Fresh greens in the garden are usually hard to come by in the winter, so you should supplement your chickens’ diet with store-bought salads. This article has been viewed 25,187 times. Make sure that the feed your chickens are getting is high-quality feed and give them a bit extra this time of year. But with the shortened daylight hours, and the cold weather requiring more of their energy resources be directed to keeping their body temperatures where the need to be, egg production will go down. Feeding your hens (or chickens), a complete and balanced diet is essential to making sure they stay happy and healthy. Chickens are unlikely to eat soggy pellets. Watch for changes in movement, like limping. I personally make an effort to feed our chickens milk from our family cow during the winter when “live” protein foods are harder to come buy. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/16\/Feed-Chickens-during-the-Winter-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Feed-Chickens-during-the-Winter-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/16\/Feed-Chickens-during-the-Winter-Step-1.jpg\/aid5469691-v4-728px-Feed-Chickens-during-the-Winter-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"