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One Cornish hen per person is considered an appropriate serving, though larger hens can be split in half to feed two people. Most sources credit the Makowsky's of Connecticut for developing the small bird in the mid-1950s, while other historians crediting Donald John Tyson of Tyson Foods with the initial idea for breeding and marketing the hens in the 1960's.
In addition to their regular feed, you can feed scratch at 10-15% of their total diet. Laying hens eat at average of 0.25 lbs of feed a day, so you could feed them 0.025 lb per chicken. Thatâs a half pound of scratch for 20 chickens, per day.Remember, if youâre giving them kitchen scraps, that should be factored in to the 10-15% so you donât see a drop in egg production.aying hens eat at average of 0.25 lbs of feed a day, so you could feed them 0.025 lb per chicken. Thatâs a half pound of scratch for 20 chickens, per day. Remember, if youâre giving them kitchen scraps, that should be factored in to the 10-15% so you donât see a drop in egg production.