So my chickens have always really liked the "fruit and worms" treat mix by Love My Girls brand but at $9.99 to $12.99 a 5 lb bag across 11 to 20 chickens is just more money for the amount than I'm willing to spend. So I decided to spend a little bit more up front to get 50 lb of treats that I use as treats and evening scratch in the winter and my girls seem to love it. Just sharing in case anyone else that likes to give treat mixes wants to make their own a little more cost effectively! And this 50lb obviously goes a long way since I throw only a couple handfuls a day!
I also use this mix to make my gelatin treat blocks that I'll hang in a suet basket once a week as well since I can slip all sorts of herbs and vitamins as needed into the gelatin and dont have to gross up their waterers with supplements
- Raw unsalted shelled pumpkin seeds 5lb - I buy from amazon that are meant for humans its cheaper than looking at "seed" at feed stores
- Black oil sunflower seeds 15lb - i get on Chewy because I wanted ones sourced and grown in north America
- Black soldier fly larvae 10lb - I do buy the expensive north america grown sourced and produced BSFL but you can get it much cheaper if you're cool with the grown and produced in China stuff. I get mine on Chewy
-Diced freeze dried strawberries 2lb - amazon. This is totally optional but my girls LOVE dried fruit
-And then just for the winter I also add 2 or 3 bags of Love My Girl 5 grain mix 10-15 lb total since my girls dont really like cracked corn.
I also use this mix to make my gelatin treat blocks that I'll hang in a suet basket once a week as well since I can slip all sorts of herbs and vitamins as needed into the gelatin and dont have to gross up their waterers with supplements
- Raw unsalted shelled pumpkin seeds 5lb - I buy from amazon that are meant for humans its cheaper than looking at "seed" at feed stores
- Black oil sunflower seeds 15lb - i get on Chewy because I wanted ones sourced and grown in north America
- Black soldier fly larvae 10lb - I do buy the expensive north america grown sourced and produced BSFL but you can get it much cheaper if you're cool with the grown and produced in China stuff. I get mine on Chewy
-Diced freeze dried strawberries 2lb - amazon. This is totally optional but my girls LOVE dried fruit
-And then just for the winter I also add 2 or 3 bags of Love My Girl 5 grain mix 10-15 lb total since my girls dont really like cracked corn.
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