Chicken Feed
Organic chicken and eggs are healthier and they taste better! Also, feeding your flock organically will keep them healthier and less prone to disease. There are a variety of recipes available to make organic chicken feed. Here are a few tried and true recipes that will help you get started. When you begin feeding your flock whole grains it will take their bodies a little time to adjust. Grit is especially important at this time.
Instructions
1. Recipe 1
7 to 8 parts organic whole corn
3 parts organic soft white wheat
3 parts organic hard red winter wheat
2 parts organic oat groats
1 to 2 parts organic dried milk
1 to 2 parts fish or organic soybean meal
1/2 part ground oyster shell
1/10 part salt
2. Recipe 2
3 to 4 parts organic whole corn
2 to 3 parts whole organic wheat
1 part dried organic milk
1 part fish meal
1 part oyster shell
1 part grit
1/2 part salt
1/2 part cod liver oil
3. Grit
You should also keep grit available at all times as it helps the chicken digest their feed. Sand, granite, etc. can be used for grit.
4. Calcium
Oyster shell and organic milk can be made available to chickens as they choose to ensure they are getting enough calcium to produce eggs.
5. Water
Apple cider vinegar, with the veil of the mother (unfiltered), or a few cloves of garlic added to the chickens water will keep them healthier and free from disease. Do not put garlic or apple cider vinegar in a water container made from galvanized steel. Garlic or apple cider vinegar will eat at the galvanized steel leaching out toxic levels of zinc.
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