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BOSS! Black oil sunflower seeds have 16% protein or thereabouts and chickens love them. They need to be older than around 6 weeks to eat them, though.
Also birdseed is millet (the small round golden balls) with 11% protein and it is one of my chickens' favorite.
Here is the treat chart:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats_Chart
Also they sell scratch for chickens, some with more grains than others. Some folks are able to get I think a 7 grain scratch. I have only bought 2 grain scratch in the past.
Treats should only comprise around 10% of the diet I have read.
BOSS! Black oil sunflower seeds have 16% protein or thereabouts and chickens love them. They need to be older than around 6 weeks to eat them, though.
Also birdseed is millet (the small round golden balls) with 11% protein and it is one of my chickens' favorite.
Here is the treat chart:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats_Chart
Also they sell scratch for chickens, some with more grains than others. Some folks are able to get I think a 7 grain scratch. I have only bought 2 grain scratch in the past.
Treats should only comprise around 10% of the diet I have read.
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