chicken food

  1. E

    Mash for chickens - I need recipes

    What are everyone's recipes for chicken mash? I've recently started soaking a bit of grain in the morning and putting it in the blender for their breakfast. My hens are picky and hate grain of any sort, and I've never been able to get them to eat it. But this way they love it and waste nothing...
  2. M

    Forgot an unopened bag of chicken food in the trunk of my car for a week. Would the heat make the food go bad?

    I bought a bag of Cluck & Co layer feed for my chickens because it was on sale but they weren't quite at the right age yet so I was going to save it until they were, but I forgot the bag in the trunk of my car and it's been quite hot lately (70s/80s). The bag was not opened yet but now I'm...
  3. Alderen

    Is feeding your chickens only food that has Omega 3 in it a good or bad thing?

    My husband thinks that we should only feed our chickens food that has Omega 3 in it. I recently read an article that said: “When feeding the hens heart-healthy omega-3s to enrich their eggs, if the level of supplementation is too high, the birds’ egg production will be severely curtailed and...
  4. H

    Kind of a newbie/looking to make my own chicken food

    Hello! I am happy to have found this forum. I currently have about 12 week old (4) chickens and (2) Roos. Got them at Wilco and apparently they had a higher rate of Roos than they advertised. Oh well. I plan on splitting them up soon so we don’t have any fighting issues. What I am really...
  5. The duck father_

    Warning for E coli in tractor supply feed!

    E coli from either Dumor or Pride Producers layer pellets killed half my flock, in Texas. I'm not sure exactly which one since both brands were in the barrel. Just a heads-up for people who use these brands and get any birds who die tested for E coli after using these to report. I'd hate for...
  6. tiawieclaw

    help! i don’t know if i should be feeding my chicks this!

    hello i have 5 and a half week old chicks and i know that at 6 weeks you are supposed to start mixing their chick food with the regular chicken food so i got this food but then i read that feeding them laying food before they lay is bad so is this stuff ok or should i get regular food? is this...
  7. PioneerChicks

    What Do You Do To Lower Your Chicken Expenses?

    Hi everbody! So recently I've been really into lowering my chicken expenses. I am looking for more ideas! I dry and crush my eggshells and give them to my hens as a calcium source, and I just started a compost pile in the coop. I am on day 2 of fermenting my chicken feed. My chickens are...
  8. K

    Foods that Chickens Can't Eat?

    Are there any foods that chickens shouldn't be fed? I was recently told that avocados, citrus fruits, and garlic are all bad to feed to chickens. I believe I've fed my hens avocados, but can't recall if they actually ate it or just pushed it aside...
  9. appletrails

    sick chicken

    I read lots of helpful info here, but don't post much. I have a small flock of laying hens 19. Have noticed green diarrhea in one of the older, 3 years old, original hen. Lost her this week. We recently got some new pullets at an auction and they appear very healthy looking. We kept them...
  10. T

    Whats a chikens favorite treat out of a garden?

    I'm going to be planting a garden for my chickens this year and I was wondering what the best plant I could plant for my chickens was.
  11. Chickenlovercr

    Switching to growth food for the new chicken? Help!

    Hello! I have an ISA Brown rooster, an old chicken and 3 new ones that are 17 wks old so I'm giving the flock growth food but the new ones are getting bigger and bigger. The owner of a wildlife rescue center where I'm a volunteer gave me an amberlink pullet, or I think this is the type, I have...
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  12. Hazelbunny

    How long does fermented feed last?

    I'm fermenting some feed for my chickens and I don't know exactly how long it lasts. I think I read somewhere that it lasts 5 days but I'm not sure. If you ferment chicken feed I would love to read about it also. Thanks!
  13. C

    Feed that reduces feces

    Hi I am looking to reduce the amount of waste my chickens produce (poop). I have tried to do some research online, and have found very little research or evidence via ag or extension programs, etc. Has anyone found certain feeds/diet changes the amount of waste/smell your chickens produce? I...
  14. J

    Chick feed

    I get my first chicks soon and wondered if the was okay to feed them. They'll be day old chicks. It says on the label to feed them this until they are 10-12 weeks old. I was wondering what you would then feed them after that?? Thank you
  15. Lazy Farmer

    "Your" Thoughts on "Brewers Barley Grain"

    What are your thoughts about using Breweries Barley Grain as a SUPPLEMENTAL FEED? I have a consistent supply that I am receiving for free. And on the day they drained it. Keeping it fresh is my only burden. I have been feeding my swine with it for awhile now.
  16. SFChickens

    Making a Planter FOR my chickens - what would you plant?

    Hi All! We have 5 girls in our yard - 4 new this year, and 1 legacy chicken (a survivor of the great raccoon attack of December 2016 :hit). Anyway - I am working on a project to build a planter/roosting structure for the girls - so they can chill out doing the day (they have a decent amount of...
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