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NEVER feed "SEED" to your birds.
It's often treated with pesticides and fungicides.
Any WHOLE grains from the grocery store should sprout or grow, and can be fed with no problems
x2 Make sure it is animal-feed grade otherwise can be treated with toxic substances.
I shop at Winco, also!
Here is what I do:
split peas from the bulk bins- call ahead and they will order a bag for you.
flax seeds I have bought from there but the chickens aren't crazy for them - don't feed too many or it makes eggs taste bad
If you buy the rest at the feed store (I shop mainly at Wilco) you will save a ton of money:
whole wheat (this is the white soft wheat they grow out here) or you can order red wheat feed grown in Montana
rolled barley
rolled oats (this has the hull still attached but it is flattened a little- doesn't look like Quaker Oats though)
Black oil sunflower seeds
Millet (still has hull on it = birdseed)
organic cracked corn
organic chick starter for some nice soy fattening
Austrian peas (not their favorite, currently rotating them instead of split peas)
