Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 We are getting some baby chicks and eventually hope to have eggs. We will be feeding them corn, barley, oats, sunflower seeds, oyster shells, whey, kefir, yogurt, sprouted grains, table scraps and bugs from the yard (I would to see them devour a few slugs!!!) I've never heard of anyone fermenting the grains they feed their chickens or soaking the corn in lime water. Any thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 I have only heard of sprouting hte grains for chickens. It is supposed to be great for the chickens. It would not be hard to do, because it does not have to be perfect. It would just need to be done all the time! By sprouting hte grains though you would bypass the expense of grinding the grain. I think I heard this from Gene Logsdon in his book the Contrary Farmer. great book by the way. a Augustine I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.I wish you enough ''Hello's" to get you through the final goodbye.--anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: BrenRuble@... Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:36 AM Subject: chicken feed We are getting some baby chicks and eventually hope to have eggs. We will be feeding them corn, barley, oats, sunflower seeds, oyster shells, whey, kefir, yogurt, sprouted grains, table scraps and bugs from the yard (I would to see them devour a few slugs!!!) I've never heard of anyone fermenting the grains they feed their chickens or soaking the corn in lime water. Any thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2002 Report Share Posted May 17, 2002 > I am getting some 'cornish cross' chickens to raise for meat. They > will be pasture fed; do I need to supplement their diet? If so, > what kind of feed > and where is a good place to buy it? > > Joy-Near the 'thumb' of Michigan Joy, That will depend very much on how rich and varied the forage and the insect population is...and the soil fertility that they're on. It will also depend heavily on how good the chickens turn out to be at foraging. I'd think that you'd want to have some feed on hand when they arrive. Watch the chickens to see how well they jump into foraging. If they're out there pecking up a storm at anything that moves...and there's good plant variety, soil fertility and lots of insects...you might not need to use the feed much. Hopefully, you'll get some responses from other people too. It's been 10 years or so since I had chickens...and we never really pasture fed them. My only knowledge of pasture-feeding is theoretical. Here's some good online resources on the subject in case you're not already aware of them. ChickenFeed - Group ChickenFeed/ PasturePoultry - Group PasturePoultry/ Pastured Poultry - page run by moderator of Chicken Feed Group http://www.lionsgrip.com/pastured.html American Pastured Poultry Producers' Association http://apppa.org (this link may not be working...) Pastured Poultry Resources - Sustainable Farming Connection http://www.ibiblio.org/farming- connection/grazing/pastpoul/resource.htm Raising poultry on pasture - from Univ of Wisconsin http://www.wisc.edu/cias/pubs/briefs/057.html Pastured Poultry A Heifer Project International Case Study Booklet (online) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/pasturedpoultry.html Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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