Organic Chicken Feed

Nowadays, the consciousness towards organic food has increased tremendously. Earlier, people knew only about vegetarian organic food, however in recent years, people have started realizing that even non-vegetarian food should be organic. The main reason behind this is that the other type of chicken, i.e. broiler chicken which is raised especially for meat is not raised in very healthy conditions, most of the time. First of all, they are raised in a very small space and are over-fed to make them look fat. That is why people are opting for organic chicken now.

For raising organic chicken, you need to feed it with organic feed. There are organic chicken feeds in the market, however they are quite expensive and most importantly, not all of them are made of only organic constituents, even if they claim. The best way out is to make the organic feed yourself. Below given are some recipes for chicken feed, which contain only organic ingredients.

Homemade Organic Chicken Feed

Recipe #1
Ingredients

• ½ part kelp granules
• 3 parts soft white wheat
• ½ part flax seeds
• Oyster shell
• 1 part oat groats
• 1 part sunflower seeds (in winter this is increased to 2 parts)
• 1 part millet
• 1 part kamut
• 1 part amaranth seeds
• 1 part split peas
• 3 parts hard red winter wheat
• 1 part lentils
• 1 part quinoa
• 1 part sesame seeds
• 2 parts whole corn (in winter, increase it to 3 or 4 parts)
• 1 part hulled barley
• Granite grit

Process

You will need 6 bins for storing the above mentioned ingredients. Store corn in one bin, white and red wheat in second bin, barley in third bin, oat groats in fourth bin, sunflower seeds in fifth bin, and the rest of beans and grains in the last beans. The oyster shell and granite is to be kept in their bags only. Whenever you need the feed, simply take the required parts into a 5 gallon bucket and shake well until mixed and use.

Recipe #2
Ingredients

• 2 part sunflower seeds
• ½ part kelp
• 3 parts soft white wheat
• 3 parts millet
• ½ part Diatomaceous Earth
• 1 part hulled barley
• 2 parts whole corn
• ½ part peanuts
• 1 part wheat bran
• 1 part oat groats
• 3 parts hard red winter wheat
• 1 part split peas
• 1 part lentils
• 1 part quinoa
• 1 part sesame seeds
• ½ part kelp

Process

Simply mix all the ingredients except oyster shell calcium, in a big container and mix it thoroughly with your hand. Place the oyster shell calcium in a separate container, so that the chickens can eat it anytime they need it. Run your hand through the above ingredients every time before feeding, so that nothing settles down.

Recipe #3
Ingredients

• 1 part fish meal
• 1 part dried organic milk
• ½ part cod liver oil
• 1 part oyster shell
• 3 to 4 parts organic whole corn
• 1 part grit
• ½ part salt
• 2 to 3 parts whole organic wheat

Process

Like the earlier recipes, mix all the ingredients together and feed it whenever necessary. However, make sure that you feed only fresh feed, as stale feed loses its nutritional value. However, in case of this recipe, feed cannot be stored for too long.

These were some great recipes, weren't they? As you must have seen, making organic chicken feed is quite easy. All you have to do is buy the ingredients and mix them together! So make it a point to give only give fresh feed to the chickens, for real healthy chickens.