Dan Needles explains the reasoning behind his research and development of a DIY chicken ration for meat birds and laying hens in the January-February 2023 issue of Small Farm Canada.
“My neighbour Hughie once watched me opening a bag of commercial pelleted chicken feed for my pasture hut meat birds. He shook his head and said, “You know you’re paying too much for feed when the bag has instructions how to open it!”
He told me I should be making my own feed, but I looked around in vain for advice on mixing a batch that would deliver the proper rate of nutrition. I needed Betty Crocker’s take on what a meat bird or a laying hen needs to grow and thrive.”
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