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A Guide to Feeding Chicken Scratch to Your Backyard Chickens Chicken scratch, however, should not be grouped with pellets, mashes, or crumble feeds, as it really is a different kind of food altogether Chicken scratch must be balanced if you want them to be healthy and produce good eggs and meat Without a nutritious diet, laying hens will halt egg production or will lay eggs of poor quality
What are Scratch Grains, do my chickens need them? Scratch grains is a blend of whole unfortified grains Typically they are a combination of corn, oats and milo They are called scratch because you throw them on the ground as a treat and the chickens "scratch" them seeking them out The scratching satisfies the most basic desire a chicken has to peck and look for food
can wild birds eat chicken scratch? - BackYard Chickens The only downside of feeding scratch grains to wild birds is that corn usually attracts birds like starlings and crows Wild bird seed isn't a problem for chickens It's usually millet, sunflower, safflower, milo and things like that
Chicken Scratch and Wild Bird seed--just an FYI what I found I had never purchased wild bird seed and thought I'd try it I open the package It is exactly the same ingredients as Chicken scratch w millet and seeds as Tractor Supply as a much lower price The only difference was the wild bird seed had black sunflower seeds in it Wow the wild bird seed was $22 plus tax compared to TSC $8 99 for the
how much do i feed chicken scratch? | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to . . . Scratch, which falls under "treats" should never take up more than 10% of a chicken's diet So, since 4 chickens eat about 2 cups of food a day (roughly), 1 10 of that would be the amount of scratch to feed, which is not a lot at all
At what age can chicks have scratch? - BackYard Chickens I sure hope scratch comes in something smaller than 50 lbs! It would take a few bantam chicks forever to go through it! I'm learning all I can about what they eat, although I am getting the idea from reading on this board that they can pretty much eat whatever humans eat As a treat, of course Now I have to decide on what starter food to give
Sprouting Scratch Grains-Well See What Happens. . . . : ) So, I got the idea that I should sprout some grains for my chickens this spring I wanted to do a test run, but didn't want to buy a bunch of seeds in case it wouldn't work for me So I decided to try and sprout some Purina Scratch Grains, since I buy it anyways I started it yesterday
Producers Pride Scratch Grain, 50 lb - BackYard Chickens Producer's Pride Scratch Grain is a feed supplement designed to provide nutrition for adult chickens This blend of clean, whole and cracked grains serves as an energy source, while pecking behavior provides a stress-relieving activity for confined or semi-confined birds We Love Animals and Know Just What Their Bodies Require