How much feed overall per bird?

[Lil Mucket]

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I would recommend you get rid of those weeds as they will eventually completely take over . Millo is a good substitute for corn (is related to corn) grows a third to half as tall and produces a good palatable seed on its' stalk top . Another good dryland crop that would complement well would be safflower. It only grows to about a foot tall and its' seed is oily and resembles a small sunflower seed. Amaranth would be another you could try. Clover and/or alfalfa are both very good, not only for their feed value, but also to fix nitrogen into the soil to fertilize the other crops.

Great info! Amaranth would grow well here I know for sure, but I did not know about Millo, I will have to check it out. I am hoping eventually we can do a rotating chicken pasture with various crops being rotated in also but that is probably several years out still. I am also looking into growing seed pumpkins (Styrian pumpkins, they grow without a hull on the seed) and some other items so we will see how those turn out too!

 

[scubaforlife]

Freedom Rangers convert at a rate of about 3 to 1. A 4lb bird should have eaten about 12lbs of food. That's optimal feed conversion given optimal environment. I would be willing to bet that if you planned on the aforementioned 25lbs per bird, you'd be pretty close.