Raising Chickens for meat

Yea, Krystal, we're free ranging our chickens. We let them out to feed in the yard at least a couple of hours a day. But, we are also feeding the laying crumbles too. We went from the chick starter to the finisher to the laying crumbles. We stayed with the crumbles cause we heard that they may not eat the pellets too good going straight into them from crumbles. We figured the laying crumbles were pretty much the same as the pellets. But, I don't know for sure.

Our chickens just started laying a couple of weeks ago. So, we're hoping they'll become more productive as they get a little older. We have 9 Rhode Island Red hens and two black ones that I don't know the breed. And, we have one Auracana, one barred rock and one banty chick. And, the chicks are about half the age of the hens so it may be a while before they start laying.

Do you have any suggestions on making them more productive?