I'd love to see a pic
Do you have access to Burkmann Feeds? Your practically so close, I thought maybe so.. they are regional as far as I know, and are out of Bowling Green KY.. They have a Kickin Chicken Premium Gamebird feed that is ALL WHOLE grain and is 16% protein... it LOOKS like treats because it is. But it is a complete feed. You could switch out your "scratch" for this or something like it and your "people" wouldn't know a difference, neither will the chickens, except for the fact that they will be getting a balanced diet as a treat.
This is now the main staple of food here for the 6 month and older chickens. I can make my own bagged mix and get within $.07/lb of the price but can't offer the same variety that this feed does.. and because it's whole grains, I know they haven't yet lost much of their nutritional content.
For comparison, it contains:
Soft Wheat
Hard Red Wheat
Groats
Milo,
Corn,
Safflower
Sunflower
Barley
as well as plant, animal & mineral pellets
Nutritional Estimates: Protein 16% (min), Fat 3.5% (min) and Fiber 6% (max)
I've got my own "Chix Mix" now that contains
Soft Wheat Berries, Whole Flax Seed, Course Cracked Corn, Field Peas, Alfalfa Pellets, Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, Fish Meal, Oat Groats, Granite Grit, Vitamin & Mineral Supplement, & a little Diatomaceous Earth
Nutritional Estimates: Crude Protein 16%, Crude Fat 8%, Crude Fiber 5%
but like I said, I can't quite get it down to the same cost per pound, but I didn't use any milo or barley (not my first choices anyway) and they don't use any Flax... I've played with adding the groats to my mix, but can't keep up the protein with them... so I give this out to make up for the differences & flaws that I see in it as a "complete feed" and use the groats elsewhere
