Becky, I have been following you for years, from making soap to making chicken feed...I really appreciate you and what you have accomplished with your channel! We love you in Minnesota! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :) FUNNY ABOUT THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS! LOL Great sense of LOL
Becky mahalo nui thank you sooo much for your knowledge. I started with 24 hens on my 1/4 homestead sold out eggs everyday. So I added 50 chicks and a friend gave me her 12 hens. We get 8 doz a day and I have regular customers. Our hens are clean and happy. They are separated into 3 coops whom they grew with. Your feed has produced beautiful hens. They’re in coops most of the day and are allowed to free range around 5 pm and go back into the coop on their own at 6:30 Pm
Becky, love all your videos. First time with chickens in our neighborhood. We have four chicks, no roosters, that are about to be four weeks old. They’ve been on medicated chick feed from the beginning. When would you suggest we begin transitioning them to your feed formula?
I used to live in zone 8 in SC and we did not give chickens corn in spring or summer because it increased their body heat and we had temperatures in the upper 90°to over 100°F consistently for months. If the temps fell into the 80's we thought we were having a cool spell. I did feed my hens sunflower seeds and that never seem to bother them.I also gave them a lot of fresh melons and tomatoes I grew in my garden. I now live in zone 7 and we are already having temperatures in the 90s. I have started a new flock and they are only a month old and I am feeding organic starter but I want to transition to whole grains. I am raising Delaware's which are a critical endangered breed. I love them. My last flock was a menagerie of different breeds. I was going to start mixing rolled oats into their starter feed and I had purchased some black oil seed sunflower seed but now I am not sure about giving them that. I was also going to give them alfalfa seed or pellets. I am raising sunflowers, corn and buckwheat this summer for grain. I am an organic gardener. Any suggestions as to what to add to transition my chicks to a more natural diet. Thanks.
Love your channel where you share your life knowledge and experiences, love it! PS... bought your chicken book, but have not had the nerve yet to make the plunge!
I love your posts! Although our winters aren't severe, but it can get quite cold. I used your directions and got eggs all winter! One change though as I'm not sure if I trust Kibble products. I'll have to look at the ingredients before I make a decision.
Great content! We'll start sharing your channel to our clients who bought land from us near farm areas. They'll surely get awesome ideas from you on what they can do as an outdoor activity. Thanks for this video! 😊
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Hi Becky, I have been watching a lot of your videos lately and have gained a lot of helpful information from you, thank you! I have one for you, hopefully you can help? We are in Australia and have recently bought acreage and have chickens! Initially we only had hens then we introduced a rooster to our chicken family around 4 months ago. One of our hens who laid daily immediately stopped laying and has not laid since. In the last two weeks the hen has stopped coming out of the roost, she was in there for several days and we chased her out, immediately the rooster jumped on her! She was absolutely starving, she stayed out all day and after eating resumed her normal day scratching around with the other hens. Every day she stays in the roost, we chase her out and the rooster immediately jumps on her. She is fine when out and about with the other hens and is usually always right beside the rooster and seems happy. The rooster is a good protector and all the hens seem to love him, we don’t know what to do with our poor hen who no longer lays and won’t leave the roost unless we shoo her out, hope you can help? Thanks
I personally don't trust any premade dog or cat food, I use Becky's mix with a tweak of freeze dried raw meat for protein, grubblies and I add vitamins to a separate waterer. Also, oyster shells and grit for them.
Maureen, does Becky give the ratios in her book? She names all the ingredients here in the video, but the only one she mentions the amount is the DE. Do you use equal parts of each ingredient?
Hi Becky I just subscribed to your channel 😊 I have a question if I add the DE to the mix, can I still ferment it? Thank you so much ❤️ may God bless you always
Hi Becky. I just bought your book. It's great! I have 2 chickens and they are 6 weeks old now. I am putting them in their coop and play area for a few hours a day now. My question is when should I start adding the DE either to their food or their coop and play area? I will be feeding my girls like you do. At how many weeks should I put them on that food. Thank you!!
Becky, hope you get credit for me purchasing your Chicken book from Amazon. I needed an account for your store so , I just bought it through My Amazon account. Thank you.
Thank You for sharing your knowledge since i learn that chickens need meat i share to then some of raw meat to them fish or red meat they love it. I wish you can see them eating the meet those dinosaurs are good layers.
I gave this mix to my chickens for the last month. They won't eat the oats. So now Im giving them the black oil sunflower seeds and corn. Also they are eating very little of their Dumor crumble layer feed. Something Ive always given them. Any suggestions? I love your videos BTW
Becky, is there a brand of cat food that you recommend? I’m leering of purchasing kibble with a paragraph of ingredients. Wonder what you use…excellent video thank you for all the tips!
Hi Becky, thank you for your recipe. I was wondering if Calf manna would be an okay substitute for the dog/cat food. I'm find grain free cat food (NOT with chicken) virtually impossible to find in my area and if I do its 30.00 for 6 pounds at my local Petco.
I live in Southern California, and have rhode island red chickens. If I make your feed recipe, should I only add the sun flower seeds during the fall and winter months? I purchased your book BTW, looking forward to getting it soon! Thanks for your informative videos!
Great job. Unfortunately I would go broke trying to feed them well I'm better off getting crappy store eggs. That said I plan to make a potable chicken coupe just in case I change my mind.
Ana our eggs went from 7.88 to 18.50 in 3 months, for 60 eggs. I got the chickens. Its been fun to watch and their personalities are funny. So far 5 of the 7 like to sit on my lap when I sit by them. Lol
My chicks (Barred Rock, Australorp and Welsummers) are 4 wks old and on a bagged chick starter (Nutrena Nature Wise). I want to transition them to a grower feed when they reach about 6-7 wks old. Would the ingredients listed in this video be okay say, if I take the corn and the black sunflower seed and grind them up in my Nutra Bullet? Or should I stick with a pre-made bag and start the above mix when they are a little older? I was also thinking about fermenting.
I like your new homestead your cabin looks happy there. i have been looking for land in Florida like yours but it is expensive do you have any suggestions for good areas
Hi Becky I'm hoping you could help me figure out why my two years old barred rock stopped laying for what's going on four months now. I believe April was the last time she laid. She's not molting and is not or has ever been broody. My other girls are laying just fine 🙂
Hi Becky... i recently stumbled across your. site on you Tube. but i do have some questions. are you using city water and are you hooked up to power? and your hot water thats a hot water tank and electricity to run the hot water tank. im totally addicted to your channel now!❤️💕
I just lost my Sussex Light yesterday (so devastating) we think she had a broken egg inside her as four days before she laid a broken egg 🥚 with shell missing from the top, she laid 3 beautiful eggs after this so I didn’t think anything else was wrong! I’ve heard feeding the coconut oil might be good especially during winter after moulting when that are just coming back into lay have you heard of this?
Hi Becky, I have started feeding my chicken the mix you recommend but they don’t seem to want to eat it. They love the dog food but won’t touch the whole corn or seeds. Is there something you recommend that I can do to encourage them to eat it?
Thank you Becky!! This makes so much sense! Our oldest lady who was born early 2020 has stopped laying eggs the past couple of months. She doesn't seem sick but she just won't lay anymore. I'm totally going to try this mix! We also just bought 9 chicks. We'll probably keep them on the chick crumbles for a little while but I'm excited to try this for them too 😊 thank you!
Hi, Becky! I’m trying to talk my hubby into getting chickens. We’re allowed only 4 in the city. Want em for eggs, but mostly composting, bug control and ecosystem function. What about access to the compost pile? Rotational tractors? Would a small chickshaw a la Justin rhoades work for nighttime shelter. We have only one good spot to place it about 2 1/2 by 4 feet. In Wisconsin, only a couple thousand square feet of garden all together and on a busy road. Trying to grow soil, veggies and flowers in natures way
Hi, I got 8 hens a month ago. They are 1 yr old. My husband was not totally on board but he has been supportive of my dream. He even joins me when I let them free range in the evenings. We call it chicken TV and it is quite entertaining ;) I went with a static coop attached to a fully secured run. The eggs taste amazing. Just no comparison to even higher end store bought. I hope you take the plunge!!
Ahn, congratulations! Yes they look entertaining. I’m thinking of moving them around daily. For 4 I think I’d need maybe 5x8. They’d be locked up and safe in the portable shelter at night and have access to it during the day. In winter I’d enclose half my backyard in electric fence and put food scraps and weeds for scratch. I’d truly free range only in the back in summers
I'd like to try this feed for my chickens, but where do you get these things? The only one on the link is DE, and that is the only ingredient I have already.
Goodmorning everyone❣ Hope you all have a wonderful blessed day. Thank you Becky for sharing what you have learned through out the years. I appreciate you 🤗
My chicks are about 4 weeks old and I’ve been feeding them chick starter. Are they ready to eat this mix you are describing or should I wait until they are fully feathered?
*Can you please suggest probiotics for them.* I am concerned that one hen has possible vent gleet. Even with what seems the best husbandry and best diet. My ladies are almost a year old, started laying at 6 months old and the hen in question lays an egg almost daily. (Hers are aqua blue, so I can tell.) She appears healthy overall, she's actually the alpha, however her bum is wet every few days and when she's like that she stinks! 😭 Ive washed her and she's calm for that... please help!! Can/should I give yogurt everyday? Is fermenting the corn separately a good thing as far as intestinal health? Should I keep one, of the 3 waterers, with probiotics everyday? Ultimately should I isolate her?
@@steph6337 oregano is good for natural antibiotic and dewormer i did not insolate my chicken but i don’t let them drink from another water supply. I give them dry oregano in the food plus the water my was good in the second day.
let me ask a chicken waterer question we've always used the large plastic ones but they seem to grow algae relatively fast in the summer because the sunlight can penetrate them. thinking of switching over to a large galvanized one I know I'll probably still get some algae but are they better. my 16 chickens do go through quite a bit of water but a 5 gallon container will still last several weeks, should I just clean it out every few days anyways.
I bought a 30 gallon royal blue bucket then I drilled three holes in the very bottom and I bought those yellow chicken floating Waterers from Holland on Amazon. I drilled the holes a little smaller than the diameter of the waterer screws, use some plumbers tape and then I used a little bit of clear silicone on the outside.
I buy small blue swimming pools (Walmart or Dollar stores) for my chickens water & seeds. No algae in the water pools, no dirt in pool’s holding (food) seeds….. @ night I place another pool on top of seed (keeps seed clean & dry (rain) for next day.
I have been researching this for a while. Dog and cat food, even grain free, have lots of fillers. An 18lb bag of the cat food you are using is $54.99 in my area, which translates to 19 cents an ounce. with 32% protein. A 5lb bag of dried mealworms or other larvae is 50% protein, and costs 37 cents an ounce. I'm wondering if it would be worth adding the insects instead of processed kibble? While the kibble gives you more in weight, the insect larvae is not processed, contains more usable protein, and using less may be equivalent to the greater weight of the kibble.
I think I will be using the mealworms or mealworms mixed with black shoulder fly larvae instead of the cat kibble. Did you end up using mealworms? How has it faired if so?
Perfect timing! My baby chicks will be here in less than a month & I’ve been gathering info on chicken feed & chicken scratch. Your videos are always very helpful, thank you for sharing!
I use DE for sooooo many things. Including worming. Keep bugs out of the yard. Fleas, ticks, mites off animals. Even great benefits for human consumption, missed with water (taste like earth (clayish) though lol) It's amazing stuff!
We added Becky's mix last year and had immediate success in the production of eggs... its also our top viewed video on the Tube. 😁💚 Thank you Becky!
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Becky, I have been following you for years, from making soap to making chicken feed...I really appreciate you and what you have accomplished with your channel! We love you in Minnesota! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :) FUNNY ABOUT THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS! LOL Great sense of LOL
Super excited to start my chicken journey I feel prepared because of your knowledge thank you!
Same here. Thanks!
Hey Becky I just wanted to wish you a happy mother's day so have a blessed one
Becky mahalo nui thank you sooo much for your knowledge. I started with 24 hens on my 1/4 homestead sold out eggs everyday. So I added 50 chicks and a friend gave me her 12 hens. We get 8 doz a day and I have regular customers. Our hens are clean and happy. They are separated into 3 coops whom they grew with. Your feed has produced beautiful hens. They’re in coops most of the day and are allowed to free range around 5 pm and go back into the coop on their own at 6:30 Pm
I use Becky’s recipe except I add soldier fly larvae instead of cat food. Sometimes I use dried shrimp. But I use everything else she recommends.
Equal parts of larva?
Becky, love all your videos. First time with chickens in our neighborhood. We have four chicks, no roosters, that are about to be four weeks old. They’ve been on medicated chick feed from the beginning. When would you suggest we begin transitioning them to your feed formula?
Hi Becky! Keep giving us your fun video’s Jamed packed w/great info! It has worked very well for my flock 🍳🥚again thank u!
I used to live in zone 8 in SC and we did not give chickens corn in spring or summer because it increased their body heat and we had temperatures in the upper 90°to over 100°F consistently for months. If the temps fell into the 80's we thought we were having a cool spell. I did feed my hens sunflower seeds and that never seem to bother them.I also gave them a lot of fresh melons and tomatoes I grew in my garden. I now live in zone 7 and we are already having temperatures in the 90s. I have started a new flock and they are only a month old and I am feeding organic starter but I want to transition to whole grains. I am raising Delaware's which are a critical endangered breed. I love them. My last flock was a menagerie of different breeds. I was going to start mixing rolled oats into their starter feed and I had purchased some black oil seed sunflower seed but now I am not sure about giving them that. I was also going to give them alfalfa seed or pellets. I am raising sunflowers, corn and buckwheat this summer for grain. I am an organic gardener. Any suggestions as to what to add to transition my chicks to a more natural diet. Thanks.
Love your channel where you share your life knowledge and experiences, love it!
PS... bought your chicken book, but have not had the nerve yet to make the plunge!
I watched many of her vids before I "took the plunge".
Her tips have been very helpful.
I love your videos there so educational. I need all the information I can get. Thank you! Watching from Berry Alabama.
I love your posts! Although our winters aren't severe, but it can get quite cold. I used your directions and got eggs all winter! One change though as I'm not sure if I trust Kibble products. I'll have to look at the ingredients before I make a decision.
Great content! We'll start sharing your channel to our clients who bought land from us near farm areas. They'll surely get awesome ideas from you on what they can do as an outdoor activity. Thanks for this video! 😊
One thing I want to tell you that you are so beautiful ❤️ pls share some beauty tips also.... This proves that age is just a number....beauty at its extream...love from india . And you are doing great work.. keep it up
Shalom! Thank you Miss Becky! I must try your chicken food recipe:. Thank you and blessings!
I've bought salt free sardines in a can as a snack once and a while they LOVE it
Hi Becky, I have been watching a lot of your videos lately and have gained a lot of helpful information from you, thank you! I have one for you, hopefully you can help? We are in Australia and have recently bought acreage and have chickens! Initially we only had hens then we introduced a rooster to our chicken family around 4 months ago. One of our hens who laid daily immediately stopped laying and has not laid since. In the last two weeks the hen has stopped coming out of the roost, she was in there for several days and we chased her out, immediately the rooster jumped on her! She was absolutely starving, she stayed out all day and after eating resumed her normal day scratching around with the other hens. Every day she stays in the roost, we chase her out and the rooster immediately jumps on her. She is fine when out and about with the other hens and is usually always right beside the rooster and seems happy. The rooster is a good protector and all the hens seem to love him, we don’t know what to do with our poor hen who no longer lays and won’t leave the roost unless we shoo her out, hope you can help? Thanks
Does the d earth work with horses also? Really enjoying your channel, thanks so much for all the great information and love your happy attitude!
Have you ever heard about using red pepper flake to boost egg volume and induce a more orange or red yolk?
Ive heard that for winter time, it makes them feel “warm” and keeps em laying? Don’t known never tried it tho
I use it to help my girls fight bacteria!
Nice to see your attempt to give us good knowledge stay blessed 😊😊😊
I personally don't trust any premade dog or cat food, I use Becky's mix with a tweak of freeze dried raw meat for protein, grubblies and I add vitamins to a separate waterer. Also, oyster shells and grit for them.
Maureen, does Becky give the ratios in her book? She names all the ingredients here in the video, but the only one she mentions the amount is the DE. Do you use equal parts of each ingredient?
@@erindepaz771 yes, she says equal parts for everything except the DE at the end of the video🙂
Do you know if in her book she mentions if you can ferment this mix with DE in it? Thanks 😊
Hi Becky I just subscribed to your channel 😊 I have a question if I add the DE to the mix, can I still ferment it? Thank you so much ❤️ may God bless you always
I love your book! You have so much good information in it!
You can also sprout the black sunflower seeds and that’s a nice treat for the birds…and humans too.
Becky’s homestead!’ 🎉🎉
Becky, we have decided to start our chicken journey with pullets. We are going to start with 7. How much should we feed a day. I have your book.
You just that sweet sense of humor and
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Hi Becky. I just bought your book. It's great! I have 2 chickens and they are 6 weeks old now. I am putting them in their coop and play area for a few hours a day now. My question is when should I start adding the DE either to their food or their coop and play area? I will be feeding my girls like you do. At how many weeks should I put them on that food. Thank you!!
Becky, hope you get credit for me purchasing your Chicken book from Amazon. I needed an account for your store so , I just bought it through My Amazon account. Thank you.
you are the best
Is it okay to give the black sunflower seeds even during the summer?
I give it to mine year around.
Great info. Thanks so much ❣💯
With your feed how much luck have you had ? like as far as sicknesses go. Have you had to deal with coccidiosis or bumble foot or egg bound chickens?
Hi Becky pleased give a little advice. Looking for land what is a good place to look? I love you place with trees all around. Thanks and God Bless
Thank You for sharing your knowledge since i learn that chickens need meat i share to then some of raw meat to them fish or red meat they love it. I wish you can see them eating the meet those dinosaurs are good layers.
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I gave this mix to my chickens for the last month. They won't eat the oats. So now Im giving them the black oil sunflower seeds and corn. Also they are eating very little of their Dumor crumble layer feed. Something Ive always given them. Any suggestions? I love your videos BTW
Becky, is there a brand of cat food that you recommend? I’m leering of purchasing kibble with a paragraph of ingredients. Wonder what you use…excellent video thank you for all the tips!
Look for grain free☀️❤️☀️
Is corn gmo free?
I started this mix with my chickens at beginning of year. What a difference it has made with them. My five year olds are still laying. They love it.
I’m so glad to hear it. My chicken mix is slowly catching on, ya!!!☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead I have been telling others about the mix. Thanks so much for telling about it.
You jave so many great things on your channel
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Hi Becky, thank you for your recipe. I was wondering if Calf manna would be an okay substitute for the dog/cat food. I'm find grain free cat food (NOT with chicken) virtually impossible to find in my area and if I do its 30.00 for 6 pounds at my local Petco.
I have some layer chicks that are a few days old. Can I give this to them instead of chick starter?
I have the same question. My is between 2 to 3 weeks
I live in Southern California, and have rhode island red chickens. If I make your feed recipe, should I only add the sun flower seeds during the fall and winter months? I purchased your book BTW, looking forward to getting it soon! Thanks for your informative videos!
Do you still give chickens oyster shells... I'm using this mix you have and wondered it I need the shells
Great job. Unfortunately I would go broke trying to feed them well I'm better off getting crappy store eggs. That said I plan to make a potable chicken coupe just in case I change my mind.
Ana our eggs went from 7.88 to 18.50 in 3 months, for 60 eggs. I got the chickens.
Its been fun to watch and their personalities are funny. So far 5 of the 7 like to sit on my lap when I sit by them. Lol
Where do you buy your feed mixture at?
Hi Becky, Can Avian flu be transferred to baby chickens if mother hen is infected?
I'll do non gmo corn, sprouted grain and my natural purina wet dog food, no pea protein,
Just ordered your book!!!!!! Is the feed recipe in your book??? Thankyou
Hi Becky, If make that mix for my chickens, how long can it be stored for? I only have 5 chickens at this time.
I keep mine in a metal garbage can with a lid. It stays good until I use it all☀️❤️☀️
My chicks (Barred Rock, Australorp and Welsummers) are 4 wks old and on a bagged chick starter (Nutrena Nature Wise). I want to transition them to a grower feed when they reach about 6-7 wks old. Would the ingredients listed in this video be okay say, if I take the corn and the black sunflower seed and grind them up in my Nutra Bullet? Or should I stick with a pre-made bag and start the above mix when they are a little older? I was also thinking about fermenting.
I cant find the link for the DE
Nice
Anyone know the music in intro
It took me long to open the sunflower seed.
1000 of them
Can I grind it?
amazing
So Becky does it kill tapeworms.?
I like your new homestead your cabin looks happy there. i have been looking for land in Florida like yours but it is expensive do you have any suggestions for good areas
Becky where did you get your ingredients for your chicken feed
What proportions should we do this in?
Hi Becky I'm hoping you could help me figure out why my two years old barred rock stopped laying for what's going on four months now. I believe April was the last time she laid. She's not molting and is not or has ever been broody. My other girls are laying just fine 🙂
What about providing bone meal as a source of phosphates?
Would wheat seeds work as well as oat groats?
Hi Becky...
i recently stumbled across your. site on you Tube. but i do have some questions. are you using city water and are you hooked up to power? and your hot water thats a hot water tank and electricity to run the hot water tank.
im totally addicted to your channel now!❤️💕
how many times do I put the diatamasous earth powder on the ground???
I just lost my Sussex Light yesterday (so devastating) we think she had a broken egg inside her as four days before she laid a broken egg 🥚 with shell missing from the top, she laid 3 beautiful eggs after this so I didn’t think anything else was wrong! I’ve heard feeding the coconut oil might be good especially during winter after moulting when that are just coming back into lay have you heard of this?
It is said it helps them not become egg bound what do you think?
its better and more bioavilable and provides more protein if you sprout your grain.
Hi Becky, I have started feeding my chicken the mix you recommend but they don’t seem to want to eat it. They love the dog food but won’t touch the whole corn or seeds. Is there something you recommend that I can do to encourage them to eat it?
Thank you Becky!! This makes so much sense! Our oldest lady who was born early 2020 has stopped laying eggs the past couple of months. She doesn't seem sick but she just won't lay anymore. I'm totally going to try this mix! We also just bought 9 chicks. We'll probably keep them on the chick crumbles for a little while but I'm excited to try this for them too 😊 thank you!
I just switched my 4 baby Black Austrolopes and 4 meat birds over to my chicken mix. They are like 6 weeks old☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead that's awesome! I'll aim for switching them over to the mix around that time too then.
Is this ok for my pullets? They love it, and it's difficult to get them to eat their own feed!
QQ, if I build a new coop/run will I need to keep them locked in for a few days to get them used to it? Any advice is welcomed! Thank you in advance.
My chickens are about 6 months old. What should I be feeding them?
Will the Blue Buffalo brand Blue Wilderness salmon cat food work? We like this brand of food for our kitties.
Hi, Becky!
I’m trying to talk my hubby into getting chickens. We’re allowed only 4 in the city. Want em for eggs, but mostly composting, bug control and ecosystem function.
What about access to the compost pile? Rotational tractors? Would a small chickshaw a la Justin rhoades work for nighttime shelter. We have only one good spot to place it about 2 1/2 by 4 feet.
In Wisconsin, only a couple thousand square feet of garden all together and on a busy road. Trying to grow soil, veggies and flowers in natures way
Hi, I got 8 hens a month ago. They are 1 yr old. My husband was not totally on board but he has been supportive of my dream. He even joins me when I let them free range in the evenings. We call it chicken TV and it is quite
entertaining ;) I went with a static coop attached to a fully secured run. The eggs taste amazing. Just no comparison to even higher end store bought. I hope you take the plunge!!
Ahn, congratulations! Yes they look entertaining. I’m thinking of moving them around daily. For 4 I think I’d need maybe 5x8. They’d be locked up and safe in the portable shelter at night and have access to it during the day. In winter I’d enclose half my backyard in electric fence and put food scraps and weeds for scratch. I’d truly free range only in the back in summers
You talk about them needing to eat meat. I make dog food from left over venison, pork, and beef. Can I feed this to my chickens as well?
When do you add extra calcium?
I'd like to try this feed for my chickens, but where do you get these things? The only one on the link is DE, and that is the only ingredient I have already.
GOOD MORNING. Thank you Becky for the information you always share with us.
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
Ain’t whole corn bad for hens in the summer? I herd it’s bad in the summer because it heats them up quick.
Hey one of my chickens is sooo loud and I was wondering if you know why she is a hen and we have trued everything
Becky!!!’n ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Becky my flock has got a respiratory disease spreading can I do anything?
What do you think about, regenerate 🚜.
Can you feed the mix to baby chicks?
Hey Becky! Thanks for everything you do!
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
I ordered one of your books paid with PayPal but never received the book
Love your homestead Becky! Really like that you treat your animals so well. Keep up the great work!
Goodmorning everyone❣ Hope you all have a wonderful blessed day. Thank you Becky for sharing what you have learned through out the years. I appreciate you 🤗
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
Hello how are you doing?
@@Godwinpounds4333 I'm doing well, how about yourself?
@@MelanieWeed77 I’m doing great, it nice meeting with you here. Where are you texting from?
@@Godwinpounds4333 I'm from the south. I don't like to give out my location on here....too many weirdos. 😂😉
is this meant to completely replace the layer feed and become the primary 24/7 available feed or to be fed by the scoop in addition to layer feed?
I have the question!!...??? Also can I substitute the cat food for canned fish? (if yes, how much fish should I give them daily in the winter time?)
Where do I find the ingredients you list? I am having no luck finding the oats and DE particularly.
Thank you sweet lady. I have not ventured into making up my own feed mix yet...I have been concentrating on keeping my laydies cool!@@living2day617
My chicks are about 4 weeks old and I’ve been feeding them chick starter. Are they ready to eat this mix you are describing or should I wait until they are fully feathered?
Typically you feed starter until 16-17 weeks as far as I know…
*Can you please suggest probiotics for them.* I am concerned that one hen has possible vent gleet. Even with what seems the best husbandry and best diet. My ladies are almost a year old, started laying at 6 months old and the hen in question lays an egg almost daily. (Hers are aqua blue, so I can tell.) She appears healthy overall, she's actually the alpha, however her bum is wet every few days and when she's like that she stinks! 😭 Ive washed her and she's calm for that... please help!!
Can/should I give yogurt everyday?
Is fermenting the corn separately a good thing as far as intestinal health?
Should I keep one, of the 3 waterers, with probiotics everyday?
Ultimately should I isolate her?
Do you give apple cider vinegar in the water? That help my chicken but i make a limonade with oregano lot of oregano after 2 days they fine.
@@JM-wp7te I do a few tbsps apple cider vinegar every other week in one of their waterers. I have not tried oregano. I'll look into that, thank you!
@@steph6337 oregano is good for natural antibiotic and dewormer i did not insolate my chicken but i don’t let them drink from another water supply. I give them dry oregano in the food plus the water my was good in the second day.
let me ask a chicken waterer question we've always used the large plastic ones but they seem to grow algae relatively fast in the summer because the sunlight can penetrate them.
thinking of switching over to a large galvanized one I know I'll probably still get some algae but are they better.
my 16 chickens do go through quite a bit of water but a 5 gallon container will still last several weeks, should I just clean it out every few days anyways.
I bought a 30 gallon royal blue bucket then I drilled three holes in the very bottom and I bought those yellow chicken floating Waterers from Holland on Amazon. I drilled the holes a little smaller than the diameter of the waterer screws, use some plumbers tape and then I used a little bit of clear silicone on the outside.
I buy small blue swimming pools (Walmart or Dollar stores) for my chickens water & seeds. No algae in the water pools, no dirt in pool’s holding (food) seeds….. @ night I place another pool on top of seed (keeps seed clean & dry (rain) for next day.
I have been researching this for a while. Dog and cat food, even grain free, have lots of fillers. An 18lb bag of the cat food you are using is $54.99 in my area, which translates to 19 cents an ounce. with 32% protein. A 5lb bag of dried mealworms or other larvae is 50% protein, and costs 37 cents an ounce. I'm wondering if it would be worth adding the insects instead of processed kibble? While the kibble gives you more in weight, the insect larvae is not processed, contains more usable protein, and using less may be equivalent to the greater weight of the kibble.
I think I will be using the mealworms or mealworms mixed with black shoulder fly larvae instead of the cat kibble.
Did you end up using mealworms? How has it faired if so?
How much do you have to finish a chicken per day?
Perfect timing! My baby chicks will be here in less than a month & I’ve been gathering info on chicken feed & chicken scratch. Your videos are always very helpful, thank you for sharing!
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My chickens prefer me to soak my whole corn for 2 or 3 days they absolutely love it
I use DE for sooooo many things. Including worming. Keep bugs out of the yard. Fleas, ticks, mites off animals. Even great benefits for human consumption, missed with water (taste like earth (clayish) though lol) It's amazing stuff!
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Hello how are you doing?