Perhaps, but hot peppers do not affect chickens like they do us. I do not think they can taste them. I know my waterfowl will eat all their grains first, then eat the pellets last. Their feed didn't have any cayenne on it, so I guess they just don't like it. The ducks and chickens don't seem to...
I'm trying out some new feed from a mill. It's a lot cheaper than the feed I'd been buying and I didn't like it at all. Anywho, I'm mixing layer pellets with whole oats, wheat, and barely. I also sprinkle some cayenne pepper on everybody's food.
I've been hearing a lot about the fermented...
Here is what I'm feeding my Flock(s) :
4 Scoops of Wheat Seed
1 Scoop of Layer Pellets
1 Scoop of Grower Crumbles
My older flock free ranges just about everyday. They get kitchen scraps and they also eat a ton of wheat sprouts. We have a wheat field right behind my chicken pen(s) and the...