How many times/day do you feed your chickens?

[Scott H]

does anyone feed their chickens, well, chicken? i just cant bring myself to do it.

I fed my chickens chicken last night.....good protein!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

disgusting.how do you sleep at night ??

 

[chickenlickin8]

I have a feeder half full suspended off the ground with Purina Layena they can have when they want. I refill it every afternoon but it never is completely empty. Plus, my girls receive apple, oats, and fresh greens as treats daily.

 

[shmeggs]

I have 2 feeders I keep food in them all time let them eat whenever they need to plus let them free range most days

 

[ShinShien]

I fed my chickens chicken last night.....good protein!

my chickens get fed chicken, too.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

i havent been able to let mine range in a while. this weather is getting use all down. right now we have about 7 in. on the ground and some /most of my chickens are not that tall. i have been making them food of oats, cornmeal,eggs, little bit of honey, spinich, apple. cook it in the microwave. they eat a BIG bowl full.

 

[stephen k]

Wars

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Yes...mine always have access to feed ...I supplement greens and protien such as spinach or cooked brocoli for greens and left over meat for protien. I throw out a couple of hand fulls of 3 grain scratch around the yard and maybe some BOSS to keep them busy

Wats BOSS?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds aka, boss is awesome !

 

[katsdar]

Yes the feed bill does go way down in the summer, I feed in the evenings as they scratch around free range all day and they have scraps also to help them keep warm I feed their 3 way scratch in the evening time as the digestion process raises their BMR (basal metabolic rate). In the spring/summer I go to the farmers market and the produce that they can't sell I bring home to my chickens. It may be just bruised or one water melon had a puncture hole in one end, it was beautiful and the girls sure did enjoy it. I don't supplement with calcium or oyster shell etc because they get good nutrition and lay wonderfully. Tho I do have a couple of renegade hens that lay in their own special spot which they think is hidden but my dog is the egg eater, if I don't make it out there in time.

 

[T-Chicken]

Check out a Facebook page called Becky Broiler. I think either Becky or one of the other hens has a twisted beak and can give you great advice on how they have treated it.