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They are also in the midwest- IN, IL, OH, etc. I definitely prefer them to the local Tractor Supply.

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My chickens happily eat Japanese beetles. I don't know how many they get naturally, but I collect the beetles for them every year. The Japanese beetles tend to congregate on a few of my fruit trees and berry bushes. I take a container with some water and simply knock the beetles into the...

I hope you aren't near anyone if you are thinking of growing ragweed. The pollen is a major allergen for many people. I have a peashrub for my chickens, but it is still too young to have produced peas yet. I don't know much about quail, but you might want to check into raising mealworms or...

-By living with a lot more land than most of us to provide bugs, plants, horse/cow poop and kitchen scraps. -By not having genetic freak birds that lay eggs daily, causing a huge drain on their bodies. -By keeping roosters that would protect the others. -By culling excess roosters and...

@Weeg- I like the variety. I don't know enough about chicken nutrition to say those items would be perfectly balanced, but I know that chickens have been surviving/thriving in a wide variety of environments for a very long time, so I'm sure they would survive and produce with them. One item...

Don't worry about any that are broken and/or don't sprout. Chickens will happily gobble those up as well.

I'm sprouting a combination of wheat and barley that I got from farm stores. It makes up for the lack of fresh greenery during the winter and they love it. Purchased a 40lb bag of each and repackaged them into a bunch of 1gal sealed bags to protect them longer and I'll break open as needed.