organic cracked corn

[AHappychick]

is there a old post about good places to but organic feeds? in particular cracked corn, I am able to get the feeds fine but cant find the corn at all.

 

[ibpboo]

I'm trying to search but haven't found one yet.

 

[birdsofparadise]

When I lived in the Midwest, we actually GREW our own dent corn for drying in the field and grinding/cracking for chicken feed. It easy, cheap and you can be as "organic" as you like. Nothing like the old ways!

 

[FarmerDenise]

You might check backyardpoultrymag.com. It's a great magazine and they have lots of advertisers including ads for organic feed.

 

[AHappychick]

thanks

 

[redoak]

We've had problems finding organic cracked corn. So next year we are planning on growing our own. Just enough to give to the chickens on cold nights.

 

[AHappychick]

is making it just a matter of leaving it on the stalk to dry naturally and then grinding or crushing it a bit? Well whatever the process is I guess I will have to learn it, is ther a specific type of corn I should do this with? I have been ordering my seeds for spring.

 

[silkiechicken]

You'll have to find a field corn. Sweet corn doesn't have enough starch to actually dry into a kernel looking like corn. I can't do it here, since our season is too short, or rather, too cool. It has so few heat days that short season sweet corn is all we can do.