Poultry Feed Questions

Poultry feed is one of the most important tools in the health of your chickens. Feed should meet the needs and purpose of their life and may need to be varied to meet seasonal changes.

Processed feed comes in the form of mash, crumbles and pellets. The seed and grain ingredients are usually heated reducing nutrient value, but vitamins and minerals are usually added to replace what processing has destroyed.

Chicken scratch generally contains much cracked corn, which is no longer alive. Studies are showing that chickens on a corn/soy based processed diet have shorter and less healthy lives, than chickens with a more natural diet.

Most chickens do OK on packaged processed feed, but this is a diet lacking in “live food”. Live foods contain enzymes that aid digestion and absorption of nutrients.

Examples of live foods are raw and unprocessed: fruits, vegetables, grasses, whole grains, seeds, bugs, and worms. Chickens usually love these foods, if available.

The health of your flock will be a good indication that you are providing the right feed. The more live foods you can offer your chickens, the more you should be rewarded with a hearty and disease free flock. Most layer feed is 16 percent protein, grower feed 18 percent and conditioning feeds often 20 percent. A good feed will provide proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Processed foods, if older, may be vitamin deficient.

Feed that contains “animal fat” can become rancid if old or not stored properly. Rancid fats can cause digestive problems doing more harm than good. A never ending supply of good clean water is a must for good digestion of Poultry feed. If you have a question you would like answered click here.

Chicken Feed Questions

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FEEDING CHICKENS 
How often do u feed chickens and what is the proper amount to feed 6 full sized chickens?

Do Table Scraps Cause Digestive Problems? 
Can to many table scraps I.e lettuce cause diarrhea in chickens

How Do I Give Veggies to My Laying Hens? 
I have 3 hens that are laying eggs every day It seems the white of the egg is very runny as compared to store bought eggs. Should I be giving them supplements …

Could a layer chicken be fine and lay eggs normally by eating only duckweed or azolla ,nothing else ? 
Could a layer chicken be fine and lay eggs normally by eating only duckweed or azolla ,nothing else ?

baby chicks on starter 
Question How long should i feed chick starter? Answer Answer: How long you feed chick start depends on the feed and the breed. Some are specifically …

Feed suppliers

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Question Feed suppliers: I am having issues with my feed supplier. They do not understand why I want to change what is in my feed. I want my poultry …

Feed with marigold extract and hatching chicks

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Question Feed with marigold extract and hatching chicks: If you are feeding poultry grains with added marigold extract, we know that this darkens …

Feed to make chicken fatter

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Question Feed to make chicken fatter: I think my chickens are a little under weight, my friends and family say they are fine. The first chicken …

Diet of NO Wheat, Corn or Soy

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Question Diet of NO Wheat, Corn or Soy: I have a market for my eggs to users who request that I DO NOT feed any wheat, corn, or soy to the hens. …

What is the Best Chicken Feed Not rated yet
Question Best Quality chicken feed: Can you please tell me how to make a grower and layer corn and soy free feed? Answer The best quality feed …

Feeding 9 week old blue australorp hen

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Question Feeding 9 week old blue australorp hen: We already had acquired a rose comb bantam who happily free-ranges and is fed no more than a 1/4 cup …

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