Chickens and Rice do mix

[KatfishKiller]

i Bought 50 pounds of rice at Sams. Cost was $23. I use 1 pint of dry rice each day. Cooked it makes right at 1 gallon of rice. Chickens devour every grain! Long story short, it is much more cost effective than feeding the corn/wheat mix.

 

[rural mouse]

As long as they can forage daily for the nutrients not found in rice, they could do just fine. Depends upon what is available to them. If not, they're going to end up lacking in dietary needs.

 

[2ndTink]

Rice alone does not contain the nutrients that chickens need to grow, thrive, and lay eggs.

Are you feeding this as a sole ration or just as a filler?

 

[Debbie292d]

Chickens thrive better when fed a nutritionally balanced feed. I would at least put Poultry Cell/chicken vitamins in it, or in their water, so they're getting something, as rice doesn't have much of anything they need. They could become vitamin-deficient, and then problems will start occurring. Commercial feed also provides immunities they won't get, so they could fall sick more easily.