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Chick n goat:
I use soy bean meal and corn in the winter for additional protein from the soybean meal and additional energy from the corn. this is because in winter here everything is frozen so the chickens can't forage for bugs and other nice stuff to get protein, and because they need more sugar in winter to produce body heat. if you live in a climate where they can forage year round and it never gets cold, then you can use the summer recipe without the soybean meal and added corn. (For layers I mean. If you have broilers, then use the winter recipe because broilers need lots of protein and energy, they grow fast.)
about other vegetables, I give them grated raw potato and beetroot and turnip from time to time, usually only in the winter, as an added source of carbohydrates (energy) and vitamins/minerals. I am pretty sure that they would be ok without that though, as sometimes I didn't bother for even more than a month and they still stayed very healthy, even in the dead of winter.
I use soy bean meal and corn in the winter for additional protein from the soybean meal and additional energy from the corn. this is because in winter here everything is frozen so the chickens can't forage for bugs and other nice stuff to get protein, and because they need more sugar in winter to produce body heat. if you live in a climate where they can forage year round and it never gets cold, then you can use the summer recipe without the soybean meal and added corn. (For layers I mean. If you have broilers, then use the winter recipe because broilers need lots of protein and energy, they grow fast.)
about other vegetables, I give them grated raw potato and beetroot and turnip from time to time, usually only in the winter, as an added source of carbohydrates (energy) and vitamins/minerals. I am pretty sure that they would be ok without that though, as sometimes I didn't bother for even more than a month and they still stayed very healthy, even in the dead of winter.