We really wanted to get our chickens off of store bought feed. So we learned how to make our own!
Here’s the recipe below:
Oats
Wild bird seed
Dried Cilantro
Dried Parsley
Dried Oregano
Crushed Red Pepper
(*Red pepper has a lot of benefits: Natural dewormer, fights bacteria, keeps other animals out of the feed, gives the egg yolk a more rich color, chickens can’t taste spice so it doesn’t bother them).
You can also add things like chia seeds and flax seeds.
Along with this mixture- we give our chickens scraps from the kitchen, crushed egg shells, wheat fodder, heart, kidney, liver and oxtail.
Give this a try and let us know what you think!
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