Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

[Guppy7]

Hi All,
I am anaphylactic to wheat/gluten and can’t have soy. I’ve been paying $80 for a 40# bag for gluten free feed. It’s the only one i can find. They don’t like it and they waste so much just picking what they want out. The feed is mostly like sandy dusty looking. I have tried fermenting it but its like sludge. My chickens have had laying problems on and off and some have thin shells. I leave oyster shell out for them. I give them bsf for treats. sometimes i give tuna or sardines as a treat but thats expensive to do. I keep buying the food because i don’t know what else to do. I saw a thread where someone used rabbit and deer meat and other ingredients to make their own but that’s not even an option for me to get that meat. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Attached is the ingredients label

 

[FrostRanger]

I don't know of any myself but maybe @U_Stormcrow or @Perris would?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Hi, I've commented on the subject before, but am NOT a big proponent of these feeds. For those w/ severe gluten allergies, I'm more inclined to recommend reconsidering chicken keeping. Plenty of the "gluten free" recipes may be milled in places that also mill wheat. If its already that risky to handle, well... you can decide for yourself. But something to keep in mind.

Last time I looked, I quickly found New Country Organics (and noted, at the time, that I wasn't fond of them - as their guaranteed nutritional label was subpar, and their pricing very high). That's what you linked above.

I also found Reedy Forks and Sunrise Farms. Neither of which I've used, so I have no personal experience with them.

 

[Perris]

I am anaphylactic to wheat/gluten and can’t have soy.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The obvious solution is to make your own feed. Use some cereals to which you are not allergic as the base, add legumes other than soy, and whatever meat, fish, dairy or insect fresh protein you can source locally and relatively cheaply; it may even cost less than the money you're currently spending on the 'organic' ingredients in a feed your chickens don't like and aren't thriving on anyway.

If you want specifics, Ussery The small scale poultry flock 2011 chapter 17 is all about making your own feed, and cites as possible ingredients corn; wheat, oats, barley, rye and other small grains; soybeans; peas; sunflower seeds; alfalfa; flaxseed; meat scrap; fish meal; crab meal; cultured dried yeast; probiotics; mineral mix; limestone; kelp meal; and salt. And gives some sample recipes. Robinson Modern poultry husbandry 1948 chapter 17 is also all about feeding stuffs. He cites wheat, barley, oats, maize, rye, buckwheat, rice, sunflower seeds, dari aka milo aka sorghum, a large assortment of meals e.g. oatmeal, groats, brewers' grains, peas and beans, potatoes, milk and other dairy, fish meal, meat meal, dried yeast, and kitchen waste that has been steamed and was called 'pudding' by poultry keepers back then. The nutritional value of fresh grass is also recognized. The importance of greenfood is emphasized also by Worthington Natural poultry keeping 1960 chapter 8, who also points out that chickens eat some soil, if left to their own devices on range, whence they probably obtain some minerals. He also feeds beans, bread, apples, house scraps, peanuts, dairy, fish and meat. What I do is described and explained here https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...eat-tears-a-calculator-or-deep-pockets.78655/ with an update here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wholesome-homemade-feed-2.79307/

Chickens that have gone feral in environments that allow it do not eat prepared rations, typically don't have much (if any) access to wheat or soy either, have no-one managing their vitamin or mineral supplements, protein composition, or any other aspect of their dietary intake, and still they may thrive. Chickens are omnivores. Try offering them a variety of foods that do not upset *your* system, and take it from there. You can feel your way forward with your chickens, together.