my chickens don't know to read and don't understand what people say. they just don't always eat cracked corn (my lucky guess is when it is not freshly cracked) but they always pick all the whole corn. I don't trust everything I read as anyone can publish anything. I have been watching my...
I just dump corn and wheat on the field and they eat as much as they want to. at night I have dogs watch the property so no mice/rat problem here, in winter when it is cold I give them some barley as well.
really? what has been he doing at seminars and conferences in several european's countries every year? you want to say that entire europe is not up to date and you are. sorry for asking, but what is your profession?
I have been reading this for years. but in my experience I didn't get many eggs when I had my chickens on the chicken feed only. not to mention those eggs were tasteless. foraging and corn/wheat/barly (in summer oats as well) make difference for me.
as I live in a different country maybe our...
only fresh cracked corn (within 2-3 days) keep all the nutrients. my vet told me that. I didn't ask how and why.
I have 18 hybrid dual purpose chickens (black rock and blue haze) and they bomb me with eggs. besides them I have other chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys (over 100 birds).
in my...
whole corn is better than than cracked, fermented or not. I feed mine whole grains and they roam on the half acre for the rest. if your chickens are confined they need commercial feed.