OK....All you feed mixing experts out there, I need more advice. :-)
I am diving into this head first and I am not going back to processed bagged feed again. And while I am not ready for meal worm farms or growing flies, I am ready to start the road to making my own chicken feed. I ran this...
Ok....so for emergency rations here, till I can figure out just how to feed these birds, LOL, I mixed the following....
1/4 cup each:
Scratch
Hulled Sunflower seed
Millet
Cockatiel Fruit and Nut Mix
Cockatiel Molting and Conditioning seeds
Farmers Helper Ultra Kibble
1 Tablespoon Calcium...
Thanks again Lacy! There was a big discussion in the quail section about the BSF and at the time I didn't pay much attention. LOL (I hang out in the quail section of the forums a lot) So I guess I need to do some reading here and see what I can do. Thank you for the links as well!
I need to...
Thanks Lacy! That is a very interesting article about fermenting feed. Actually I was considering this avenue as well, and now that I am reading thru that thread, it has sparked my interest more.
As for the calcium powder, the reason I want to add it is due to a couple of reasons...a while...
Hi all. I am having some trouble and need some advice. Now, I am slowly reading thru this entire thread, but was hoping for some insight on my situation as well as some information about mixing feed.
First off, I live in the middle of nowhere and do not have different brands of feed available...
I am interested in getting away from commercial layer feed and would like to make my own "home brew". I checked in at my local feed store and they carry many whole and cracked grains, along with fish meals and soybean meals that I could use to up the protein levels.
However I know nothing...