Chicken Feed Recipes, Articles and Systems

[Lauravonsmurf]

This site has several recipes, remember do a little reading on nutrition so if you do mix your own for any reason you can make good choices … after all it is the internet and it is good to be cautious

https://petkeen.com/homemade-chicken-feed-recipes/

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

More Pass Over thoughts…

No Brewer’s or Nutritional Yeast

There is no reason you can not use cooked rice or paddy rice in the mix. I have fed Rice off and on to my chickens for years both cooked and Paddy.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

A look at ingredients in Reedy Fork Organic Farm Feed Organic No Soy and Gluten Free Feed

Ingredients:
Ingredients: Organic Corn, Organic Flax Pellets, Aragonite, Crab Meal,Fish Meal, Fertrell Poultry Nutri-balancer Monocalcium Phosphate, Organic Dehydrated Kelp Meal, Salt, DL Methionine, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite, Riboflavin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Choline Chloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Organic Vegetable Oil, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Active Dry Yeast, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation product,Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation product, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product), andDiatomaceous Earth.

https://reedyforkfarm.com/organic-soy-free-gluten-free-layer-feed

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Link to older thread on Pass Over feed…

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-to-feed-chickens-during-pesach-passover.1163179/

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

This might be useful for people a feed calculator https://humble-hills-homestead.com/2020/03/27/calculator-for-homemade-chicken-feed/

 

[3KillerBs]

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Hubby got this for me… all glass vintage waterer

Maybe harder to knock over?

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Maybe harder to knock over?

It is heavier and the glass base is super solid. We have been talking how to make our own bigger ones, now.

 

[Luckywolf]

A little treat I make my chickens once a week is:

A cup of grain (any)
Half a cup of chicken grass mix(sunflower, clover, kale, etc)
A teaspoon of molasses
One egg (plus the shell, crushed)

My chickens absolutely love this mix. I hope you will too.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

A little treat I make my chickens once a week is:

A cup of grain (any)
Half a cup of chicken grass mix(sunflower, clover, kale, etc)
A teaspoon of molasses
One egg (plus the shell, crushed)

My chickens absolutely love this mix. I hope you will too.

Oh I forgot the molasses at the grocery store today

 

[lifein1840]

Once upon a time everyone used to mix their own feed. I have been reading really old poultry raising books, journals and other resources and as a result have decided to start a thread dedicated to feed recipes. I thought you all might find these old recipes useful along with schedules or systems suggested. Both old and new recipes are welcome here. Feel free to add a recipe to the thread, if you are getting the recipe from a specific source please pass that along as well. If the recipe is your own creation please share that as well.

THANK YOU!!! I can see what I'm going to be doing next week during the "cold, uglies"! Lots of great information in these posts!

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This one from the Home Poultry Book looks like something I might be able to make… with my Kindergarten skills

What I need to decide is I go all old school pre plastic or mix modern and old ideas…

THANK YOU!