About how much feed do chickens go through in one week?

[hannah8]

What brand of feed are you feeding them? 

Do you have any roosters?

Do you have any non-laying hens (pullets or elderly)?

Is your feed 100% organic?

i feed them 18% layer ration from Minor Bros not sure if its organic i assume it is, i have no rooster and all are laying

 

[CrazyTalk]

I offer you a challenge: Do your own experiment, and you tell us your results: Feed out your typical ration of feed, a 50# bag given to what ever size flock you have. give it free choice. Let them eat as much as they want. Document how long that bag lasts.

Now, with your next bag of feed, ferment it. Offer it free choice. Let them eat as much as they want. Document how long that bag lasts. Let us know on one of the FF threads what your results were.

I've done that experiment. I've also read the scientific literature and the feed trials that the broiler industry did with fermented feed.The gains just aren't there.


http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-9156/2012/1450-91561203433U.pdf

Here's a study that does it - there are some gains when going from dry food to wetted food - which is a combination of less waste and less time/energy going back and forth between the feeder and water - but the wetted food actually outperformed fermented feed. There's no gains to be had here.

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[maddog3355]

If I where you I wouldnt keep track of how much feed they go through. Burn your receipts the day you get feed, it will just cause you heart ache later and it won't be fun anymore. Lol of course