How can I naturally feed my chickens (meat and layers) without feeding them with store feed?
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Question by Kevs T: How can I naturally feed my chickens (meat and layers) without feeding them with store feed?
I have some chickens at home. Four big ones lay eggs and fifteen (raised for meat) are still small chicks about twelve days old. I have been buying their feed from the market. I am looking for a way that I could do away with the feed bought from the market and start making my own feed at home, so as to save money. Is there a way that I could make my own chicken feed without buying it from the market?
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You can give them food scraps, but not meat, more fruit and veggie scraps.
If you would like to mix your own chook feed up, then do some research on poultry nutrition.
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/poultry/facts/introduction.htm
If you would like to make your chickens grow a little quicker, then make sure the feed you are providing them with is good-quality. If the feed is not good-quality, those chooks won’t be growing at the speed you would probably like.
But if you have a look on the Internet you will probably find a recipe for a good chicken feed, I don’t know exactly how to make feed, sorry, but this is what I do know.
Charly
September 7, 2011 at 5:11 am