How to make Homemade Chicken feed! DIY- 3 recipes! Healthier chickens and more, healthier eggs!
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With tales abound about chicken feed conspiracies and sabotage, we decided to take matters into our own hands and make a healthier homemade feed for our chickens and ducks!
Subscribe and stay tuned to future videos to see how we ferment this whole grain feed and other ventures in poultry feeding!
If you want to try making your own poultry feed, we have listed resources to help. We source most of our ingredients from Azure Standard. Not only do they have the best prices and great quality standards, we were also able to get a lot of organic ingredients. We also use Azure for a lot of our own food storage!
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Milo: (this was out of stock for us but when available, it’s a great substitute for corn in a corn-free feed!) www.azurestand...
Whole oat groats: www.azurestand...
Whole corn (we got ours at our local feed store cheaper but this is organic)
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Poultry Nutri-balancer: www.azurestand...
We found the best prices on our black oil sunflower seed, meaties, and whole corn at our local feed store.
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azure organic is not organic the old man owner told me its just very cleaned.but not truly organic
Azure Standard is great! They sell both organic and conventional bulk grains, and their pricing is reasonable.
is this type of homemade feed OK for baby chicks to eat?
I'm not sure I understand the logic. If you are purchasing the ingredients from outside/online sources, how is that being "self sufficient"? You are selecting the quality of the ingredients and the mix ratio, but you are still dependent on the supply chain (competing with others for that limited supply, like the toilet paper fiasco). For that issue, your ingredients need to come from your own garden/farm, and what you pull out of the local river/lake/ocean. But that can be a lot of work, so getting your mix or ingredients from your local co-op would be a good option.
She uses Azure Std. which uses organic. But yes, that too will be unavailable via future controlled internet
Hopefully a non-infiltrated alternative will be created
She can store in large quantities and they hold their nutrients longer. Therefore the food is healthier and lasts longer. 😊
You are correct about supply chain issues. This insures you know what is in your feed. Unmedicated etc. ideally you produce or source locally
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A number of these ingredients can be sourced from local farmers markets. So supply chain hiccups are less probable. She also has eggs and meat to barter or sell locally to secure her feed.
I live in Texas and I only gave my chickens cracked corn and a mineral block. They were free range. They went into the garden for bugs and the mulch pile for worms. They also ate snails, grass snakes, and grasshoppers.
Notice!! I used one of those dollar tree buckets to hold fish while cleaning their tank . The fish were in the buck 45 mins when I went back to retrieve the fish they were floating belly up.
Best check to see what kind of plastic it is to be sure it is non toxic.
They may have run out of oxygen.
When you're ready to clean your fish tank, use some of the fish tank water into a small container so the fish will already be acclimated to it.
I did acclimate the water but someone suggested using a dollar store bucket earlier and I was stating not to cause I did and it killed my fish obviously those buckets are not made of safe materials very toxic to fish
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The recycle symbol on the bottom will let you know the grade, only food grade should get used and expect to spend a few bucks on food grade items!
Home Depot buckets always worked for me. Never lost a fish. It also helps if you fill it with the same fish water you are changing. And then if you have it an air pump for added measure.
Last week I bought 10 pullets for the first time ever. I'm stoked to learn how to take care of these little ladies and I'm subbed. My Jesus bless you!
Just a few things I do for my birds. I use their own eggs for calcium, I put the oven on warm and put the egg shells in and leave them for a half hour. Then I use a rolling pin to crush them. I then add it to their container of feed and mix it in.
I use pine needles vs hay. Only because we are in the piney woods region in East Texas so it's free. I add two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with the mother into their water daily as it helps with their digestive health aka production of eggs. I add one tablespoon of Chile powder into their daily feed as it's also good for them and makes their yolks way darker. I also let them out everyday for exercise and for bug hunts. It gets dark around 5 so I let them out around 3. When it gets dark they go into their coop and onto their resting areas. This is just what I do and thought I would share.
Cooked beans also provide a great deal of protein!
My chickens don’t like beans 😅
@@courtw3231 oh no ! Lol try cooked lentils :) see if they will like those !
My mother cooks pintos and macaroni. The birds go nuts for it.
@@courtw3231have you tried sprouting or fermenting your beans or grains?
Great video. We’ve been making our feed with ingredients from Azure and the Farmer Peapod recipe on the Azure blog for years now and store it in 55 gallon drums. It only became difficult when many items were out of stock because of supply chain issues. Making your own isn’t a cheaper option but allowed us to make an organic feed at a competitive price. And we soak the feed which makes it go a lot further.
azure organic is not organic the old man owner told me its just very cleaned.but not truly organic
What do you mean you soak your feed? You just add water and let it soak? Wouldn’t mind learning more about this.
@@justjason7662 Put feed in a bucket and cover it with water. Make sure to keep the water level ABOVE the feed, to prevent aerobic bacteria and fungus growth.
The feed in the water will then ferment. Chickens require LESS feed if it is fermented. Probably because of the increased bacteria and open availability of nutrients.
1 bag of fermented feed is equal to about 1.3 bags of dry food.
@@justjason7662 We call it fermentation.
Wow! You have done all the time-consuming research for me and everything you have said makes perfect sense to me. Many people I know have mentioned their chickens are not laying as well as they used to, that their gardens vegetables like tomatoes and green peppers are much smaller than in the past. Thank you so much for this video. I've been making my dog's food for decades with the help of Dr. Karen Becker, Dr. Royal and Dr. Ian Billinghurst and its paid big dividends in their health. Vet visits are only for the rabies vaccine, they are so much healthier eating a species appropriate diet! Again, thank you so much!
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this! *Question - I ferment my feed, but I don't pour off the liquid. Do people pour off the extra liquid for health or just practical reasons? My chickens seem to enjoy their "porridge"! I feed them in a large rubber feed bowl. They gobble it & don't make a mess all over the ground. (But they also climb into the bowl 😂). They drink less water when I give fermented food, so I assume the extra liquid is hydrating them.
Do you soak rolled oats & if so is it ok😊
Videos I’ve seen of people using soaked or fermented feed, they seem to pour it all in- not strain the liquid
@@aminaschmiat6476 I haven't soaked rolled oats (except when my kids don't finish their oatmeal). It should be fine. Just check the progress if you're fermenting several days. I found I can't ferment much longer than 1-2 days in warm weather, or it gets icky.
Thankyou sooo much for this valuable info. I really appreciate it. I have subscribed and intend to follow you to learn a lot more from you. Well done 🐔🐔🐔
I was able to watch the complete video with full attention. All information that I wanted was here in the video. All my to do items for research was covered in your video. Thank you very much for this, saved a lot of my time. I am a beginner and this is my first time raising chickens in my new farm here in India.I really appreciate your hardwork in putting this video together. Thank you again
🐓🌾 Thank you! I have 8 chickens and I never made my own mix. But now I am inspired! Thank you. 👍
We have made our girlz whole food feed for three years and they are thriving. We also add Diatomaceous Earth (DE) which help ensure no worms 😅 straight into the feed so they stay healthy and deliver clean shiny eggz. Enjoyed your video and thanks for info on azure.
You may want to research DE and find out what it's doing to your lungs and your chicken's lungs.
@@SamStone1964 maybe use it in wet(sprouting) feed so can’t be inhaled
@@coleen2213 Once DE is wet it is ineffective against insects. I would never use it and risk harming my hen's lungs.
Great video.❤ Red pepper flakes are also a great natural de-wormer!
Awesome addition! I also use Cayenne pepper from the day their born. Also helps with shiny feathers. FYI for anyone asking the cayenne won’t bother them the way it bothers us nor will the crushed red pepper flakes.
Zucchini seeds, pumpkin seeds etc, are a great natural de wormer. I save them after the harvest, freeze them and give them to the chickens throughout the winter once a month.
Pumpkin is good as a natural de-wormer as well
🌾 great video! New chicken owner here as of yesterday! We adopted 10 that are already laying (about 1.5 yrs old) so thank you! This was so helpful
I don't have birds, but I enjoyed watching this. It's good to know that there is one more area that we don't have to depend on outside sources for. Thanks for all of the time and hard work that you and Rob put into this.🌽
Thanks Dannie!! We appreciate you watching! It's definitely important for us all to try to depend less on outside sources, no matter if that's food for us or food for our animals. That's very true! Thank you so much!
Azomite can also be added to animal feed in small amounts, the same stuff you put in your garden as its sourced from volcanic ash (check out their website). Hemp is another additive for animal feed much like the kelp but hard to source.. I'm getting chickens in the spring to fill the gap between gardening waste and honeybees.
I'm so blessed that I found your video by chance as so many comments state yours is the best on the subject. I'm a novice chicken owner (they haven't even started laying yet, but hopefully soon). I'm very concerned about their diet. An employee at TS told me she had the low production issue with the most popular brand and started buying an organic brand and mixing cat food into it to increase protein amount. Don't know about that, but I do buy a good grain free cat food. So I was going to give that a try when I switch them over to a laying feed. I'm just so pleased to find this video so I can definitely give your recipes a try instead. Thanks for your detailed hard work and sharing it with all of us newbie's. God bless you!
This is exactly the type of video that I was looking for. 🌾 We have 11 pullets and 1 that turned out to be a rooster 😂 right now. They are still too young to lay, but this is super helpful. Thanks!
chickens need meat/insects = and green leaf = supply chain disruption can/will include grain = so you are potentially screwed lady
I'm very happy to see this video
Good information
Beautiful woman
I'll give it a try after watching the ferminting way ..
Can chickens eat the whole corn ? Ducks do .
What about feed for chicks ?
I'm feeding greens and kitchen waste , they're doing well thank GOD but no weight gain .
You can use sweet potato in winter instead of corn if it's cheap , also you can add moringa to your mix .
Or do like I do and work in a restaurant and claim dibs on all scraps
I very much appreciate this video! It is the very best video I’ve found on the subject on YT so far! The options and calculations have given me the confidence to do this myself! Thank you SO much! Great job!
chickens need meat/insects = and green leaf = supply chain disruption can/will include grain = so you are potentially screwed lady
I love the pidder padder of the little feet! I do not currently own chickens but I love learning because we do see chickens at my veterinarian hospital where I work and many people I know do keep chickens. 🌾🌾🌾 Another great video! ❤
Thank you for watching! 😊
Stephanie, does your facility ever see/treat chickens for bumblefoot?
There is a rooster someone dumped at the state park I work at that seems to be developing this. It's currently the resident yard chicken / mascot at headquarters after it got caught by a ranger with a friend-hen (who's since met its demise due to a predator).
I bought 50 lb. bags of crumble and scratch feed for them/it as they were mainly being fed junk food from the vending machine by everyone.
I'm going to buy healthy extras based on this video, but I worry about the rooster's feet as I am only a seasonal employee. My stint ends this coming weekend and I want to buy what could be needed to rehab him.
We have grassy areas but also a gravel drive. He lifts his feet more regularly now (for relief, I'm assuming). I live in an apartment so can't help out more. I'd def take him home otherwise.
Question - the 1/2 cup per bird - is that dry or after it has been fermented? I ask because it is bulkier after it has fermented so want to make sure I am calculating correctly - thank you!
Thank you for the advice and hard work that you put into sharing your experience and research. We are struggling to get egg production back up after reducing free ranging due to predation. Just completed an additional run 3x the size of the one in the coop to alleviate crowding/confinement stress. I’ll be heading to the feed store today to get the ingredients you recommended and start introducing the new diet. The biggest takeaway for me besides the obvious benefits of diet diversity was your comment on eating the same crap 24/7, Sorta like being in prison on permanent bread and water. DUH. Great video!
Is the black oil seeds the same as you feed wild birds, and can hens eat squirrels corn feed?
$$$ side hustle alert, lol
If you don't like bugs, you can raise freshwater shrimp in plastic garbage cans with just a bubbler for most of the year. You can feed them garbage scraps and duckweed (which is high in protein and may also be good for chickens instead of either insect or shrimp protein, I know it's named duckweed because ducks LOVE it). Any shallow tub of water out in the sunlight with some urine in it should work as long it's above freezing temps (urine is for nitrogen).
But the bonus is that while most of us don't want to eat black soldier fly larve ourselves, the freshwater shrimp is delicious and quite a delicacy, even in Thailand where it is found wild. It's called blue lobster in restaurant circles (and yes, it grows to be the size of a small lobster) but it has more flavor than a regular lobster and sells for $30 a pound retail! So before TSHTF, it can make a great side-income. Just call around to the highest-end restaurants in your area or learn to ship it out on ice packs. As a pro chef myself, I've been tempted to get into it and sell to a restaurant supplier. Though I'm not sure what certification might be required for selling for human consumption.
And you can throw the undersized or injured ones to your chickens, live. Can't get any fresher protein than that ;)
Wow that's incredible!
where i live corn is heavily sprayed with Monsanto chemicals as is soy and sugar beets
I like making/ mixing my own feeds. The only problem with this method is, most of the time, they will choose which one they like and a lot of left overs with a certain ingredient. My flock for some reason will left out peas and wheat most of the time.
My birds don't like the peas either. Milo is horrible too, even wild birds leave it.
Do you know how much chickens should be eating of this? If you were to take one chicken, using your 20% feed, how much should you put out for that chicken to eat? Trying to break it all down to see how much it's going to cost, but no idea how much I should be putting out for them...should it just be the entire 10lbs in a feeding system, and they eat what they eat? Or should they be rationed based on weight or breed? Thanks.
They should have continuous access to food.
i had all this chicken food stored in a large plastic can, freaking rats chewed right through it.
Oh no!! 😔
Thank you so much for this video!!!! I have been going crazy trying to figure out how to calculate protein percentage in homemade feed and how to figure out crude protein! You are a life saver!
chickens need meat/insects = and green leaf = supply chain disruption can/will include grain = so you are potentially screwed lady
Not one of my chickens will eat the whole oats, unfortunately. Learned that the hard way!
Me, also.
Really? My chickens go crazy for it
Bravo.........hot tip.......soak all grain and seed over night water.......double the feed.......cheers...........free range......cheers
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I gave my old flock away to work out of state. Just got some new pullets and bought a bag of feed from TS. I'm going to look into making one of these recipes and maybe plant some food for them for grazing. Thank you for all of the information 🌾
What kind of crops would you grow that chickens could forage on?
See if your area has a livestock feed store. You can get more locally sourced ingredients, and many blend their own. It's also less expensive and more nutritious.
🌾 I enjoyed this video very much and learned a lot. I got a new flock of chicks recently. Haven't had chicken for about three years. This time around I am mixing my own feed. Wasn't sure which grains to feed them so I bought the four they were being fed. Thanks to you they now will get a wider range of grains and seeds. I am enjoying my chicks so much. Will keep watching for more informative videos as you post them. Kaye .. Texas
Holy COW thank you for ALL THE INFO on your page here and watching was fantastic education. Then the connected links really did help to find the products in Organic. You have DONE your research and I will pass it on to others. Thank you BIG TIME :)
Howdy neighbor! MAINE you say? We're in Dixmont. I'm a retired MAINEiac. We have some meat birds coming the end of June to run in a tractor. I'm absolutely interested in DIYing their feed, but will likely go with store bought organic (Paris CoOp in Newport) this first time. A lot on the plater this summer already.
I checked and Waterville would be our Azure drop. Things to ponder... SUBBED ya BTW.
Hey there fellow Mainer!!! Thank you for subbing and thank you for being here. I appreciate you! How did you guys do with this last storm? Did you lose power?
@@wickedprepared We had a couple hard flickers and had to wait for the router to reboot a couple times, but the lights stayed on here.
How much brewer's yeast and kelp do you add? And is there rhyme or reason to it? I saw on your brewer's yeast jar it said 1/4 t/10 lb. That seems extremely minimal. Another website said, "The recommended dosage is generally about 1 to 2 tablespoons of brewer’s yeast per 5 pounds of chicken feed." Also wondering on the kelp.
Grind your corn some
Super stoked to try both of these. Will be digging to see any and all you create. Thanks for the help!! ❤❤
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I can't find any flax seeds that have 37% protein at Azure Standard. Theirs appear to be only 17% protein - or am I missing something? By the way, thank you for the video!
Thank you for this video. I am placing an order with Azure as we speak but I cannot find "meaties" - I don't even know what this is. I asked Tractor Supply and they didn't know either. Could you please specify what this is? Thank you.
These are all (except split peas) whole gtains. Will they grow? Or are they heat treated or something to prevent that? I ask for two reasons. A disruption means you may need to plant some of your "feed" and grow your own. The other reason is I've heard you can cut feed 25-50% by sprouting and turning it into fodder. Less feed produces same nutritional value.
Just because you do it yourself doesn’t mean the individual portions aren’t tainted as well.
Protein comes in many forms, including indigestable. Amino acids, in particular essential amino acids, are what you need to focus on.
Does anyone know if this would work for quail, or how I would adjust it to suit Coturnix Quail?
I don't know much about quail so hopefully someone else will chime in here but a bit of research seems to show that Coturnix quail have higher protein and calcium requirements.. Here are a couple articles I found that might be helpful. sandysoilfarms.com/coturnix-quail-feed-a-complete-guide-to-feeding-quail/#:~:text=Coturnix%20quail%20need%20high%20protein,provide%20(2.5%2D3.5%25).
silverhomestead.com/how-to-feed-quail-when-commercial-food-is-gone/#:~:text=An%20adult%20coturnix%20quail%20will,grains%2C%20meal%20worms%20and%20greens.
I have 1 Hen..she came to me one day and didnt leave..odd. I have noticed she is a finicky eater. She picks out what she wants and the rest gets trashed..funny but not so funny on the wallet. She would eat everything if I feed her from my hand..but not from a feeder or the ground etc...Also, have you ever seen a hen that follws you like a dog? outside, inside..EVERYWHERE! If I sit on my scren porch she stands outside the door, when the screens are covered, with her neck and body stretched as tall as possible so she can see through the glass and then proceeds to hop like a pogo stick until you shoo her away or go talk to her...and when you ignore her she walks around the side of the porch and stands with her face smashed against the screen closest to where your seated so she can chit chat and pur at you! Never in my life have I seen anything like it. I even took down my windowboxes because she would stand or pace in them pecking at the window..If I try to pet her she squatts down with wings huntched up and stomps her feet?! Im at a loss with her. Ideas and prayers are welcome.❤
Do you have a recipe for chick starter? Thank you for the links to Azure standard. Luckily I have a drop about 8 miles from me. Yay
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I'm super happy to find your information. I'm a do it yourselfer for sure, but also very mindful of health. I'd be concerned not buying organic whenever possible as all these conventionally grown grains are sprayed with glyphosate to dry out faster for processing, and that unhealthy chemical is passed to the consumer, be it human or animal.
I get my feed from Atwood's. Lately the pellets have had a noticeable amount of corn in them and my chickens love it. Now they Are on a different bag and hardly eating. They have cut me back from well over a dozen a day to 6 yesterday. I feed neighbors! I can't be having that. Given the coffee they would eat while corn over the pellets. Gotta figure out something.
THEY ARE ADDING BIOENGINEERING TO THE CORN AND OTHER FOODS
Azure carries NO GMO items and carry organic
It just talk. All this talk about changed in chicken feed. Backyard chickens is not like the poultry farm that force chickens to lay all year long. I just enjoy having chicken not just want them for eggs and meat
Sprout the oats. But oats is bad 4 humans bc oats leaches minerals from humans & doesn't allow absorption into body
I tried this for the same reasons
In the end i went to a quality pre prepared milled feed with added meat meal so the protein content was at around 18% and calcium
Chickens health improved shells got thicker
At first I thought no way can I do this, then I watched the whole vid and realized I didn't need to do the fish or soy. Thanks, I can do this too!!!!
I see a few of those videos about chickens not laying because of feed. I am not 100% sold on that.. People dont realize that it takes 12-14 hours of sunlight to get hens to lay.. Chickens always lay fewer eggs in the fall and winter.. Oh, I bet a lot of people don't realize not to wash the eggs they keep them fresher longer..
Thanks Jara for helpful info 👍 😊 😀 🐔🐓🦃🐔🐓🐣🐤🐤🐤🌾🌾🌾🌾
I agree with you there Tim... our birds never lay in the winter! 0
Thank you Tim!
I know my chickens don’t always lay in winter ( I always had one odd one that always laid in the winter . I don’t provide artificial lighting ) , my girls stopped laying earlier then usual and I noticed the molt was off , they seemed thinner ( not normal at all ) , I tried upping the protein , then I had 5 hens and a rooster drop dead overnight . I know there was no sickness in my flock , I believe the feed diddnt have enough protein . I stopped using commercial feed , started feeding scraps with wild bird feed , I watch the protein and they started laying again 1 month after I cut off the commercial feed . It’s a horrible thing to happen .
@@amandaforeman2626hat's awful Amanda! I can't imagine that loss. I would be so sad. We all have our favorite chickens and there are definitely a few that have really become my little babies. 😅
@@sherragurman9959 ya it was so shocking :( I lost my favorite rooster and my sassy old gal who used to jump up for treats 😂. These are things I have never experienced before ! I’ve raised chickens before ! It was heartbreaking . Now that the chickens are on scraps and wild bird feed ( read your labels ) , I haven’t lost one chicken since
I would love an update on this homemade diet. What was your egg output? What ingredients did you notice weren't being eaten?
Regarding heavy metals, doesn't kelp come from the sea just like the fish meal?
OK looking at eventually getting chooks, Is it possible that they can just freely eat grass fruit & vegetable I grow & corn 🌽 on cob & scraps and survive on just that ?
When my hubby grew up he said he had chooks just eating in his yard free range & didn't feed them any special foods only grass & table scraps ( NO store bought pre packaged or store bought Human grade foods!)
He said if they're in the wild they would be eating grass , worms & any foods they could forage for themselves.
I have barley , split peas, flax & sunflower seeds from my food so could use that occasionally .
Looking at getting 4 -6 birds (would it be good to grind as you go for Bantams or silkies?)
Rural Australia 🇦🇺
They need animal protein so unless they can forage plenty of insects and mice you'll need to supplement it with sources such as meat, fish, eggs, mealworms.
Your local foxes will discover your chooks within the hour so you'll need predator proof fencing or a livestock dog.
They can't digest grass (grass seeds are ok) but most lawn weed forbs are good
We grind our feed. Both chickens and pigs need food found because they will have better access to the nutrients. If you see whole grains in their poop they are not getting any of the nutrients.
Are you going to put out a subsequent video to show how you soak and ferment the feed?
Absolutely- coming soon!
I find it to be a great method
The biggest problem with soy is the phytoestrogens. I know breeders who will not feed soy during hatching season because they say it lowers fertility and sperm quality in the rooster which then negatively affect hatch rates.
Hemp seed, 217 cannabinoids and lipids 3,6 more protein than steak
Does anyone do the mix by volume instead of weight? Seems like it’d be easier.
🌾 Thank you so much, I really enjoyed your video! I appreciate that you gave so much good information in such a concise manner without rambling or stretching things out. It really was very enjoyable to watch and you are easy to listen to. 😊 I also keep chickens and have thought about and wanted to make my own feed. I did ferment the feed when they were chicks, but have not continued that practice now that they are layers, but I may go back to that.
Thanks , little less talking would cut back all your great point
I was hoping to see a follow-up video to see which recipe they like best but I couldn't find one did I miss it?
The birds can have a little sprinkled on top. It doesn't need to b exclusive.
Could you share your spreadsheet?! that would be really handy
My chickens did not like the whole corn they would pick it out of there feeders all over the ground. I added the crushed corn then they eat it up. To each there own.
Interesting! Well whatever works right? 😊
@@wickedprepared chickens have there own favorites. Thats why I said to each there own:(“chickens “ ) lol they tend to have there favorites. But it was in the heat of the summer so it might have over heated them to crush the corn whole. Thank you for your very intuitive feed options. It is extremely helpful and very important in the world we live in now. Many thanks.
We've all seen how easy it is to disrupt the supply chain when they elect a democrat!
Have you ever had issues with smelly eggs due to high omega 3 content? Apparently, it is an issue with brown egg laying chickens. We live in Florida so my chickens only get corn in the winter. I love all of your ideas, thanks for sharing! ❤
I haven't noticed that, but we are just getting started with this feed so I'll have to keep that in mind if I notice anything! I did read that the fish meal is a good source of the omega 3's but that too much of that can make the eggs smell/taste "fishy"...
They need a balanced diet. Corn is a carbohydrate so you need to add protein for sure and some seeds and vegetables.
@@donnettehenderson2447 I only add corn in the winter to help warm them up… they have a nice healthy diet…. Lots of bugs too 😂
@@ruthipete2244 good! Your first comment said you only gave them corn.
chickens need meat/insects = and green leaf = supply chain disruption can/will include grain = so you are potentially screwed lady
Growing grains is super easy. I grew spelt last year and wow. It grew great and stayed green during the drought when the rest of my garden was stunted.
How early do you think you could put your chickens on this? I tend to always look to nature and try and mimic that as much as possible. If chickens were living in the wild, they would be foraging and eating similar things to get nutritional needs...they would't be eating processes crumble chick feed. So, curious how early can I use this recipe to feed my chickens?
As long as they have access to grit and greens and grubs they can have some grain early on. Sprouted grain is excellent.
I add milk thistle seeds as they love those - good for the liver. I also give them buckwheat, hemp and sesame seeds. I tend to use grains for scratch at the moment, and ferment them from time to time, a jar on the go at the moment and another one started. Not quite gone down the whole replacement yet. Mine won't eat split peas - spoilt brats! I get GM and soya free feed at the moment but it is getting extremely expensive. Plus I'm concerned about supply in the future as we don't produce enough food over here for humans let alone animals, and it is getting worse.
Love your pretty muscovies - I have a fair few of those. I'd love my birds to be able to free range but we have foxes here. I'd like to have alpaca guards, but husband says no! Edited to add thank you for the recipes!
My girls don’t eat split peas either… they are SPOILED!😂
Fellow Mainer! Tha ks for these recipes and tips 🥚🐓🌾
Grain.. I couldn't find grain emoji
Do you prefer duck eggs over the chicken?
Also fish meal probably has micro plastics in it.
Probably everything we eat has microplastics.
I guess poultry layer feed is lower priced in my area at just under $16 for a 50lb bag. Looking at the prices of the ingredients you're using to make your own feed it would definitely be cheaper for me to just buy my pelleted & crumbles layer feed..
There's no doubt organic is much better for us and our chickens but the price is just too high to pay. Even though my eggs aren't organic they taste better than any store bought egg i can buy in my area.
I believe in the near future we may have trouble getting any poultry feed at any price.
So these grains are considered their meal and not a treat?
What is fish meal? Where to find?
Thank you for the information. I don't mean this in a negative or disrespectful manner, but I don't see how this is going to help when you can't buy things. I was hoping you might be giving information on growing our own food for our chickens.
You can grow many/most of these things. And these items can be stockpiled long term whereas prepared feed really can't. Also, knowing the proper nutrient ratios means you can keep feed more appropriate for them if you had to come up with something.
Where did u get the Meaties and do they have a different name
Thank you for the well-organized information! Are you sure about the crude protein values? I'm having trouble getting the numbers to crunch because all the BOSS I'm seeing has 15% protein, not 26% as you listed. So I'm having trouble getting a mix with protein up toward 20% for an all-flock mix without spending a fortune on flax seeds. I'm also leaving out fishmeal & soy for the reasons you mentioned. Any guidance appreciated!
Alfalfa hay? Raise mealworms, black soldier fly, and/or other insects? Legumes typically are high in protein, but except for soy and a few lupins (perhaps only tarwi, which is high altitude tropical and probably not easy to grow in short season or lowland areas) their amino acids are out of balance for (monogastric) animal needs. Some pseudograins like buckwheat or amaranth are closer to balance but I don't know their total protein % off the top of my head. Grass grains are usually used to balance the amino acid deficiencies of legumes (peas, lentils, etc) since they are deficient in a different set of amino acids, but their protein is usually lower and if the birds peck selectively, the balancing may not occur (unless you grind everything together so they cannot pick and choose).
This was a very informative video. I’m wondering if nutritional yeast could be used instead of brewers yeast?
Absolutely!
If we can’t buy feed, wouldn’t it be just as difficult to acquire the ingredients?
@pattimatson678 all these ingredients can be stored for a much longer term than prepared feed, so it's possible to stockpile them much like we stock food for ourselves. Also many of the ingredients could be grown sustainably.
Man, I’m hate being poor. Wish I have a place for gardening and dances and coop. 😅
Don’t worry about any of that. You’re poor. lol
I wonder if Chia seeds would be good to add.
Homemade probably has less exposure to rodents and mold, too. Thanks for this detailed info!
Great point!
So the duck and chicken recipe looks like it has the need for a starter for chicks any one know if this would work
I think you can if you can grind the large grains into smaller pieces for them.
Lots of good info! Great research and compiling skills. Appreciate the time it took and the kindness to share.
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Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching!
This is all store bought stuff so far
Most people don't exactly have the acreage, or the time, to grow all of these ingredients in their backyard. But if you're interested in growing wheat, barley, millet, oats, etc... there are many videos on RUclips that can teach you how. After your first harvest, you can then use them in the same way I used the ingredients in this video. Please let us know how it turns out! 😀👍🏽
😂 you still need to go to the shops
🌾🐓 I can't wait to try this😊