The sawman mix
This is how I mix my feed now you have to understand I raise primarly game chickens. These are not eating or laying birds. But I feed them the same mix and have had no problems I keep a tad over 150 birds plus chicks I have a grist mill (hand crank) and feed the chicks the same mix after two weeks of starter mix
2 50 lb laying pellet (mash is a waste) more ends up on the ground and causes a clean up problem.
1 50 lb whole corn keeps the craw working
1 10lb of black oil sunflower seed keeps them as slick as a ribbon
1 50 lb of a three way scratch (milo, wheat, corn) I call this candy for the flock
1 25 lb of catfish pellet (talk about weight gain and well being this stuff is IT!)
1 50 lb of oats. Now here is the rub. I soak the oats in water and leave them till they sour or sprout. In the winter it is a good way to hydrate your flock. Frozen water bowls be damed this is a good way to do it…in the summer…well the birds just love this stinking stuff and will leave the rest of the mix till the oats are gone. i have most of my flock single penned and each bird gets two heaping tablespoon fulls of the oats.the mix i feed twice daily and each bird gets a vienna sausage can 3/4 full per bird
i also mix 50 lb of oyster shell and grit it is given liberalaly to each bird and put into cups to eat at will. if they cant digest it no food will do any good!
Hope this helps my black giants and dark Cornish do well on this feed as do my reds greys and asils
roundheads
grey hen
grey rooster
asil
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