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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Changing to Semi Homemade Chicken Feed


We are currently experimenting with our chicken feed, here at Rooster Hill. We are using a mix and working off the Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens and using their Homemade mix suggestions. Right now we are using:

  • 3 parts commercial feed(1part) & scratch(2 parts) (corn, milo, wheat according to Producers Co-op)
  • 1 part -cottonseed meal
  • 1# oyster shells (amount recommended for our feeder)
  • Suggestions are welcome!

I really wish I could find something that told me they need this much protein, carbs & vitamins but I did not find anything. Also we are not organic folks, we are more grow your own stuff folks, accordingly we would like to simplify their diets. Currently some of our chickens escape and spend their day free ranging going in and out of the yard. We hope to put up a fence soon so they can have the run of the place during the day. So for the next few weeks I will monitor their egg production and overall health of the bird and taste of the egg.

Additionally, I have received complaints that this site was not being kept up and I will again work to keep this site updated with all the country happenings. I have been a little discouraged as the progress out here is so much slower then I am accustomed to. But as the Lord says there is a time for everything!

RH

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I AM SO GLAD TO SEE A NEW POST!

I AM ALSO GLAD TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WAITING TO READ A NEW ONE.

D.TURNER

Anonymous said...

Hello, I followed you over here from Meal Plan Monday. What a great job you are doing! Praise the Lord for our jobs! We also homeschool and became 'mini farmers' this past spring. Great blog!

Anonymous said...

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