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Tired exhausting but very fun and fulfilling.He's definitely a keeper! I can only have the 3 I have right now, and we just buy feed. Your life is so exciting!
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Tired exhausting but very fun and fulfilling.He's definitely a keeper! I can only have the 3 I have right now, and we just buy feed. Your life is so exciting!
Honestly I got my recipe from a man in Jamaica who feeds his chickens exclusively on egg shells beans and noodles/rice and veggie scraps. He sells eggs for a living tooI am allergic to both corn and soy, and have an anaphylactic reaction to both.
I donāt have a reaction to store bought chicken or eggs, but I feed my ducks homegrown soy/ corn free layer.
(and our ducks lay enough that we havenāt bought eggs from the store in years- our youngest kiddo is allergic to chicken eggs so duck and turkey eggs are the staples around here)
I can get it locally for ~25$ / 50# bag.
And we do add extra vitamin B for the ducks in addition to the feed.
It, unfortunately, is a bit low in protein (16%) for our turkeys. And we have quite a few more Tom turkeys than drakes- so we feed a flock raiser to the turkeys, with free access to oyster shell and grit (for everyone).
Scratch and Peck also makes a great corn and soy free pellet- but itās more than twice the price here, and more than I can justify spending for feed
Please lmk if you find something else, Iād sure love to be able to feed all of my birds a balanced food that doesnāt contain things that Iām so allergic to!
I would like to know more about the specifics of your recipe- as well as what you are feeding (type/ quantity of birds. Very curious).Honestly I got my recipe from a man in Jamaica who feeds his chickens exclusively on egg shells beans and noodles/rice and veggie scraps. He sells eggs for a living too
Ours are actually over calciumed so I have to dial back. Soldier larvae is heavy in calcium and I use peppers and onions in my recipe but we play with the recipe a lot. Brewers yeast is an excellent addition as well and our eggs are very good and rich and our birds are in great health . Night Iām pooped from canning and cleaning out coop and cooking and doing everything in the world that needs doing. TataI would like to know more about the specifics of your recipe- as well as what you are feeding (type/ quantity of birds. Very curious).
I would also only point out that feeding crushed egg shells from your birds as their sole source of calcium is a little tricky (if that is what you are doing) -
Because, if they are a little calcium deficient, they wonāt get enough from their own shells.
You might want to consider offering oyster shell (flaked or crushed) on the side - idk where you live, but itās pretty inexpensive most of the time.
They are soooooo pretty!!!!!Im thinking of taking these ladies in
If you like barred rock you will love buff orpingtonsI donāt! Iāve been thinking of adding some ornamentals! I have amberlinks which are my least favorite except for Aggie whoās my austrolorp Giyas best friend . Austrolorps are my all time fave. Comets are okay but I wonāt have comets or ambers again. Too moody for me. I like bantams Americanaās austrolorps and barred rocks. I like blue Swedes for ducks and Campbells and Pekins so far