We STOPPED Making HOMEMADE CHICKEN…(you should too)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2023
- Chicken owners are looking for a homemade chicken feed recipe recently with news the tractor supply feeds have been possibly causing their chickens to stop laying. In this video I explain why we stopped feeding our chickens our homemade chicken feed recipe.
Go check out our website over at www.acresofadventurehomestead.com for blogs, merch and more info!
Follow Us on Instagram @ acres_of_adventure for more!
To Get A ChickCozy Automatic Chicken Coop Door use link : www.chickcozy.com/acresofadventure
To get a Hengear Rollaway Nest Box:
hengear.com/?ref=acresofadven...
us this code at checkout - adventure15
For Business Inquiries send us an email at AcresOfAdventure1@gmail.com if you would like to partner up and make a collab video with us!
![Roddy Ricch - Survivors Remorse [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/J5IeFzr2GgE/mqdefault.jpg)
![KFF Singapore Badminton Open 2024 | Alfian/Ardianto (INA) [7] vs. Liang/Wang (CHN) | QF](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/g0QGafkoT2o/mqdefault.jpg)
Let me know if you have been feeding them the homemade chicken feed from our original video, would love to hear how your chickens have been doing! Thanks everyone for the support!
Can you grow some grains for your chickens? Or sunflower seeds? Corn? That would be the cheapest way to go.
I appreciate honesty. You are right, your families needs have to come first and the economy is out of control right now. We are going to get our first chickens in March. Hoping all goes well with ours. Have you heard of adding goat feed? Wish us luck and God bless .
Links to the new products you guys use even if they are not affiliate links would help allot!!!! Love what you do. Links, Links, Links :)
My chickens are doing great on homemade feed. eggs are large shells are strong. We will adjust as time goes along. I already had 50 lb bags of most of this stuff so havent been hit with high prices. Bad feed isnt good for your chickens no matter how cheap it may be. But you gotta do what you gotta do!
Okay. We're South Jersey & have access to private suppliers. We stopped the Producer's Pride Scratch bcuz on it, our hens completely stopped laying (& half our flock of 60 are Brahmas... winter layers). Before they stopped laying by November, their eggs were thin, bumpy & splochy. We followed your homemade protocol bcuz we can get 50lb bags of cracked corn, oats & barley for $6 each even under inflation. The BOSS is our largest expense. We do still have on hand a bit of good laying mash of which they don't eat as much of anymore, d-earth, oregano oil, ac vinegar. We're still using oyster shells & Dumor grit. Keep in mind the ONLY thing we changed was the scratch. Everything else we've been using for 3 years. We started getting eggs after a week and they are beautiful, smooth, strong & healthy.
We also have a few heads of cattle that we let into the chicken field at night so there's "black gold" left for them to scratch through in the day
You didn't lie, you didn't mislead. You made a change in practice based on what was best for you and the birds. That's what any reasonable person would expect you to do.
Happy eggs!
The date of upload is worth noting. The "News" happened long after.
your not a liar. your just learning along the way .
Thanks for the honest update!
Re the bugs, top tip :
Hang a plastic mesh bag (like you get onions in here in Australia) in a shaded place out of their reach, add meat scraps. A few days later, flies will have laid their eggs on the scraps/bag. The larvae fall off the mesh bag and your chickens are having a maggot party underneath ;-)
Another free way to get feed!
^^^ That ^^^
Ive been planning that for this summer, I just heard of it awhile back.
Thanks for the reminder
Won't it smell? And, do you just throw away the rotten meat? I want to try this during the summer, because I don't let the little destructos in my yard during the summer but still want to give them fresh bugs.
AWESOME !
That also invited animals that like dead things, hang that bag up high folks as you will have unwanted company that might also try to get to the chickens at night.
The secret to making chickens economically viable, is to grow your own feed. I am getting ready to plant corn, sunflowers, peas, ground cover, and other things, like worms. I live in Arizona, and we hit 80 degrees where I live, today, so time to plant!
We hope to do that this season!
🥰✌️ And also don't forget to "appreciate" the plant volunteers (weeds), who are adapting well to climate change.....If they're edible, and even nutritious (!?), maybe they're friends..... Even "alien, invasive species" could help you and critters to survive well. This indiscriminate destruction of food sources is actually very short-sighted... 😱. 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦
@@galeparker1067 Sorry, u lost me at climate change.
@@454Casul 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✌️ Sorry 'bout that, eh... 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦
Thank you for the wonderful idea ... it is definitely more sustainable and you can control exactly what you feed your chickens! I wonder if you know whether chickens like lambsquarters? It volunteers every year in patches on the south side of our house.
I love that you share your experience….what works and what don’t. It saves us money in the long run.
Good to hear that Mary!
Spent grain is still high in protein.👍 Got to look back to the old days. No tractor supplies, then... just natural scraps and bugs in the compost. Spent grain from home brew boosting the diet. Way to go, chief.
Thanks for that, nice to hear that we are steering in the right direction!
Spent grain is great for pigs too...
That's fantastic, ty. Glad you shared 😊
I wonder if fruit works the same
I buy chrysanthemums half price after their blooms are prime. It's a natural pesticide. The birds love them.
I stop buying chicken feed at tractor supply. I found a farm in Columbia New Jersey very reliable organic feed my customers love my eggs Kilts Farm
I am 62. I changed how I garden many times. Change is a part of life. The 2 years I've had chickens, I've changed their food too. The biggest change for them this year is to grow food for them. I am adding comfrey and "Mammoth" sunflowers. They love kale, spinach, and mint which I hope to dry for winter
Make yourself some mint tea, too - homegrown mint tea is delicious.
Eggcellent idea!!
@@14hometeam Just got the comfrey going. Eight plants. Growing so big already. I think it is called "Cousins Compost" where I got it.
I just found your channel. From my side, it doesn't sound like you tried to mislead or lie to anyone. You tried something that no longer works for you and your family. You are reporting on the changes you are making AND you provided information as to how you may change things up in the future! I think it's awesome and I will be looking at your previous videos. Keep up the great work!!
Glad to hear that, it’s nice having that support, it sucks when we show something hear but feel like we need to keep doing that because we have a video that shows it
NOT a liar! Learning, adapting, growing...One motto I love=Have a teachable spirit. Love your videos!👏🎬
You guys are a prime example of "know better, do better." Life is journey of learning.
You can feed your chickens' sourdough discard to give them some extra nutrition
We use to do this when we were making sour dough a lot. The chickens loved it!
Awesome full disclosure. Applaud your honesty. Totally makes sense! Love the long term plan. I am inspired! TY
Me too, though sometimes I water down the starter and add it to my compost. I plan to add a venturi fertilization injector to my garden irrigation, and will add worm tea and sourdough starter to my garden.
My worms double their population every 90 days, so the chickens get lots of fresh worms also.
For those of you who don't know how grain is harvested, look up glysophates. Round up is used to desiccate the stems of wheat, oats, barley etc to make harvesting grains faster and cheaper. You must already know about Mon saint's corn.
I hope viewers are more appreciative for the free content! your videos have helped me as a new chicken owner.
Thank you Karin! Nice to hear from you and thanks for your kind words!
I feed grower feed to all my chickens. From the day I get them. Their whole lives. Oyster shell on the side.
You have the absolute right to change your mind.. raising chickens is an ongoing learning curve
Prices are different everywhere. I buy 2-2# bags of split peas and 1-1# bag of flax seed every time I go to the local Natural Grocers.
The other three ingredients I just buy at Tractor Supply-still need to find a better source.
But I figured up it costs us way less for eggs than buying them at the store, so it is still financially beneficial to make your own feed and still have eggs.
We decided it doesn't matter if its cost effective at this point because we at least we have them.
@@montanaliving4769
Same. And it’s healthier and they taste way better
@@montanaliving4769 Yep money is always a concern but it's more about security.
Absolutely agree about the feed. I called three area grainerys and got the prices for all the seed I wanted and pound for pound, the resulting homemade feed was going to be triple the feed we now buy from a local feed farmer. We still know the ingredients we are getting. As for scratch grain, we buy *Cluck & Co organic scratch grain (I even ate some of the dried peas lol) . We also give them fresh fruits and veggies as well as dried worms. Our girls are laying well even through the winter. Today, Im trying the red chili pepper flakes to see if it increases their eggs even more. We have 21 hens and get 11-15 eggs a day. We’re in Nebraska
Good to hear, there’s so many other things to feed them then just the feed that I feel they will always be eating pretty healthy!
Walmart scratch .30 cents and less per pound at my door. I pressure cook it with wheat and feed myself and the chickens for nearly free.
It’s all a learning process, we can all learn for each others problems so thank you and God bless you and your family
Thank you Kevin, god bless you as well
Man you have taught me a lot in the last few months while I've started raising chickies for eggs. I've networked and found folks who want my chickies eggs. I barter eggs for my chickies needs. A local farmer gives me bails of straw for eggs. I recently found that he has tons (literally) of various grains. I'm gonna trade eggs for oats and wheat. I grow tons of veggies through the spring and summer and a lot goes to the chickies. Sunflowers are super easy. Cherry tomatoes are super prolific. Strawberries too. Cucumbers as well. I've read about raising mealworms and also black soldier larva flies to supplement. You have tons of eggs so find a local farmer who might appreciate them.
I'm in the process of making my own chickies feed. So far it seems I can make 150 pounds of DIY mix for less then I can buy 120 pounds of commercial feed.
Also I heard (yet to try it) that fermented chickies feed goes a lot further and more nutritional.
I have recently started fermenting and sprouting my DIY chicken feed. It is real easy to do and they love it. Also if you have extra eggs feed some back to your chickens. You can scramble them or like I usually do is hard boil them. I also add garlic, oregano and thyme to keep them healthy. I mash the hard boiled eggs up with a fork so it is easier to spread around their bowl so not just one chicken can take the whole prize.
Fermented goes MUCH farther! When I was farming (I got married and couldn't bring my farm to the city) I fermented all the time. They ate roughly 50% less in winter and about 75% less in summer. It was well worth it. When 1 week of feed was lasting a month in the summer, it was pretty sweet.
@@megiramos9695 Howdy! Can you provide a link of a good way to ferment the chickies feed. Can any food be fermented for them? Or is this only commercial chicken feed?
@@kathymcleod1460 Any advice on fermenting chickies feed?
I use food grade buckets with the screw on lids. I made a check valve to allow the outflow but limit the oxygen. I keep it in the shed during winter so I can keep the temperature up with my wood stove. Its usually ready in a few days. I just fill the bucket halfway with scratch grains and put water almost to the top. I feed this to my turkeys,guineas and my chickens in the evening before they get put up in the coop. They go crazy for it.
Mine are loving this mix. Fermented and dry. I do however feed twice daily and with the fermented grain they get rice, scraps etc..I cook extra for them.
Thanks for you honesty, the commercial feed you giving them looks like high quality stuff. Amazing tip with the spent grains from the brewery. I'd love some details on how you store them I'd imagine they are wet and have a short shelf life.
Hi. Mould is the enemy. Don't keep the suff in the bag/sack you bought it in. Needs to be laid out on a shallow large tray. Regularly scooped up and turned - by hand, keeping the grain as dry as possible. Hope that helps.
We hope to find a brewery willing and we would do a video on that for sure!
You adapt to what works and what doesn’t. Part of learning and growing. 👍🎅🏻
Thank you for being so open and honest. I'm 58 years old and I hope to soon start raising my own hens. I've been researching fur a year! I enjoy your videos so much. I, too, want to feed them as healthy as possible And be able to afford it! Thank you for all your information. God Bless 🙂
When use the homemade chicken feed, you can soak it in a bucket and in a day or two it will ferment and sprout. The grains became much more nutritious and chickens will need less than half the amount of dry food. Minerals are more available from the grains.
Thanks for that tip!
Your original video about mixing grain was great and informative. We ordered grain from Azure Standard and will receive it this coming Sunday. This will be our first time to do this. The mix will comes to about $0.77/lb with 16% + protein. We also will lower the cost by fermenting the mix to increase volume and nutrition. We expect that the cost per dozen eggs will be around $3.50.
Great to hear that it works for you!
Scratch is .30 cents a pound delivered from Walmart! Local Wheat berries .40 cents a pound at the feed store, 50#. Cook them and supplement with a little lay pellets at about .42 cents a pound local feed store. Be sure to give them all your old meat and chicken scraps and roadkill.
@@RRaucina, Thank you Richard. Are these organic?
77 cents per pound is $39 for a 50 lb bag.
Store Chicken feed is $20 for a 50lb bag.
@@TheRainHarvester , Thank you. Is that organic feed? I can find non organic for $14/35 lb bag.
I grew dent corn, and sunflowers this past year. adding Comfrey this year. Going to do some fishing for free protein. They love the 2 year old Lake Ontario salmon from the freezer (from the fishing trip) lots of protein
No lies. Info based on experience. Thank u. Our 3 hens love the recommendations u gave. We r fermenting. They r very happy.
Glad to hear that, thanks Kelly!
I just started using your recipe for homemade feed a few days ago because it's only October and my hens are hardly laying.. I'll keep you posted on results, but as a dietitian, I think your mixture makes sense. It doesn't sound like your reason for not using them is connected to the nutrition content. When I get down to the bottom of my feed bin, I'll do the math on value.
Love the channel and appreciate the time and energy you take to make this available for us new people.
Thank you!
I agree the cost of the ingredients has gone up too much. I can’t justify making it anymore. They’ll be fine. ;)
Amen to that all of this is a learning experience how we can wean ourselves further and further away from Big corporations and their greed
We need to become more self-sufficient
thank you for your video we appreciate you and all your hard work
This last summer I grew black sunflowers from the seeds I got from the feed, (they didn't like the big seeds from the mammoth sunflowers). I a!so learned that after drying them, it was easier to just break off chunks of the whole flower and give that to them instead of wrecking my hands trying to pick seeds. Chickens are better at it
I saw a video on cooked beans, rice and corn. The chickens loved it
I appreciate your honesty and visibility into what all you are trying, all in spirit of doing the best for you flock. Great work and thank you!
Thanks so much i love your video sharing both the how to and why you stopped, I learned a lot from your first we are all on a journey always learning and changing. Thanks for everything
You don't owe me or anyone else an explanation, but thank you for sharing your experiences. I like your idea about using the spent grains from breweries. I'm betting the chickens will love it.
Howdy from Mid Michigan! 🤠 Nice to see a no nonsense video regarding animal husbandry. We all have to do our best to keep healthy animals and be reasonable about the cost. Kudos to you and thank you for sharing 😊
Nice to meet you! We try our best to just share our story and have you guys follow along and show what we have learned along the way, even if we screw up!
That’s the best chicken feed, cut cost down while still giving them healthy food they like can’t get any better than that plus reducing waste, improving nutrients in soil and getting more eggs.
I definitely learned from this video
Thank you Barry! We love the support
It's a bummer when people are disliking your honesty. What would they prefer, a comforting lie? I mean you're not a politician...
Thanks for the transparency and helpful information. We are always growing and changing according to the needs of family first and then the homestead animals.
My hens love alfalfa, so I offer that off and on. They also get fruit & veggie scraps along with pelleted layer and cracked corn. They used to slow down production during cold winter months, but adding cracked corn helped with extra calories which also supplies heat. Although our nights are still in the 20s and 30s, they are now laying an egg a day. The extra daylight hours help a great deal too.
I have heard that chickens live alfalfa we will have to try this!
I use Scratch grains, rolled oats, blackoil sunflower seeds, a wildbirdseed mix. And a 20% crumble when they are young.
Everyday is new so thanks for the update.
You have to do what works for you and your family. In the future you can always add it as a treat.
Thank you Cynthia! Your continued support to us means a lot!
check your local restaurant /grocery store for their "unsold" left overs and scraps .
Thanks for that tip!
Also bread stores sell bread that is too stale to get people to buy, very cheap.
I live in mid Michigan, too. Sounds great! You need to really know where your food comes from. And try to be organic.
Reality bites the best of us from time to time.
Brilliant! I've never thought of spent brew grains! I may have to look into this!!!!
Yes an old timer told us this and we are excited to try it!
Thank you for the update.
Learning. Is GOOD. Thanks for the video
Oh my!! We are ALL learning everyday! I’ve changed how I feed my girls in 2’years! I’m getting wonderful healthy eggs, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! If it’s broke, fix it!! I do what you do, I buy high quality feed,
Mix with scratch with corn and such, add oatmeal,’flax meal, different grains. I get greens from Walmart, I bought a watermelon today for them and my red wigglers, they free range, get chicken carcasses….so much more.
It working for me, but I might change later too! We
Love your whole family!!!
Thanks so much Robin! You always give such great support for us. We don’t take that for granted!
I've contacted so many breweries in central Texas for spent grain. Every single one has already promised their grains to large farmers.
We started hanging a whole cabbage from an eye hook on a rope in the covered run, and not only do the chickens love pecking at it and swinging it, but we get more eggs in the winter. Broccoli stems are also popular with them.
Microgreens
You rock. No apologies needed. We get it! Thx for the update!
Thanks Kim!
Living in Michigan my whole life, I know how brutal the winters can be. I found out a few years back that you can feed cooked up soup beans to your chickens. I used to work for a gal who grew heirloom tomatoes and peppers, and the likes as a buisness. (she told me about the beans XD) Well one day she needed me to clear out one of her spare gardens, so she could plant some potatoes. Well most of what I was clearing was garlic that had grown from seeds that had fallen from the year priors crop. LOL! She knowing I had chickens siad if I wanted to, I chould fill up a couple of her 5 gallon buckets with the weeds and garlics, to take home to my girls. Amoungst all the tiny garlics and mis. leftover tomatoes and whatnot I found about 5-6 fully gtown garlics. I asked if she wanted them. To make a long story short. She said "No! Take them home and plant them in your garden if you want." I did just that. LOL! I gave my girls the 2 buckets of goodies, and plants the garlics that night. Soooo I go to work the next day not thinking anything of it. helped plant the potatoes, helped transplant tiny tomatoes into bigger pots... the likes. Well I come home, and I see my biggest roo bolting down my hill with like 6 hens in hot persuit after him! Lmao! He's got the last giant garlic I planted the day before hanging in his beak, trying to play keep away. XD I was flabbergasted! I never thought they'd dig them out of my garden, bulbs and alll... Maybe eat the tops, but... LOL! Well anywho, it was then I realized that chickens REALLY like garlic. I decided about a week later while cooking them up some dry soup beans, to add a little garlic powder I had. I was surprized JUST how much they prefered the garlic beans... Any time I added garlic they went wild! I started looking into other things I could give them. And found out honey is REALLY good to give them. ((a little nerd history I learned. XD The ancient Egyptians used to use honey to treat wounds, much like we use Triple Antibiotic today. Honey is a anti-inflammatory and antifugal.)) Also garlic is an antioxident, and beans are a great source of protein. In a nutshell the combination of garlic, honey and beans is like a SUPER healthy, super snack, that helps bolster their immune systems and keep good weight on them. I feed it to them more as a snack (usually 2-3 times a week, when I can.. Espiecally in winter.) And have had no issues with any of my girls getting sick, or suffering from internal parasites. Which I also found out you can treat more naturally with pumpkin, and pumpkin seeds. Something in pumpkin is a natural wormer... I could go on about other foods (espiecally fruits and veggies) that are great for them... but I figure you've probably got a pretty good idea, what they love. XD Hope some of this helped for further ideas. :)
Pumpkin seeds are high in magnesium which in high enough quantities can cause diarrhea. Maybe the magnesium acts as a natural dewormer or anti parasitic?
@@knowideas7184 possibly... I know every year around halloween, they gooble up anything pumpkin they can get their cute lil' beaks on. I have watched them demolish a pumpkin down to nothing but the stem and "butt" of the pumpkin. if a pumpkin lasts more than a day, it's only because it was a BIG one, and they're all laying around stuffed like little turkeys. 😅😂🤣
Thanks for sharing! I think it’s a good alternative for sure. And compost and scraps, that’s awesome.
Bags of wheat, barley, oats, corn they have it all. So it's a beer place but they do also sell it for free and good prices!!
Thank you for this vídeo, you have to do what is better for your pocket special at this time when everything is up up.
I'm so glad I ran into your video today, thank you for sharing your experiences!
Glad that it could help Emma!
Have you thought about growing millet, sorghum, aramath. Right on man, I've been trying to get to this direction, use very minimal feed. Just gotta start producing
Yes we are going to try and grow for the chickens this year!
@Acres Of Adventure Homestead wooohooo. Me to on a very small scale so I can learn before hopefully God willing I get onsome land. Excited to follow
Thanks for being HONEST. Very refreshing. :)
My pleasure! Glad that you enjoyed it!
We buy our feed from the local co op… our girls seem to like it … we are going into our 4th spring with them! (2 barred rocks and 2silverlaces )
Helllllooooo from the Mackinaw Bridge! We still have boatloads of snow up here! Warning up though- and appreciated this video greatly! No need to apologize! Goodness sakes, we all adapt and overcome! I for one appreciate all your heart felt videos and honest evaluation of cost versus homemade feed and your new mixture. I have recently purchased everything from your yr old video to make my own feed. And, am thankful for that video! I just want to be a good chicken mom lol. Now, that being said I’m not opposed ( when my feed mix runs out) to try hen reserve! I’ve only heard good things about it! Keep up the great job! We appreciate all you do!
It’s hard when we have a video showing one thing, we don’t want people do feel like we have been lying. Thanks for the support and welcome another Michigan person here!
Yooper or troll? lol
Maybe adding a disclaimer at the beginning of the old video to provide the update. Thanks for sharing with us.
I have a pinned comment on that video explaining some of this
Ok I thought you grew the food... I ordered all the seeds and did the yielding math... I love what you do. I've learned so much. Thank you 😊
For summer look into growing duck weed ferment over night with grains and add a little water . See how they will like it . Add to Pig feed too.
Understandable. Grow on👍
Ya gatta do what ya gatta do to makes ends meet!!!! ... I took your recipe and Im sprouting them.... so far so good!
Thank you Betty!
AMAZING follow up video to the homemade feed!
KEEP UP THE GREAT CONTENT!
I switched this October to your homemade chicken feed from commercial feed & my chickens are much happier & laying much better than previously. My hens free range daily & they get lots of kitchen scraps so that helps.
But yes, the costs have gone up even since October!
Appreciate your channel & your update.
Have you considered contacting local restaurants and hotels for their kitchen scraps? It's a great resource for lots of free food!
Thanks Sandra we have thought about it but have not contacted any just yet!
We grow fodder for our flock, plus we grew a lot of squash, veggies, etc to help during the winter months
Betty does the fodder work well? We have thought about trying it for our chickens
Buy oat corn wheat and sunflower seeds from a mill or a farmer in bulk. Way cheaper than any farm store and helps support small businesses. I pay $16 for a 100lbs of oats and $18 for 100lbs of corn. I'm on the search for sunflowers seeds and wheat still up here in the UP of Michigan.
A lot of people's chickens stopped laying eggs using commercial feed.
It helps to get your ingredients from an actual feed mill
I don’t consider you a hypocrite. I love your honesty.
The times have changed that is for sure everything is gotten more expensive, and we have to make other substitutes and additions for our flocks to stay healthy👍🐥🐓🐔🐥
Personally, I do the grass and compost, but I went local for my feed. I feel it’s very important for us to buy local, especially here in Alaska.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Thanks for doing a follow-up video. I was thinking of making my own FEED but didn't know if it was worth it.
Your reason for changing your mind is a good reason enjoy your video
Sunflower and pea are very growable, and if you want you don't need to clean them too much for chickens, you can cut the dried stalks and lay them in piles in the pens (some for the composting for example), and they will pick the grain out of it themselves. On that you might consider for many reasons is a few cycles of marigold, which is also good for garden pest control. If you cut some to bring in to the chickens tho, this if for the flower petals more than anything else.
This is my first time on your channel, & I'd just like to say that I understand completely why you made the change, & appreciate your honesty...& hey, we all have to do what we have to do. Circumstances change, & we have to be able to roll with the punches. No judgement here!!
When I had chickens and ducks over 5 years ago I bought OMC Feed at the local IGA here in South Carolina. Orangeburg Milling Company.
I just started raising chickens again, I'm 71 and retired. I have new chicks and they get DuMor Starter/Grower and grit when they are older, then OMC Laying Pellets and 5-Way Scratch.
The same I used before and got plenty of eggs from 8 hens and 6 ducks. A couple roosters and drakes.
Even got a few baby chicks because mom chicken hid her eggs from us in a secret nest.
Thank you for being transparent. Things change. I get that prices are crazy. You have to do what fits your needs. I’m always making changes with my chickies! Love your channel!
You are so welcome!
I just started my free rangers on cooked pinto beans, macaroni, and scrambled eggs. They love it so far.
Great follow up video! The spent grains at breweries is a GREAT suggestion! Thnk u! 🥚🐣🐓😁
Thanks for the info and I love your little unicorn helpers. Too cute
Thank you! They are both great helpers!
Thanks for sharing. It’s ok to change your mind !
Thanks for the support Laura!
No, you guys are not hypocrites! Everything is so expensive and you have children. I'm going to do that compost in the chicken run thing. Thanks so much, that's a fantastic idea!🌿🐔✌️
Love the brewery grains idea thank you . ❤
You are so welcome!
Just bought the ingredients today. Pick it up tomorrow. Then I saw this vid. Will let u know how they do. My birds r free range on 2 acres with compost. They won’t need as much. However they have been freeloading lately & wanted to up the quality of their food.🤗
I watched your video many months ago when I got chickens this last summer and then again and again after and when I found the Tractor supply feed to be a BIG problem for many ppl I said TIME TO DIVE IN just before that happened that the Tucker on FOX had on all these ppl that had back yard chickens that weren't laying eggs for months or even over a YEAR! THANK YOU for all your info. If you are doing 100% Organic it's still cheaper to buy the bulk feed mill bags then mix them and add in what you want plus like you we always give scraps to our chickens. Then added in the grubs is perrrrfect and we get many eggs to. I HEAR ya when it comes to making your own feed it's getting expensive and I was thinking of going to the AMISH to see there prices since it's always going to be organic. Just another idea plus growing our own seeds like black sunflower seeds and so on. Thank you again and again for great ideas. HA! We live in the same state. I just live above WI in upper MI. :)
True Free Range keeps them pretty healthy. You need Something for them to scratch at to keep them staying around.
I do not consider you a hypocrite, . . . . I consider you a learner that is not afraid to not ignore a better solution (until a better one appears).
Thanks for the information
Actually, you are doing the right thing. Thank you for sharing!
I appreciate that!
you are experiencing the evolution of raising chickens... it's natural that you should listen to nature... good job
I’m not mad at you, I’m proud of you. You have the humility to at least admit you had made a mistake and you rectified. There’s nothing to be mad about but there’s a whole lot to be proud about. Not many men will stand up and say I was wrong but this is what I did to help make it right! Go be great
Thank you🙏🏻
Lead Farmer on RUclips feeds cooked beans and rice and is loving the results.
All of life is an experiment. 🤪 Your channel gives me ideas to feed my chickens. It’s good.
Happy to hear that! Thanks!
depends which country you are in...here in Kenya some ingredient you can plant them at the farm like soya beans, maize corns sun flower which can help you reduce the cost
Always change and improve. No apology for changing should be needed!