wild bird seed vs. scratch

[TOP KNOT]

Nutritional quality of whole is superior unless cracked has just been cracked.

It also allows them to eat more as it is bigger. I only give them a very small bit to get the last of the girls in for the night. It is not their staple diet.I am aware of the nutritional loss as I also grind my own flour and bake my own bread. I use cracked corn for other purposes and do not want 40 metal cans of different grains in the barn, there are already 6.

 

[Long Winded Ramblings]

My chickens will not eat the corn in their scratch; so, I'm thinking of trying the wild bird seed from Wally world, and if scratch is only 10% of their feed, I'm thinking the same for bird seed? They pick out the little seeds in the scratch so why waste money on the corn.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

I use bird seed, one with a bunch of small seeds and niger seeds. I toss a little out with some meal worms as their 'scratch' along with some spent brewing grains, and they love it. They hear the mason jar opening and start jumping at me.

 

[Rise722]

Wild bird seed has become very, very expensive in my area (Oregon). I can hardly fill the bird feeds with it any more.