How much DE to add to feed?

[greenmulberry]

How much DE would one put in a quart of feed? I thought I had read 2% of the food should be DE, but that works out to be 4 and a half teasopoons, which sounds like a lot!!

 

[speckledhen]

It's really not much at all. I don't even measure it; I just eyeball it. I scoop my feed with a gallon pitcher and just dump some in, maybe less than a 1/4 cup. I may not do it every time, though, maybe ever other scoop. It doesn't have to be exact, just an estimate of 2%.

 

[SandraChick]

Well- I've seen lots of places that say 2% and recently saw a ranch that uses 2% for most of their animals but use 5% on their chickens!


Now...I freerange and my chickens hardly eat any feed...so i had to switch to putting the DE into their treats. I figure about 1tsp per chicken....it's always a rough estimate.

One way to know if it's enough...if you see signs of worms or runny poops...you need more.

Sandra

 

[FluffyChickenMama]

Do you put the DE in everytime?? I havent put it in their feed I have put some in their water... ok so if you mix it with their feed .. that would be one pound of DE to 50 pounds of feed?? or did I miss something??

 

[beckt]

I mis the DE into the feed. I use the 2% rule. Which is 1# to 50# of feed. But I must confess, like Speckledhen I sometimes eyeball it.

 

[Chvywmn]

I have a silly question...what is DE??

Thanks!

 

[Billina]

I agree with the silly question - what is DE? And while we're at it, what is DH?

 

[Dawn419]

Quote:
Diatomaceous Earth

 

[Pine Grove]

I think DH means Dumb husband..lol

 

[nccountrygirl]

Or in my case, darling husband