The BEST Food to Give Your Chickens
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- Henlo! I am The President of Chickenlandia and I want to welcome you to Chickenlandia, a magical place where my pet chickens (and a few ducks) live an awesome life. Thank you for watching this video about what and how to feed your chickens. We talk about the differences between mash, pellet, and crumble feed. I hope you love it! #chickenlandia #welcometochickenlandia #backyardchickens
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What do you feed your chickens? Do they have a preference? ❤️🐔😋❤️
I do “Chick starter grower” that’s what I use for my chicks but I don’t video them
I tried the mash feed with fermenting it...they didn't seem to like it, and one stopped laying, so I tried it dry as it was. They still wouldn't eat it. Mine clearly prefer the pellets lol I do soak the pellets, but don't ferment them, they also love it that way.
I wish I could ferment feed, I just don’t have the capacity. But my flock desires Scratch (which I suppose is what you call ‘mash’ here). It’s oats, corn, and other natural grains. They get upset if I don’t feed them it, but it’s not the best choice I hear, health wise. It’s like junk food and can cause health issues later (fatty liver, etc.). They also get omega 3 pellets and crumbles. They prefer the crumbles over the pellets, but it’s scratch they really really want.
I feed mine mash feed. I was fermenting for quite some time, when I still had a small flock, and my chickens would holler at me every morning, until they got their fermented feed. I free feed and they would refuse to eat the dry feed until they got their daily serving of fermented feed. Once I have all of my chickens together (3 different flocks, working on putting them together), I hope to feed fermented feed again. 🤞🏻
I give mine a mix of cracked corn and crumble, and I give my chicks starter chick feed and medicated feed
I'm glad my chickens aren't the only ones who act like they are starving all the time. I thought I was neglecting mine.
They're basically feathered pigs. 😆
We know your chickens aren’t starving, you take great care of them. Chickens are just so dramatic! LOL
LOL!!!! The way your flock acted when you put the dishes down!!!! 😂😂😂
Piglets! lol
I started the same mash feed fermented. The bag now lasts 10 days longer than feeding it dry. I keep a bit of the pellets in a small feeder in the coop as an extra. The eggs are are bigger now too.
Yay!!
Hey Chickenlandia .. Awesome video
I'm a new chicken and duck owner... Thank you for showing that ducks and chicks eat the same food.
You’re so welcome! It does depend on the brand but the Scratch and Peck is great for both chickens and ducks. ❤️
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thanks
My little silkie, polish and gold top bantams have a hanging feeder of pellets and I give them a little bit of mixed corn thrown around their run every morning and in evening and I also love to scatter greens n other veggies n fruit in their run which they devour like vultures 😂 anyone who didn't know me would think I don't feed them too 😆 but they love it all and that makes me happy 😊🐓♥️🦆 my ducks are the same especially peas ♥️🦆
Lucky flock!
I really like your posts! They are informative and so uplifting 🥰
MR. ROBOT !!!!!!!!! 🤖💕
He’s so funny lol 🤖🦆
I wish your videos where longer at least a cup of coffee longer lol. Love ya miss president
Aww thank you!
Hi I love your videos I subscribed to you and like all your videos I’m your biggest fan
Thank you so much!!
My girls love the fermented feed! That was a really helpful video. Your girls are aborable 😍
Thank you!
Very, very helpful!! Thank you for sharing, as always! 😁👍
You’re so welcome!
What an amazing video topic. By my favorite President of chickenlande-a
Many thanks and blessings!
Thank you!!
Mvp mvp
I am a novice chiken keeper. Thank you for all your tips. You never told us which one was the favored feed.
But what I really want to know is where you bought those stunning glasses. I love them and would really love one for me!
I use a mix of crumbles and a scratch mix, then I ferment it and feed it.
Hello, I love your channel. I'm new to chickens and I'm learning as much as possible before I get my chick's. My question to you is, can I get my flock started in August? I live in Kentucky and I'm new to the state. Is it okay to put young birds out when the weather has turned cold? Thank you for all the good information. Dianne C
I have around 100 chickens and I feed them with ground corn, bran, greens and spaghetti that I get from a factory. Alongside every day they graze freely in the forest for about 2 hours. In the food I add marble powder which is good for bones and eggs.
I always ferment the grains. It's so many healthbenefits for the chickens digestion.😍
I keep free food in the garden for mine.😊
They also eat tuna once a week and cooked fish. Then I feed them cream and cheese, and cheesecake. Sometimes I give them breadcrumbs. 😊
Every Saturday we have a small party with walnuts. 🥰
And every evening I play the same song. Then they know it's time to sleep.😴🙂
I'm new to keeping chickens and trying to figure out food ratios for fermented feed and oyster shell per chicken to give my babies the best I can. I currently have a flock of 6 any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also my chickens love their dust bath courtesy of your suggestions although were not too keen on the cat litter box so ha e it in an open wide pan
LOL this video was a joy! 😄😄
I'm so glad!
I have little Seramas and they leave pellets behind. I get the mini-pellets, but I'm trying the crumble now. I think maybe I feed them too much, because they don't just rush to it like yours do.
You are amazing! Thank You for your wonderful advice. I have 2 Easter Eggers. I make an all Organic garden Betty type mix. And add different grains here and there. I give them sprouts or greens almost daily. One of the girls is named Betty and she lays 2 blue eggs daily. She just started laying recently and started showing blood stress on her eggs. I got worried and thought she might need calcium or Omega-3's so I fed them both sardines, added calcium, massaged her, gave her a Epsom salt bath and a blowdry and she tipped me a gold egg. LoL. JK...She's been laying fine the last few days. I'm going to start fermenting!!! Didn't even know it was a thing... I appreciate the help you give bcuz I'm doing this all by myself, it's new, it's fun but sometimes scary. I do pretty much all you suggest and it's working. I'm waiting on the enclosed litter box for indoor dirt baths. You are a great resource! I truly appreciate your wealth of knowledge! God Bless You!
So informative. I thought mash was layer feed mixed with water. Surprise, surprise! Well, I’m fairly new to this. Anyway, my girls love their feed wet. Sometimes I add a little cooked oatmeal and always a dab of homemade yogurt. The yogurt is crack to them. I have fermented their food, but not recently. I should try this again. Thanks for your information. Love your videos!
Great video, Dahlia! I'm wondering why you feed them only once a day rather than free feeding. Is it because you want them to fill up on grass and other natural goodies they find in the run, rather than feed?
Honestly, It's mostly because I'm in the habit since I was feeding them fermented for a really long time. But now I like it because it ensures that they clean all of it up before nightfall and I don't want rodents! 🐭
@Welcome to Chickenlandia Makes sense! 😄
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Right??? 🤣🤣🐔❤️
Do you have a video of just your chicken coop and chicken run that you built from start to finish???
I don’t because I had it built by a local company! 😬❤️
@@WelcometoChickenlandia could you do a video of your whole area of your chicken coop of what was built
Because I'm thinking of having one built I would just like to see your chickens mansion and their garden area
@@iseetheglory4593 YES! I have a whole coop and run tour coming out Wednesday. 😃❤️
This family is so cute!
Thank you! ❤️
Do you have a video on which is better free feeding or just feeding once a day? I free feed and I wonder if I didn't if they would not be so messy.
I lived in Lynden for a few years! It is a special town.
Cool!
Hello Dahlia, I love your channel. I was wondering what you do for feed when you have roosters and hens together? If you have layers pellets, is it bad if the roosters eat them? Or do you just not feed them layers pellets at all? If you have to feed them different food then how do you separate them?
Do they sell something similar to the scratch and peck mash?
Curious where you found the plates you use to feed your chickens?
I am about to hatch an egg in an incubator in my home. I am so excited to have baby chicks who are also gonna be my first ever pets. Thank you so much for your tips. I've been watching your videos since last month. Also, should you give the baby chicks the food from the first day they were born?
Baby chicks have about 48 hours to get to food and water. I would try to leave them in the incubator for 12 - 24 hours so they can fluff up, rest, and get strong. Then you can put them in the brooder with their food and water. :-)
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thank you so much !!! 🧡🧡
Good luck! Chickens are the best! Your going to love them!
@@celiaperry7889 Thank you !!! Yes, they're the cutest
When I saw the title, I was thinking YOU were going to taste test the feed! Lol, next "episode"?
Anything for a click 🤣🤣🤣
Oh my! A duck with hydrophobia.
Nature isn't fair sometimes.
Poor guy!
But also, Lucky Duck for landing in Chickenlandia!
In the summer time ,What'is good for,the chicken bedding in the coop.?
I like chopped straw or wood shavings the best. :-)
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Thank you.For,the info .It's hot over here, California..In the Valley in Stockton CA.Love your, videos.♥️
So… they basically didn’t care? Or could it have been some of them preferred certain kinds but it was so crazy you wouldn’t be able to see it?
I guess they don’t care that much?? At least not enough that I could tell. I was shocked they didn’t all go for the mash feed. I bet if it was fermented they would have gone for that first!
My smaller chicks are not like it the fermented crumbles. They love the grains fermented but they don’t like the crumble that way. Any suggestions because they waste so much dry food slinging it everywhere
Best President
No free feed? Interesting.
How do you measure per bird. I have 4 chickens, I’m wondering how much per day. Would your book explain that? Planning to get your book.
They just want to eat 🤣 mine do get picky about table scraps but haven't cared what brand or type of feed I've used.
Mine seem to eat whatever I put in front of their face lol!!
Hi! I have a question I’m a little concern about one of my chickens, she’s 15 weeks, white crested black polish, she’s been with me since she was 2 days old, she doesn’t eat as much as the rest of the chickens, even the other polish that is a week younger is bigger than her and eats more, she feels skinnier than the rest of my girls, can you please give me some suggestions, Do you think she’s sick? I want my sweet baby to be as strong and big as the other girls.
It's possible she is sick, but there is no way for me to know for sure. If you think she isn't well I recommend doing the REST Method described in this video: th-cam.com/video/z110OFNF6zY/w-d-xo.html
Of course it would be best if she could be seen by a veterinarian but I know that's not an option for many people. Good luck!
Curious if you’ve shared why you only feed once a day and not free feed plus fermented!?
In the video I explained why I can’t do fermented right now. It’s because of a special needs duck I have. Free feeding is totally fine. The reason I feed once a day is because I’m really trying to keep rodents away and I don’t want to keep feed in my coop overnight because of this. :)
Is the rooster noise at the beginning of your videos Felipe?
That was Bubbalicious 🤣❤️
When can I add mealworms as a treat for my chickens? They are almost 6 weeks old
They can have them as babies so they are definitely ready to try them! 🐥❤️
Mine too! Congratulations on getting this far. I wonder if we can give fresh anything at age 6 weeks. ?
@@heatherk8931 You sure can! Just make sure they have chick grit.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Do you ever buy "live" bugs for chickens, like you would for another pet, you know, like iguanas. I wondered because the worms prepackaged are cooked and cooking stuff destroys the nutrition. So maybe live mealworms or some other bugs would be good???
I just love all your videos I wish I could watch all your live shows but I’m very hard of hearing and there’s no close caption so I feel like I really miss out on a lot of good information but your videos are awesome
Ugh I’m so sorry! Would it be easier for you to listen to the podcasts once they come out on the podcast apps? ❤️
There should be a way to get the captions on your phone, if that's how you're watching
If she doesn’t have it on her system I won’t get it it’s just the way it works
@@leesmith5419 I do have subtitles turned on so I'm not sure why you can't see them. :-( I just checked them and I can see them on this end. I will be recording my podcast live at 5pm pacific time today and I hope you can join us! If not, it will be available Thursday on all the major podcast apps. :-)
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Will try it again
Can you feed the fermented feed to 1 week old chicks
Yes, just make sure that it doesn’t smell “off” or alcoholic, and that there’s no mold on it. And don’t use medicated chick feed. I usually raise my babies on fermented feed and they do great!
I feed my chickens 3 times nd every time the kitchen door opens. they run like crazy... and the momma hens have taught their chicks this
I bet that is cute lol!
I feed my chickens and ducks twice a day. When they see “food momma” bring something green to the coop, then the chickens go into food frenzy mode. They chase the ducks back and then the ducks eat after the chicken food frenzy is over. My chickens are like little dinosaur velociraptors. My ducks are bigger and more gentle giants.
I got jeweled reading glasses in your honor. Hehe 😅
NICE!!
Thanks! I found them on Amazon and they even came with a jeweled neck chain. So now we are retro chicken ladies 😂
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1. Laying mash
2. Laying pellets
3. Scratch grain
That works!
Why not free feeding?
It’s fine to free feed! I just don’t do it because I want to make sure there isn’t anything left around for rodents. But if you have a rodent-safe area to put your feed at night you can totally do it. :)
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Amazing! thank you so much! love your videos! my daughter 8 has learned a lot. Do you offer consultation? if you do how can we request it? graciasss
At this time I’m not offering consultation but possibly in the future! I do have an online course, though. You can find it here: welcometochickenlandia.com/online-course/
@@WelcometoChickenlandia Yeah, my daughter did it, she is 8, I gave it to her as a present! she loved it! I will be looking forward to when you offered it, we would love to see how can we improve the life of our flock. Graciasss
scratch and peck are not for poor people...the prices are off the chart.