What kind of protein/oil supplements work well for pullets?

[chick4chix]

Mine love flax seed- I toss a small handful in with the kitchen scraps and they pick them all out- they also get worms from the worm bins and whatever they can find in the ground- and cuttings from the vegie garden- they'll eat everything- oh- they especially love yogurt!

 

[Amethyste]

Mine LOVE cottage cheese, yogurt, BOSS, etc...

but oh that cottage cheese is a HUGE hit I tell you lol and scrambled eggs? good lord get out of the way when they see you with it lol Chicken stampede!!

 

[canada-goose]

I call most of those things TREATS, personally. But I'm ignorant, so there!

 

[LauraSBale]

I also use Flax seed, since its high in omegas,

 

[Country Heart]

Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. Sounds like I'm not the only one who likes to spoil my birds.

 

[LauraSBale]

its nice to spoil them with things that make there eggs even better

 

[farrier!]

Oil is used in feed mixes to add FAT not protein.
Unless you want lots of fat on your birds or the health problems that go along with a large amount of body fat, oil is the last thing to add to a chickens diet!

Right now with the large amount of critters my free range chickens are getting scratch as a supplement. As winter comes I will add some commercial layer feed to their diets.

 

[mulia24]

hmm, since i live in poor country, i can't feed them anything better than cracked corn + little amount of rice + cheap stinky fish(2kg=$1).

i'm going to try give them palm oil since this country is one of 3 biggest palm oil exporter.

edit : add (') sign to can word.

 

[farrier!]

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To be honest this sounds like an overall OK diet for them.
Maybe offer some oyster or other shells to up the calcium content. Corn is very low in calcium.

 

[mulia24]

honestly, i don't even know where to find oyster shell here.