Cutting feed costs 100%?

[LikeTurkeys]

Is it possible? Or at least, if not a 100%, by 80 or something. I've looked at a few ideas that seem interesting, such as compost. Free range cuts feed costs a lot, not something I can do all the time (at least, not at the moment). Share your ideas!

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

If you have a huge property you could probably let them free range their entire lives free at no cost? Even still, not sure if it's sustainable..... sooner or later the grass will be empty, field free of bugs, then what else is their to eat but each other's feathers? I don't know, buying feed and supplementing them with kitchen scraps and free range time will dramatically cut back on the cost of chicken raising though. That's what I've been doing after realizing they are actually little pigs and will go through bags of feed like it was nothing. Also, what I've been doing is actually only feed them during a specific time of the day and not let them have an all-you-can-eat buffet style set up for them where I overfill the feeders to the brim and let them gorge whenever they want..... I sometimes feel like as chicken owners we sometimes feed them way too much by giving them free-will to eat whenever they want.

 

[LikeTurkeys]

Can't free range all the time right now because of predators (or rather, our neighbor's dogs) Don't have a fence and don't know when we'll put one up, so looking for other options.

I was also just wondering if it's possible, honestly any cut in feed costs will help.

 

[Sea Wolf]

I sell my eggs. My feed costs are 0. They also pay for more than half of my dog food bill.

 

[LikeTurkeys]

I only have 8 chickens, and one's a rooster so we pretty much eat all of the eggs we get. Appreciate the idea though. For what price do you sell them?