> My chickens won't eat flax, either. They get no wheat or corn, and lots of
> bugs and seeds. I've not had my eggs analyzed, but they are bright
> orange-yolked, and the yolk is so dense it can almost be cut. I guess the
> earthworms are free-range...

what seeds ? I am looking into having chickens now and procrastinate about
it because i want to find a source of good organic  whole seeds . do they
like lentils ? peas ? when i had them in the past i was sprouting local oats
and barley for them .a friend tried to quit supplementing them and they were
producing very little eggs.
I saw somewhere also that grains were disturbing their hormonal balance and
was the reason they were producing lot of eggs . so it looks to me that
aiming at a big quantity of eggs is not healthy for us to eat them .

will rather not having to buy feed and harvest little . do you know of a
breed that can forage very well on their own ?
jean-claude