It's the chop bit that's important; and what you chop of course. I chop everything I feed to chickens. I found they eat a wider range of foods if they are chopped into very small bits.
I've never frozen veg for them. I've always cooked it, let it cool and then chopped. Most of the chickens I've known won't touch raw carrot but serve it cooked and chopped and they'll eat it.
Good call on the limitations of commercial feed.
I've only cared for free range chickens and the nutrients they'll get from your feeding method they've got from a wide range of forage in the past.
I'm glad someone has written an article in improving the variety of a chickens diet. I think it's a very important topic which tend to get snowed under in the promotion of commercial feeds.
For the backyard keeper your mass production may just be an answer for providing a varied and balanced diet with minmum fuss.
I've never frozen veg for them. I've always cooked it, let it cool and then chopped. Most of the chickens I've known won't touch raw carrot but serve it cooked and chopped and they'll eat it.
Good call on the limitations of commercial feed.
I've only cared for free range chickens and the nutrients they'll get from your feeding method they've got from a wide range of forage in the past.
I'm glad someone has written an article in improving the variety of a chickens diet. I think it's a very important topic which tend to get snowed under in the promotion of commercial feeds.
For the backyard keeper your mass production may just be an answer for providing a varied and balanced diet with minmum fuss.
