Can I feed my chicken just whole corn.

[Kn4jpf]

Can i feed my chicken just whole corn. I free range them and I have a lot of land and a river. Is that enough?

 

[Kn4jpf]

Do y’all know any way I can cut feed cost for 14 chickens and 4 ducks. I go through a 50 pound bag of feed in about 8 days.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Can i feed my chicken just whole corn. I free range them and I have a lot of land and a river. Is that enough?

No. That's like eating chocolate ice cream all day. It has some of what they might need, but it's unhealthy and doesn't have everyyhibh.

Pellets are better

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Supposedly birds eat about a quarter cup each once a day, but I know some eat more than that. So 18x.25= 4.5lbs a day. 50÷4.5 is a little over 10 days

 

[HuffleClaw]

Trust me I know how you feel. Mine go through feed like CRAZY!! Not to mention my other animals. I’m in the feedstore bi-weekly buying almost $60 worth of poultry feed. Then an additional $10 for crickets (again, bi-weekly) for my reptiles. I don’t have to buy food for my rabbit as often. I cant free range my chickens because my guineas attack them and chase them in the woods. So I guess there are no money-saving options for me

 

[bobbi-j]

Do y’all know any way I can cut feed cost for 14 chickens and 4 ducks. I go through a 50 pound bag of feed in about 8 days.

Keep fewer birds.

 

[Weeg]

Some times feed get wasted because the fling it out of the feeder. Treble feeders work well for this, I have a Grandpas feeder and I haven't had any wasted feed since I got it! I love mine, a anti pricey, but I think it is worth it!

 

[HuffleClaw]

Some times feed get wasted because the fling it out of the feeder. Treble feeders work well for this, I have a Grandpas feeder and I haven't had any wasted feed since I got it! I love mine, a anti pricey, but I think it is worth it!

Ya know... I’d never thought about this. Did you order yours or did you buy it in store?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

If you're concerned about how much money you're spending on your birds, you shouldn't have so many.
They need good feed, and the proper amount, and if that will be an issue, you might need to size your flock down.

 

[HuffleClaw]

OP has a total of 18 birds. That’s honestly not a huge flock... But yeah I guess I agree. Or maybe try bantams.