Hi everyone
It is a lot of articles about how to mix and calculate the protein in homemade feed for chickens. I am sorry, I don't get it. Is anyone can explain me 20# *.09% = 1.8% Why do you need to move decimal point in protein %? Is it 9% in every pound of corn, or millet, or milo? Some websites have feed calculator. The idea is great, nice and easy if you know how. I am totally lost. Is there explanations for Dummies or Idiots?
I try to make mix for chickens, ducks and peacocks. If I could understand the basic - I would "play" with different grains and stay away from store feed. One more problem - local feed stores don't have fish meal, aragonite, crab meal and Nurti-Balancer. I found Nutri-Balancer on line, but I will cost me around $95 per 60# bag. Well, kelp meal is around $100 per 50#. Since, I don't need to use much kelp meal - it will last me 4 times longer than Nutri-Balancer.
I would like to save money and the same time I don't want to sacrifice nutritional value of feed.
Thank you for your help.
It is a lot of articles about how to mix and calculate the protein in homemade feed for chickens. I am sorry, I don't get it. Is anyone can explain me 20# *.09% = 1.8% Why do you need to move decimal point in protein %? Is it 9% in every pound of corn, or millet, or milo? Some websites have feed calculator. The idea is great, nice and easy if you know how. I am totally lost. Is there explanations for Dummies or Idiots?
I try to make mix for chickens, ducks and peacocks. If I could understand the basic - I would "play" with different grains and stay away from store feed. One more problem - local feed stores don't have fish meal, aragonite, crab meal and Nurti-Balancer. I found Nutri-Balancer on line, but I will cost me around $95 per 60# bag. Well, kelp meal is around $100 per 50#. Since, I don't need to use much kelp meal - it will last me 4 times longer than Nutri-Balancer.
I would like to save money and the same time I don't want to sacrifice nutritional value of feed.
Thank you for your help.