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Update on my own duckweed experience. Yesterday, I tried feeding straight duckweed. It worked okay, but the chickens weren't excited by it. Today, I split their normal daily ration of fermented feed into two containers and mixed some duckweed into one. Both containers were emptied at about...

Thanks and excellent description of Methionine's role in protein formation.

Hey @U_Stormcrow- I have an alternate point of view and wanted to run it by you. You seem to be coming from the point of view that prioritizes balancing nutrients trying to come as close as possible to an ideal mix. Makes sense as it minimizes cost, input quantities and waste. Definitely...

I have a very small version of duckweed (~2mm), so I used a fish net to scoop it out of the tank. I drained it as best I could while in the net and then spread it out on a tray to simply air dry. There are several types of duckweed and larger ones would be easier to grab by hand or you could...

If you are getting into aquaponics, then "Rob Bob" has years of excellent content on YT.

Well, I would say good as at least the duckweed will not spread beyond your system. Since you are having problems, then it is likely that agitation/water flow or lack of nutrients is the problem as they are competing with other plants. Edit: Also, if the duckweed is in your fish tank, then the...

I just went out to check on my chickens for the night and saw that their duckweed was 90% gone. Not sure if anyone ate it other than the first two, but that is definitely positive. Duckweed is fairly simple to grow- they need good light, still (not flowing) water, and nutrients as provided by...

Can you give some more detail on how you fed it to your birds? Do you mix your own feed, offer a bowl with a bunch of different items, something else?

Sounds like a good setup. Some foods are more like candy (tasty, high calories, but little nutrition) and may need external moderation. I believe most other things that are higher in important nutrients, but not exceptionally tasty, will be more likely to be eaten as their bodies require it...

On duckweed: I'm a little ahead of some of you, but definitely still on the learning curve. I found out about duckweed about a year ago when a lot of people started talking about alternate ways to feed chickens instead of commercial feed as the supply chains were struggling. Duckweed (and...

I'd recommend that direction. When you have a mixed flock- layers plus non-layers (males, young, older hens, in winter), then the layer feed may be a problem. I used to use layer feed and switched to a higher protein feed in the winter, but it was a hassle and finally switched to flock feed +...

What are you frustrated about in your feeds? Nutrition? Cost? Something else? As @U_Stormcrow said, you will not be able to get cheaper than mass-produced feed. Mixing a good quality/nutritious feed is possible, but definitely takes an investment in learning. Some possibilities: adding some...