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Organic Chickens
Mixing Your Own Organic Chicken Feed Recipe or Ration
Why feed whole grains? Ground grains have been found to lose much of their nutritional value within hours after being ground. Purchased bagged ground feed sits around for how many days, weeks or months before it is fed? Who knows. And if ground feed is spilled, it is usually wasted.
Whole grains retain all of their nutritional value, and nothing is ever wasted. What hits the ground does not dissolve. It stays there until a) it is eaten, b) it sprouts and is eaten, c) it sprouts, grows and is eaten. Either way, you win.
"I want to mix my own feed, but I'm having a hard time finding consistent information from books and other sources."
It's going to be rather unlikely to find consistent information anywhere, as everyone has a different opinion on what is the "right" ration or feed. The best you can do is take information from as many sources as you wish, sift it and then decide from there. Listed below are a number of recipes online, as well as books which include recipes for mixing your own chicken feed.
RATION RECIPES FROM MEMBERS OF ORGANIC CHICKENS:
LINKS TO RECIPES ONLINE:
RECIPES IN BOOKS:
Backyard Poultry Naturally, by Alanna Moore ISBN 0-9585590-1-5
Chickens In Your Backyard, by Rick & Gail Luttmann ISBN-87857-125-6
Free-range Poultry, by Katie Thear ISBN 0-85236-368-0
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