Do you have a recipe for feed?
yep, adapted slightly from Garden Betty website, similar to other recipes I've seen:
4-5 pounds hard red wheat berries, 4 pounds oat groats, 4 pounds black oil sunflower seeds, 2 pounds soft white wheat berries, 2 pounds kamut, 2 pounds millet, 1 pound large green lentils, 1 pound flax seeds, 1/2 pound sesame seeds, (1/4 pound chia seeds optional), 1/4 pound granular kelp.
That's about 22 pounds per batch. It comes to $1.70 or so a pound, which isn't too bad for the few layers I have. Organic corn and soy free is important to me, since I have some health problems, so it costs more (boo). If chicken math starts (lol) and I wind up with more chickens, I can always leave out the higher priced stuff and increase the wheats, oats, and BOSS to lower the cost. I want to get a tractor built to pasture them too, but until then I've started growing microgreens/sprouts in flats to supplement the feed as an experiment. I'm using radish, alfalfa, rye, broccoli, kale, turnip, mixed lettuce, and beets.
