Homemade Chicken Feed

Poultry farming can be a lucrative business. However, it is the owner's responsibility to take care of the chicken especially in regards to their health and what they eat.

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What Do Chickens Like To Eat?

• Chicken feed are fed based on the bird's age, growth phase and type of birds.

• In the olden days, farmers tend to feed their flock with kitchen scraps.

• However, modern farmers are now keen to feed formulated poultry feeds as research has shown that a well balance nutrition feed will contribute to a better health.

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Benefits Of Homemade Feed:

• It is highly recommended to provide your chicken with simple, well balanced nutritious homemade feed.

• It is inexpensive compared to commercial feed.

• It is very healthy for your flock and often have no side effects.

• You know exactly what are the ingredients mixed into the feed.

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Recipe For A Complete Wholesome Feed*:

• 8 cups of organic soft white wheat

• 8 cups of organic red wheat

• 6 cups of organic corns

• 12 cups of  organic oats

• 4 cups of lentils (organic)

• 1 cup sesame  and 2 cups flax seed (organic)

• Quarter cup kelp granules

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* Recipe is from The Poultry Guide

Mix all the ingredients with 2 tablespoon of olive oil. This would be a very nutritious meal for your flock as it contains all the nutrients such as minerals, proteins, carbs and vitamins.

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Should You Add Soy or Corn (GMO)?

• It is a highly debated topic whether to add soy or corn to the chicken feed.

• If one is going for an organic feed, homemade, natural feed, it is perhaps not recommended to add soy or corn in the feed.

• This is mainly because it is highly processed and it is normally obtained from unnatural sources.

• It would also be much cheaper and healthier if only homemade, natural ingredients are used.