could, and still do will. We’ll spoil them as long as we can....