☆Make Your OWN Healthy and Inexpensive Chicken Feed ☆
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- Create your own chicken feed inexpensive and healthier than the prepackaged store brands.
I have learned, with chickens, that the prepackaged feed we buy can become very expensive especially with inflation the way that it is right now. I talk about different things you can put in your feed and the formula you need to figure out their protein, fat and fiber.
I hope this can help you to see the ease of making your own animal feed and help you realize you can do it...
Grinder like the one used in the video:
www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pro...
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Timecodes
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - What is in our chicken's feed
2:50 - Showing the fillers that are put in some store bought feeds
3:49 - Explaining the price difference on store bought verses your OWN feed
4:42 - Ideas on stocking up on grain
5:33 - Our feed recipe and how we calcute the formula
7:05 - Grinding corn and adding the rest of the ingredients
i am eating chicken feed now that i am a diabetic. dont give my wife any new ideas , please.
Thank you very much. As a chicken broiler grower this helps a lot. When ingredients are scarce I can use this as substitute
Nive and informational!
Love it
That grinder you recommend is cost prohibitive for most. If you are just cracking corn, a manual grinder will do.
Use what you've got, that's what we do. Amazon has different high capacity grinders that you can make payments on so it's less cost prohibitive. We have had this grinder for 5 years it was way less back then.
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 i use wood chipper to crack corn, it last longer, less than $200 in 2022, i bought in 2008$120 till now it still A O K to use.
Wait a min I get feed for 10 to 13 bucks a 50 pound bag you know crackling not the pellets that make crappy eggs but 5 bucks sounds better but as you know since you made this they will hike the price
What is your thought on adding flax seed for added omega 3s in the eggs? I know from my nutritional studies ( on the couch haha ) that omega 3s are all the rage these days and humans do not digest the flax seed well but we do digest eggs extremely well. So in theory the flax seed adds omega 3s to the egg and we get more benefit that way.
@CMO yes, I actually like to add flax seed but if I do I just have to do recalculation to the mathematics of how much of each grain to make sure the birds are getting a good healthy diet. I love flax even in my diet. Great question.
Don't forget that chickens also like Kudzu.
Can you break down the cost per ingredient other than corn and the size of the bag you purchased? Example, did you buy a 50lb bag of rye and how much did it cost you?
I can but u would be better served by finding out what those grains cost in your area. Then see if it's cost effective for you to make feed
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 Yes . The cost difference between Rural king and Tractor supply is quite dramatic unless they compete in the same area.
@@raymccarty4612 do u not have a traditional feed store near you?
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 No. Only TS.
@@raymccarty4612 yeah that does make it rough. We have 4 feed stores and a TSC
Backyard chickens forum says this is crap. I mixed corn, millet, oats,
Flax seed sunflower seeds. Mine hate corn. I’m in a flux. Can I use this for pullets? Guess I need to add wheat.
You can use it on pullets. I go on backyard chickens all the time. Thing is in a homesteaders life, just like with Google and with backyard chickens... this is all people's opinions and we all use different things and every bodies birds like different things. That's why I say try different things to your birds liking. I hope you find a happy medium. 😊 thanks.
When someone, more than one person, thst basically I had ruined my chickens, I was sick for days!!! Then I thought, our grandparents and before them, had no clue on the things we do know now. They probably lost more
Chickens to predators then we do. They didn’t have time to do the math! I have been grinding and mixing with a tire bought, but I’ve decided to follow a blend of yours and Becky’s Homestead recipe. It simply can’t be as bad as they say!
Thank you for your opening scripture sir!
Store bought
It works for us. Our flock is healthy and thriving. Some ppl are just ignorant and offer dumb opinions about stuff that they really don't know. Every flock and area will be different. So keep going and figure out what works best for you and your flock. God bless you
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 YOU right, different state county, will different feeds, but am in CA state i use 65% corn(crack or whole) mixed just add oyster shell in to it, my flux are healthy is good to eat.
Where is a grinder like that available?
www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ama-usa-electric-grain-grinder-13-gal-1277281?cid=Shopping-Google-Product-1277281&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsdiTBhD5ARIsAIpW8CIyPWgQLFDK1LOu4HGSn3W00yIwDqK-gQFUlxaZ6VMakUshffU2UvQaAvpiEALw_wcB
Sorry about that Josh I added the wrong site and readded for you.
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 thanks
Josh Hancock ,small wood chipper it work for you!!.
At what age could I use this for my flock?
At 6 weeks they can eat whole grains. I suggest still using cracked corn. Good luck Sis
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 thank you!
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 6 weeks for egg layers too? I'm hearing anywhere from 16-26 weeks of age. 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ I'm so confused & don't know who to believe? I don't want to do anything wrong to hurt them in anyway. Obviously I am new to this & trying to learn everything I can. 💜
@prplkises71 I understand. I can only tell you what we do. Do what seems right for your situation. I know a lot of ppl out there have really bad advice and some ppl have really good advice it's hard to sort through it and get to the truth
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 ok, thank you for the response. 🙂
Can this be used for quail?
Yes for any bird. Just keep in mind the smaller the bird the smaller your feed will need to be. So u may need to Crack all the grain
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 thank you. 🙂
Why do you crack the corn you said earlier that grown chickens doesn't need their grain ground.
@@wayneburks5872 to make it easier for them to swallow and digest. Corn is a very large grain
@@wayneburks5872 We have aways fed whole corn without any issues. Not knowing for sure, we crack the corn only until they are full grown to be on the safe side.
all those grains are gmo and loaded with chemicals. especially the corn. for us to do this organically it would be way to expensive. especially now that trying to find organic grains at all is next to impossible/we are headed for some bad times/blessings
We are headed for some rough times indeed! But The Lord is still on His throne watching out for His children!! Praise be to the Lord
@@wilsonacreshomestead8362 AMEN,
Also I can show you many many articles on nutrition ( non mainstream ) that will tell you humans do not eat grains and they are not healthy. Our stomach is waaay different that say a chicken.... way different than say even a Gorilla ( they eat plants mostly ). . YES your homemade bread is better for you than the store bought but to say its GOOD for you is a different story. Even homemade bread has a high GI nowhere near as bad as store bought. Moderation is key with breads, sweets, etc..... So much misconception about health thanks to how big companies pay for these studies and pick and chose what to release about them. Remember when margarine was good butter bad? Was little evidence but yet our government plastered it everywhere. Do not believe what you hear about nutrition from the mainstream people.
I believe real butter is good for you but there again, moderation is key to everything.
You need to turn up your volume very badly
Thank you!we will work on that.