Looking For A Feed Formula

[smartie]

I have 24 chicks that are a few weeks old they eat allot and instead of buying there food I want to make it. I have a grinder but need a formula. What would be the best formula them. I also have some hens instead of giving them the layer pellets what is the feed formula for the layers.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://www.lionsgrip.com/recipes.html

http://www.mofga.org/Publications/M...r/Summer2003/Chickens/tabid/1481/Default.aspx

http://www.asi.ksu.edu/p.aspx?tabindex=567&tabid=1065

http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Nutrition.html

I recommend buying a poultry nutrition book. This is an area with lots of opinions and science too!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/4477/everyone-post-your-best-homemade-chicken-feed-recipes

Here is what I feed:
rolled barley
rolled oats
wheat
millet
org. cracked corn
split peas and unsalted peanuts sometimes
black oil sun. seeds
oyster shell and grit mixed into feed
access to grass and clover all day

I mix 1/3 organic chick starter and 2/3 of the above mix.

If you don't let them eat greens and you don't add a vitamin premix you will end up with deficiencies. (I choose the greens.)