The Great Big Homemade Chicken Feed Recipe Sharing Thread

[HeritageGoose13]

That's okay! I would post more recipes but I can't find any. If you ever find any that aren't on this thread please share it here!

 

[jessbe]

Here is one from The Field and Table:

20 lb whole corn
30 lb whole wheat
5 lb crimped barley (I would have got whole if they had it at the feed store)

5 lb whole oats
5 lb black oil sunflower seeds
4 lb millet
2 lb kamut
10 lb lentils
4 lb sesame seeds
3 lb flax seeds
2.5 lb kelp meal (ordered in a 50lb sack from Neptune’s Harvest in MA)

2.5 lb crushed crab shell (also from Neptune’s Harvest)

2 lb alfalfa pellets
.25 lb livestock salt
2 lb crushed limestone
I also feed oyster shell free choice and kitchen vegetable and meat scraps.

https://thefieldandtable.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/homemade-chicken-feed-for-layers/

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[jessbe]

This one is from Mary's City Chickens:

Summer Recipe:
[pounds: product]

20: shell corn
80: soft wheat
60: hard wheat (hard wheat had doubled in price here in MO in 2012 and the feed store isn’t carrying it so I’ve been subbing soft wheat instead)
80: oats
135: sunflower seeds
50: millet
50: field peas
25: flax
20: kelp granules (sold and fed separately)


Winter Recipe (Dec-Mar):
40: whole corn (increased ration for added warmth)
70: soft wheat
60: hard wheat
80: oats
125: sunflower seeds
50: millet
50: field peas
25: flax
20: kelp granules (sold and fed separately)

Gives us about 17% protein content!

https://marystilwell.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/marys-whole-grain-chicken-feed-recipe/

 

[jessbe]

Also to cut down on ingredients herbs can be used and they have a ton of nutritional value and can be grown at home for nearly free.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

What kind of herbs do you grow for your chickens?

 

[jessbe]

Before we moved I grew parsley, oregano, basil, cilantro and lavender (it can be used at a lavender but I grew it for the scent and because it's just beautiful:-D )

But since we bought our house last year I haven't had success at starting anything this year except sweet corn...

But here is a list of websites that have the list of herbs and there uses

http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/05/herbs-and-their-uses-for-your-chickens.html?m=1

http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2013/05/adding-dried-herbs-to-your-chicken.html?m=1

http://bonnieplants.com/library/herb-garden-for-chickens/ they just made it simple reading from the previous website from fresh eggs daily

I'm sure I can find more but I don't want to take over your thread lol!

What kind of herbs do you grow for your chickens?

 

[jessbe]

Oh and I didn't have chickens at our rental we just got our chickens this year in the spring

 

[jessbe]

Molting feed recipe from Fresh Eggs Daily

http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/07/molt-meatloaf.html?m=1

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Molting feed recipe from Fresh Eggs Daily

http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2012/07/molt-meatloaf.html?m=1

For protein I think it would be easier to just give chickens some meat scraps or a bit of milk. Making a molt meatloaf seems overly complicated.

What do you think of fermented feed?