What sould i feed my rooster?

i have layer hens and a rooster. they all get "layer feed" and bugs and plants they find on their own.





should my rooster be getting something more than bugs and "girl" food?





i also give them bread and leftovers once in a while.





is layer feed just normal chicken feed except that it has added oyster shell to make the egg shells harder?

What sould i feed my rooster?
I don't know i feed my chickens layena feed and cracked corn and the dig around...





EDIT: DO NOT FEED IT SCRAMBELED EGGS! THEY WILL GO MAD!
Reply:Feed recommendations for laying hens is 16% protein (since their is alot of protein in egg white and egg yolk) plus calcium for the shell which they can get from the oyster shell or limestone and from the foods they eat..


These nutrients are even more important if you want fertile hatching eggs.





Mature standard breed roosters only require about 9% protein. And there is enough calcium in the corn, bread, bugs and grass they eat.





There is a slight myth out there if roosters eat layer food they will get too much calcium and suffer from kidney damage or stones. A rooster can excrete extra calcium.


If the Ca source is oyster shell, the M %26amp;F birds will just pick out and eat as much as their body needs.
Reply:You are doing just fine! Do not worry especialy with free ranged chickens
Reply:scrambled eggs
Reply:rice,wheat
Reply:You should have cracked corn for all your chickens and the layers feed for you hens. Your roosters don't lay eggs lol and it is awful expensive to feed roosters feed they don't need. Being winter they need the cracked corn. Unless you live somewhere they can still get at bugs and grass and it isn't winter. Bread and leftovers is fine, they will pick out what they like. If you feed crack corn you will have better tasting eggs too from your hens.





Layer feed does not have oyster shells in it. That is sold separately at least it is here and we are really country lol. But yes the oyster shells make the shell harder. The layers feed has vitamins and stuff kind of like when a woman takes pre-natal vitamins. It just makes her healthier to produce more eggs.