DallasLoneStar
Chirping
Maybe this is relevant... I didn't make my own feed, but there is a very bourgeois feed store in Dallas that sells small batch whole grain feed. It is supposed to be nutritionally complete. I tried feeding it to my chickens. First of all it did smell and look great. Big whole grains (corn free) and sort of a "dust" that I assume was all the micronutrients, calcium, etc to make it complete. Since all the vitamins (everything but the actual grains) were a dust, that didn't get eaten. They only ate the peas, wheat, etc. My chicken's eggs became so brittle they were breaking inside them and turned my coop into a gross mess. I went back to Purina organic pellets which, while they don't give me as bright orange yolks as I would prefer, work for me as a suburban farmer without the ability to meaningfully "free range"
Maybe I could make a wet mash to help with this problem (the dust getting consumed), but with both my wife and I working and two kids age 6 & 7, I don't have time for that.
Maybe I could make a wet mash to help with this problem (the dust getting consumed), but with both my wife and I working and two kids age 6 & 7, I don't have time for that.