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[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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Here we go again. CORN DOES NOT RAISE BODY HEAT!!!!!!!

Added calories MAY increase body temperature depending upon the type of feed adding the calories: Fibrous Carbohydrates, Starches, Fats.

Jim

 

[Raz'sRoost]

Glad I found this post.

Bought some mash at the feed store 3 days ago and when I opened the bag it just looks like mashed corn to me...but figured the lady there knew what she was talking about ( I am new to all of this). I have been feeding this to my flock am and pm (they free range all day). Last night I went to get a scoop out of the bag and noticed the bag is getting pretty warm, so.....

Is this normal?
Should I mix it with something else? If so, what?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

 

[boxermom]

I use cracked corn to call in my chicks and poults if they need to be shut up earlier than usual. They come running w/ heads down and wings flapping.

 

[AmyRey]

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I fill my birdfeeders with a mixture very similar to this. The chickens' first stop when they get let out is the area underneath the birdfeeders. I used to fret over how to keep the wild birds from being so wasteful. Now, there's no "waste" at all. And nothing sprouts below them anymore either!

I also sprinkle a bit over the pine shavings in their coop about once a week. In the mornings, while they wait for me to open the door, they scratch around in the shavings for the goodies mixed in. Gives them something to do and helps keep the shavings nice and fluffy.

 

[yfchoice]

I'm with Lazy J Farms. There is an excellent post somewhere on this forum about the myth of not feeding cracked corn in the summer. I'll try to find it. I give my girls a bowlful of scratch every morning and it's got cracked corn. They think it's their morning cereal and get upset if they don't get it. I live in Utah and our temps have been in the mid 90's and haven't had a single problem.

 

[Aj1911]

i have a broody hen and all she wants to eat is fresh corn and she wont come off the nest so she has a water by her and a cob of corn every day.

 

[jhm47]

Our free range chickens clean up after the cattle, and they are eating corn all year round. Never have had a problem with it. One thing---BOSS have a LOT of oil in them, and since fat/oil has 2.5 times the energy value of starch (which is the primary energy source in corn), I would think BOSS would cause more problems than corn in hot weather.

 

[threehorses]

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Agreed. I do like feeding whole oats (feed store oats - not the oatmeal kind, but true whole oats with hulls) to our birds. Well and our horses love feeding those to our chickens, too!

But I'd agree that they should be less than 10% of the diet. And corn - because it puts more fat condition on rather than lean condition (and yellows white chickens, if you show them) I'd only feed as handfuls as a treat, too.

 

[twentynine]

Mawmaw and Pawpaw had chickens that the only feed they got besides table scraps was cracked corn. Couple hand fulls a day to the whole flock, maybe like 1qt to 10 -15 chickens.

They also free ranged, course wasn't called free range back then, it was called "boy go let the chickens out".

Ain't nothing like a fresh egg from a hen that has been fed cracked corn. The yolk will be so vivid yellow it defies description.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

I use cracked corn to yellow my broilers legs. The judges like the yellower feet! I think they aren't very nice though.