Homemade Chicken Feed Recipes

“Before we got our chickens, I spent an embarrassing amount of time researching what on earth we should feed them.

I knew I wanted to use a homemade, whole grain mix, but finding recipes turned out to be difficult. Many of the more reputable chicken sources just made blanket suggestions to use store bought feed.

I had to scour forums and yahoo groups to find recipes and information from random (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) people. A few years later and it seems like there are a lot more recipes out there, so I’ve decided to gather some of them together in one place. All of the recipes included are soy-free, some are corn-free as well, and some are even fermented or sprouted…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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