Making your own chicken feed is a great way to save money and allow you to know what you are feeding your chickens.Use organic ingredients in these recipes if you want to feed your chickens organically.Try the chicken feed recipe for laying hens, or make the Broiler feed if you are raising chickens.Chickens will benefit from both recipes, which are rich in nutrition.
Step 1: Take the ingredients and put them into a container.
Add 107 pounds of whole maize meal, 41 lbs of soya, 28 lbs (13 lbs) of fish meal and 31 lbs (14 lbs), of maize Bran, to a container.You will need a large bucket or barrel to mix and store the 220 pounds of chicken feed that this recipe makes.If you want to make chicken feed organic, use organic ingredients.Purchase the ingredients from a farm shop.
Step 2: When you mix the ingredients, make sure they are thoroughly combined.
All the ingredients should be evenly dispersed throughout the container when you stir the feed with a shovel.The chickens will get the nutrition from the different ingredients when they are fed.You should mix the ingredients in the bottom of the container.If you have made a large amount, this may take a few minutes.Allow a few minutes to mix a bucket.If you make a lot of chicken feed, use a spade to mix it.
Step 3: Each chicken will get 0.28 pounds of feed per day.
If you have a lot of chickens, divide the feed needed by the number of them.6 chickens x 0.28 pounds equates to 1.68 pounds of feed in total.Sprinkle the food on the ground in front of them.Feed can be poured into a hole at the top of the feeding plate and trickled down into the plate.Purchase a chickenfeeder from a farm store.
Step 4: The chicken feed can be kept in a dry place for up to 6 months.
Chicken feed can be stored in garage or barns.Before giving the feed to the chickens, make sure it is free of mice, bugs, and mould.The feed should be thrown away if it has been contaminated.If you don't have a shed to store the feed in, put a lid on the container and keep it out of the sun.
Step 5: You can mix cracked corn and ground roasted soybeans.
Take the cracked corn and ground roasted soybeans and put them in a large container.Put the ingredients together with a shovel.There is a container with a lid.It will be easier to store the feed.Cut the recipe in half if you don't have a big container.This feed is good for chickens as it helps them grow.If you want to make organic feed, use organic ingredients.
Step 6: Put the rolled oats, alfalfa meal, and fish or bone meal into the mixture.
Measure the weight of rolled oats, alfalfa meal, and fish or bone meal into a container.If you want to evenly distribute the ingredients, mix them into the cracked corn and soybeans.Purchase the ingredients from a farm store.
Step 7: The aragonite and poultry nutri-balancer should be put into the container.
Measure the weight of aragonite and poultry nutri-balancer into the feed.Make sure the powders are distributed through the feed.The addition of the poultry nutri-balancer to the feed ensures that the chickens get the nutrition they need to grow quickly.Ask your vet to recommend a distributor if you can't find these ingredients at your local farm shop.Aragonite is a great source of calcium.
Step 8: Each chicken is fed 0.6 pounds of the mixture each day.
Take the amount of feed per chicken and divide it by the number of chickens.Throw the feed on the ground once a day.For every 5 chickens, use 3 pounds of feed.It is important not to feed this mixture to cornish boilers as this can cause fatal heart attacks.Chickens don't tend to eat more food than they need.
Step 9: Chicken feed can be stored in a covered container for up to 6 months.
Place the container of feed in a cool and dry place, such as a garage or barn.It will help to stop the feed from getting mouldy.If you see any signs of mice or bugs in the feed, it is best to throw it away and make a new one.