Who makes their own feed?

[LadyShadowhens]

After a LOT of research and tweaking, I have developed my own feed. It isn't cheap and it is time consuming but my birds are beyond healthy; shiny, soft feathers, good egg production. I didn't realize how beautiful my birds were until I recently brought home 4 free hens from a home where they were well loved and fed nothing but commercial chicken feed. They had dull coats and split feathers.

Crumble recipe:
10 heaping cups scratch grains
2 heaping cups buckwheat groats
2 cups alfalfa pellets
2 cups soybean meal
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup flax seeds
1 cup millet
1 cup sunflower seeds
2 tbsp. cod liver oil
3/4 tsp salt

The above I ferment and then mix in equal proportions with my cooked mash:

2 big handfuls split red lentils
3 cups of the above crumble
piece of fish or venison
fresh frozen corn
water to cover everything
1/2 tsp salt

If the piece of meat isn't very big I may occasionally add a small handful of dry cat food after cooking.
Cook on medium heat until it starts to boil , then turn off heat and leave it on the burner. I do it in the evening and before going to bed add a block of frozen spinach. In the morning just before serving I add a tbsp. cod liver oil.
Mix this with the fermented feed in a big bucket and watch the chaos unfold.

It's not cheap but my hens are egg laying machines and my roosters are all 100% fertile. Everyone looks like they're made of polished glass in the sun, they're so shiny.
I leave out commercial crumble free choice 24/7 but the only time they eat it is when I don't make enough of this goop. I have 40 birds and a 50 lb bag of commercial feed lasts me 2 weeks.

Where do you get all of the ingredients? Our local feed store has a lot of the items, but not all. Wondering if you purchase them online?

 

[ShanandGem]

Where do you get all of the ingredients? Our local feed store has a lot of the items, but not all. Wondering if you purchase them onlineb I

I buy the seeds, the nutritional yeast, etc from the bulk food store. It's right around the corner from my feed store, so that's handy. When I buy in 5kg bags I get something ridiculous like a 58% discount, so the prices are better.