Chicken Feed Homemade

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Linda14329

You will need

12 cups of oat groats ($1.15)

8 cups of hard red wheat (88¢)

8 cups of soft white wheat (74¢)

6 cups of whole corn (83¢)

4 cups of millet ($1.42)

4 cups of kamut ($1.45)

4 cups of lentils ($1.97)

4 cups of split yellow peas (60¢)

2 cups of sunflower seeds (60¢)

1 cup of large flake nutritional yeast ($8.60)

1 cup of kelp granuals ($6.15)

Now all you have to do is stick the ingredients in a bucket or tub (with a lid so nothing can get in!) and mix it up with your hands. Easy peasy. If you want, you can use a drizzle of coconut oil (I did) to make sure the yeast and the kelp don't get lost in the bottom of the mix. These two things have vitamins, mineral and amino acids that are great for your chickens' health. This mixture has about 17% protein, which is what the laying feed at the feed store has and what is claimed to be needed for healthy laying chickens. Now all you have to do is stick the ingredients in a bucket or tub (with a lid so nothing can get in!) and mix it up with your hands. Easy peasy. If you want, you can use a drizzle of coconut oil (I did) to make sure the yeast and the kelp don't get lost in the bottom of the mix. These two things have vitamins, mineral and amino acids that are great for your chickens' health. This mixture has about 17% protein, which is what the laying feed at the feed store has and what is claimed to be needed for healthy laying chickens.

My ladies get only or two handfuls of this mixture a day (about a half cup). In the winter, the 6 of them will probably eat about 1.5 cups of the mixture based on some initial calculations. This recipe makes 52 cups of mixture (Im not counting the kelp and yeast as it sticks to the other grains). The entire mixture above costs $28.25. (And remember by buying in larger quantities, you can severely reduce your price!). This means that it's around 54¢ per cup. My ladies get only or two handfuls of this mixture a day (about a half cup). In the winter, the 6 of them will probably eat about 1.5 cups of the mixture based on some initial calculations. This recipe makes 52 cups of mixture (Im not counting the kelp and yeast as it sticks to the other grains). The entire mixture above costs $28.25. (And remember by buying in larger quantities, you can severely reduce your price!). This means that it's around 54¢ per cup.

You really can't beat organic, non-gmo feed for less than 30¢ a day. That's just over $9 a month (on average) to give your chickens the best you can, and you get eggs in the process and meat when they're done laying.

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