Organic Chicken Feed Poultry Peas Oat Wheat Sunflower Barley Flax * 20 lbs * Homemade
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Want to feed your chickens the best?
We have you covered! It is puzzling why someone would invest
their time and effort to raise their own chickens only to feed them the same
unhealthy pellet feed product as the factories. Even organic pellets have
unpleasant additives. Read pellet feed labels (even organic pellets) and you
will discover why we refuse to use pellet feed (even organic) and mix our own
whole foods We did the mind-boggling research for you and offer a great
non-gmo feed option for you. We share
our sprouting and fermenting methods to help save you money!
You can feed our whole grains and seeds as is dry, soak in fruit juice , soak in raw organic cow milk, or save money by offering your chickens this as a fermented, sprouted, or as fodder feed.
What Ingredients did we choose and why?
To ensure your
poultry is getting their needed nutrition, we designed this mix to be
approximately 17% Crude Protein and offers a variety of grains and seeds. This
is perfect for Healthy Poultry.
Red Winter Wheat is a major energy source for chickens.
Millet is rich in amino acids and iron.
Green Feild Peas The protein is highly digestible and has an
excellent amino acid profile. Peas have
high levels of lysine—more so than soybeans. Peas are low in the
sulfur amino acids methionine and cystine.
Oat Groats are rich in protein B vitamins, calcium and fiber. Oats are also a good (and cheap) source of energy. All oats — no matter how they’re processed .
Flax seeds boost
omega-3 fatty acids in eggs, and are also rich in protein (37 percent), B
vitamins, and minerals.
Black oil sunflower seeds (often
called BOSS) are like candy to chickens. But good candy! BOSS is high in
protein , rich in minerals and vitamins, and the high oil content gives
feathers a beautiful gloss.
Barley is a major energy source for
chickens.
Brewer’s yeast can be sprinkled on feed if you desire extra protein. It’s a great source of B vitamins and protein (around 35 percent) for chickens. Extra protein assists in growing back feathers that may have been lost in mating or molting. When raising meat birds you may want to add the extra protein for faster weight gain.
Note: Offer chickens free choice of water, grit for digestion, and extra calcium to harden egg shells. Offer calcium by crushing their eggs shells and offer them as free choice in a feed pan, and/or soak feed in fresh organic raw cow milk, or supplement with oyster shells.
Benefits of Sprouting or Fermenting Chicken feed
Fermenting and/or sprouting your chickens’ feed can have huge health benefits for your flock, can lower your feed bill and can even make your chickens lay larger eggs.
Poultry
feed manufactures use heat and water to process into pellets/
crumbles . YES, even ORGANIC certified manufactures.
Thus, reducing the shelf life and nutrient content of the grains .
Health Benefits:
The main reason to sprout or
ferment seeds and grains is to make the nutrients in them more available for
poultry digestion. Seeds and grains come with a "preservation
system" that is designed to protect their stored proteins, fats and
minerals over an extended period of time until conditions are right for
germination and growth. This "preservation system" consists of
items that are "antinutrients" when ingested.
These antinutrients help protect the seeds from pest infestation and/or
ingestion by animals, keeping them from being devoured before they can
germinate in the natural setting. Grains and seeds can sometimes
even pass though the digestive system intact, then are excreted in the feces
due to this preservation system and are still be able to sprout and grow! These
antinutrients include blocking calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and
zinc in the intestinal tract leading to deficiencies in these essential minerals.
Sprouting or fermenting seeds and grains reduces or eliminates the antinutrient properties inherent in grains and increases bioavailability of many nutrients including B vitamins, vitamin C, folate, fiber, and essential amino acids such as lysine. As the seeds sprout, enzymes that are needed to properly digest the proteins in the grains are produced making them available for our use.
The
gastro-intestinal tract is the foundation of a bird’s immune system. Fermented
feed has naturally occurring probiotics that balance the system and
create a barrier against diseases carried by the local wild birds.
Lowering
your feed bill:
We offer an affordable way to provide the right diet to your flock. Your chickens get a higher nutritional benefit from the feed which means they can eat less. Dry feed creates over a 10% waste as it scatters when lil’ Miss Henrietta decides to hop into the feeder and dig for gold. Sprouting produces a greater amount of feed for our money. Similar to fermenting it gives a greater "bang for our buck", not only making the grains more useable nutritionally, but also resulting in reduction of feed and grain used partly due to increased volume created by sprouting and partly by increasing useable nutrients. This is another great way to lower feed costs while at the same time producing a healthier flock.
Bigger Eggs: What happens when hens are really healthy? It has been shown to increase egg production and increase egg size. They start to lay bigger eggs - hard to complain about that!
Day 1: Fill a container with the amount of feed your
flock consumes in one day and place it into the container. An adult
chicken will consumes 1/4 lb / day. Add double the amount of
unchlorinated water as you do feed. It is important to make sure
enough water is being provided to cover the feed after absorption. Cover
and set aside for the next 3 days, shaking the mix 1-2 times each day. You will know the
fermenting process is working when little bubbles start appearing on the surface!
Day 3: Create another container of feed/ water.
Day 4: Empty the fermented chicken feed from Day 1 into a
bowl and feed it to your hens. Watch them go crazy for it!
Wash your jar and repeat Step 1. Place your jar at the end of the
line next to the jars from Day 2 and Day 3.
Day 5: Feed the fermented chicken feed in the jar from Day 2 to
your hens, wash your jar, refill, and continue the rotation process.
DO
NOT USE A METAL CONTAINER as acids from fermentation can
react with metal and leave bad things in your chickens’ dinner, so use plastic,
glass or lead-free ceramic crocks.
Method to Sprout Poultry
Feed
For a small flock of 6
chickens:
1. Place sprouting
seeds into a metal mesh strainer. Start with 2 cups/ day and adjust based on
how much they eat.
2. Put the
strainer in a large bowl and cover with water to soak overnight.
3. Drain & Rinse the seeds under your facet the morning. Empty
the water in left in the bowl.
4. If your strainer touches the bottom of your bowl, place a mason jar ring in the bottom of the empty
bowl to ensure the strainer is lifted up and allows room for any moisture to
drain from the strainer while keeping the seeds from sitting in the water
below. Keep the bowl in an area where it won't receive direct
sunlight. You can place a paper towel over the top to keep out
excessive light.
5. Twice a
day (i.e 7am and 7pm), lift the strainer out of the bowl and rinse under cold
water from the faucet. Then either toss the seeds around a bit in the
strainer (like tossing a pizza dough) or give them a little stir with your hand
and replace the strainer back in the bowl on the ring. (The rinsing and
tossing or stirring with your hand is important. This will keep any molds
from growing in your seeds.)
For a large flock:
When Sprouting for a larger flock of birds you can use plastic food-grade 5
gallon buckets . To make a straining bucket, drill holes about
1/2" apart in the sides and bottom that are small enough to contain the
grains but large enough for the water to drain through easily. Add
seeds to the straining bucket. For soaking, place the straining bucket
down inside another regular bucket and cover the seeds with
water. After soaking overnight, lift the strainer bucket out, drain,
empty water from bottom bucket and proceed the same as with the smaller scale
strainer and bowl method, rinsing 2 times a day and tossing or stirring with your
hand each time to prevent the sprouts from molding or matting together.
Ingredients |
Mix Ratio |
Natural Crude protein |
Red Winter Wheat |
30% |
13.5% |
White Proso Millet |
20% |
9% |
Yellow Peas |
20% |
24.5% |
Yellow Feed Popcorn |
10% |
9% |
Oat Groats |
10% |
14% |
Black Oil Sunflower |
5% |
26.3% |
Flax Seeds |
5% |
37% |
Total Protein in Dry Mix 16.215% |