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Quote: No, Mash type has been around for quit sometime and before we penned chickens. A good percentage of today's chickens parent stock were feed a mash type feed when they were being bred/created. A truly free ranging chick needs a good bit of good land to survive healthily with out mans...

Quote: Nearly all chickens we have to day differ greatly from there junglefowl ancestor not just in looks but also in the ability to possess food. The chickens and the junglefowl may have no discernible difference between the digestive systems but that does not mean they have the ability to...

Quote: Nearly all chickens we have to day differ greatly from there junglefowl ancestor not just in looks but also in the ability to possess food. The chickens and the junglefowl may have no discernible difference between the digestive systems but that does not mean they have the ability to...

Quote: Well you can look at it this way, we don't call Wolves a Dogs so why call a Red Junglefowl a chicken? Chris

Quote: The junglefowl isn't a chicken it is a Pheasant (Family Phasianidae) Quote: Chickens is said to be bred from Red but I believe there is also some Grey and Green Junglefowl in there also. Chickens are also related to the Bekisar, Ceylon Junglefowl, and the Pheasant but the chicken...

Quote: I am curious about a more natural feed. There is no real " natural feed " for chickens as most people know them. They are a type of fowl that were bred by man from junglefowl so a chickens most "natural feed " food wold be processed/ ground food and scraps with some whole grains now...

Quote: A lot depends on what breeds you are feeding, Most hatchery and soft feather breeds do very poorly on a hard whole grain diet and should be feed a be feed a "soft" or ground food diet. Hard feather breeds like large fowl Gamefowl, and Oriental fowl do very well with a more "hard"/ whole...

Quote: Your Marans, Araucana, and Delaware are all soft feather fowl. Soft feather heavy, The soft feather heavy includes birds like the sussex, orpington, plymouth rock, wyandotte & many others. The 'Soft Feather Heavy Breeds' are historically those developed for table or utility...

Quote: Fermented oats/ grain is a great way to feed whole grains. When I ferment grain I just add a few cans of oats (or grain) in a bucket and add *apple juice* to cover the oats about a inch or so and topping off with apple juice as needed. After 3 or 4 days it should be "ripe" then I drain...

Quote: How does the size of the bird effect it? It isn't size as much as it is the ability to possess all nutrition from a whole grain compared to a ground grain. Feeding too much "hard grains" to soft feather fowl tends to "harden" the feathers and making them more brittle and fray easily...

Quote: The grain mix/scratch that I use is Crude Protein, not less than 17.00% Crude Fat, not less than 2.00% Crude Fiber, not more than 6.00% Moisture, not more than 12.00% Canadian Peas, Popcorn, Maple Peas, Milo, Wheat, Oat Groats, Red Proso Millet. The base for the mash I use...

Quote: A lot depends on what breeds you are feeding, Most hatchery and soft feather breeds do very poorly on a hard whole grain diet and should be feed a be feed a "soft" or ground food diet. Hard feather breeds like large fowl Gamefowl, and Oriental fowl do very well with a more "hard"/ whole...

Quote: A lot depends on what breeds you are feeding, Most hatchery and soft feather breeds do very poorly on a hard whole grain diet and should be feed a be feed a "soft" or ground food diet. Hard feather breeds like large fowl Gamefowl, and Oriental fowl do very well with a more "hard"/ whole...

Quote: What feed are you getting that gets there ingredients from China? Chris Some commodities like soy do come from China but most comes from Brazil. There is soy grown in North America as well but it tends to be more expensive than the Brazilian, which also has a year long growing...

Quote: Me, too. Pelleted or processed food has the greatest risk, I think, because the components of these feeds so often come from China, and who knows what's going to be in that? Melamine or whatever else? What feed are you getting that gets there ingredients from China? Chris

Quote: I see what you are saying but also some breeds are better at foraging than others. If you have feed/water in there coop and let them free range during the day they should be just fine. Chris Yes, this is what I do. They have access at any time they want to the pens with the water...

Quote: I see what you are saying but also some breeds are better at foraging than others. If you have feed/water in there coop and let them free range during the day they should be just fine. Chris

Quote: Sharon, Just keep in mind that chickens as we know them are a domesticated animal that was never wild so they never really had to find there food naturally on there own. Chris

Quote: Fermented oats/ grain is a great way to feed whole grains. When I ferment grain I just add a few cans of oats (or grain) in a bucket and add *apple juice* to cover the oats about a inch or so and topping off with apple juice as needed. After 3 or 4 days it should be "ripe" then I drain...

Quote: I feed fermented oats but mostly in the summer. Chris