Do you add stuff into your commercially available food?

[RollinWithTheStones]

I have a recipe I screen capped from Barefoot Mimosas, I have a pic of the recipe. I love the idea of making food for the livestock. However, I'm also hesitant to just jump in after reading so much on here. With my last flock (2008-2013) I did whatever feed was on sale at our local feed store, I mixed some scratch stuff together, then they got kitchen leftovers, access to the compost pile.

I was thinking of doing the same approach this time, but wondering if I should just keep the feeder full of the commercially available stuff and then do a scoop of the mixed stuff for a better quality.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@U_Stormcrow any thoughts on this?

 

[nuthatched]

It's much cheaper, easier for you and better for your birds to just buy a higher quality feed.

 

[Altairsky]

My easy recipe:
5 kg wheat
3 kg race pigeon proteic seed mix
0.5 kg dried peas
0.3 kg hemp or lin seeds
0.3 kg sunflower seeds
Meat or fish or cottage cheese/yogurt 3 times a week
Free range.

I leave chick starter available free choice for the whole flock. Oyster shell and gravel always available.

I've been feeding this recipe for a couple of years and so far I had no problems and no diseases.

 

[FrostRanger]

I agree with @nuthatched, it's going to be better to just buy a quality feed and save the extras as treats (no more than 10% of their diet). A complete commercial feed is already complete and trying to mix things in with it can throw the nutrition profile out of wack