Making your own chicken feed for winter - Backyard chicken feed mix

Here's our cost break down purchasing from our local feed store (IFA) and Tractor Supply. All high quality and not processed meal. This would go a long way if you can ferment. Our area is too cold and feed would freeze while it's put out for them. During summer you can do a 3 day soak and it would make the feed last longer and fill them up faster bringing out all the extra nutrients. I would lower the cracked corn amount to half during summer because they don't need the extra carbs.

For winter: Total Recipe: $31.05 for 61 lbs of feed if all bought from feed store and kelp from Amazon. Your prices and availability may vary based on location.

Wheat: hard red 50lb bag $18.99 - use 15lbs - .38/lb = $9.12

Barley 50lbs $17.99 - use 5lbs - .36/lb = $1.80

Cracked corn 50lb bag $15.99 - use 15lbs - .32/lb = $4.80

Milo 50lb bag $18.99 - use 10.5lbs - .38/lb = $4

Austrian field peas 50lb bag $69.99 - use 5lbs - 1.40/lb = $7

Boss 40lb bag $26 - use 1.5lbs - .65/lb = $1 (cheaper at TSC than IFA)

Kelp Powder 1lb $6.67 - use .5lb - 3.33/lb = $3.33

Here's what we use for our homemade chicken feed recipe: • 48 cups (6 scoops) of red wheat • 48 cups (6 scoops) of cracked corn • 24 cups (3 scoops) of milo (millet) • 16 cups (2 scoops) of barley (or whole oats) • 12 cups (1 ½ scoops) of field peas • 8 cups (1 scoop) of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS) • 5-6 cups of baked, ground-up eggshells • 1/2 pound of kelp powder

An 8-cup batter bowl was used to measure out the ingredients, which were then mixed in a 27-gallon storage tote with a tight-fitting lid to keep pests and moisture out. In addition to providing essential nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and fiber, the homemade chicken feed recipe also includes some unique supplements. The baked eggshells are a great supplemental source of calcium, and the kelp powder adds important trace minerals and vitamins while boosting the hens' immune system.

Since starting their hens on this feed recipe, The Homeshire has seen a significant increase in our egg production. We went from getting a handful of fragile eggs a week to about a dozen hard-shelled eggs a day. If you're interested in giving your backyard chickens a nutritious boost, try this homemade chicken feed recipe. And don't forget to leave a comment or question in the video link!

Located in Northern Utah, we raise Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, heritage KuneKune pigs, and free range chickens. Our dairy herd provides our family with creamy sweet milk which we also use to make goat milk soaps and lotions. We grow herbs and flowers in our garden to use for soaps, salves and lotions. We are a family of seven living the rural life on about five acres in Northern Utah. Mom, Dad, teenagers, kids and toddler all help to take care of the animals. We get to all be home together everyday - we homeschool year around with breaks for goat kidding, garden planting and harvest time. We make most of our meals from scratch and many times using products from our land and animals. Find us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, lets build a community of people that homestead and farm in harsh conditions that range from zero rain and over 100ºF temperatures in the summer to dark winter days that hit -36ºF and dump two feet of snow overnight.

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The Homeshire

P.O. Box 219

Mendon, UT 84325