I've been feeding my chickens this mix for 12 months... I got eggs through the winter. I started when the feed scare happened, and I looked at the nutrients, calcium, protein, etc on the feed label... realized a mix like this outperforms store bought feed. And it's in my pantry (and cheaper overall)
thanks for the ideas! I'm in the middle of NH and don't get eggs over the winter months. I need to keep them healthy and warm enough until the end of March without it costing me a fortune in commercial feed! I have 5 ducks and 8 bantam cochins that get 1/2 cup of commercial feed each day plus whatever scraps I can come up with. Even just adding cooked beans would help!! again, thanks
This is an interesting idea and I see you have quite a few chickens. I have backyard chickens and all through their first winter they have still be laying eggs well for me and the color is still pretty yellow/orange. Honestly I give them tons of food scraps from myself, but also from family and neighbors, so they are getting a lot of greens, vegetable peels, etc. I'm sure that supplementing your chickens with this extra food will help with egg production and overall chicken happiness but I am curious to see if you get more yellow yolks like you are hoping for.
all we ever fed is chick starter and ground or rolled oats when they were young for first 6 weeks after that whole oats, barley , corn,or wheat ( chickens have gizzards they dont need chopped grain ) oyster shells to laying hens if they are free ranging in summer they dont need oyster shells either
@@palaciostexasbeauty2872 yes you can give them whole barley or chopped barley be careful how much you give them . we always mixed barley with oats or with oats, wheat or corn , blend the them together. reason i say be careful with how much barley you give them is barley is hard on the liver
It looks like y’all are on the road now, but I was curious how this worked out. I was thinking this might be a good idea for a back up chicken feed, in a SHTF type scenario. I’m boiling some now for a test, I figured I would give them this on the side with their feed.
My hens love the beans. I still free feed the regular stuff, and once a day, I dump 16 to 20 oz of cooked beans and rice, and they tear it up. Believe it or not, my egg production has picked up, and considering we're in the winter, I'm happy about that.
Bugs are what makes their yolks dark orange. Maybe try some meal worms in the winter. They also need greens. They didn't seem very enthusiastic. Neither white rice, nor macaroni have much nutrition in them. Rice bran is what is removed, and has most of the nutrition in it. But research it first.
Get egg layer pellets mix with dried cowdung or horse poop heat to remove as ammonia from the poop mix ratio 1:1.crush the mixture in hummer mill.or dry catfish mix with layer pellets 1:1 add charcoal in the mixture as toxine binder 100%profit.
I've bred and raised chickens for over 18 years. This is the stupidest idea that I have ever heard of. It goes along with people saying a rooster is needed before a hen will lay.
@@tombacon8597 wrong especially if your feed is engineered to destroy the egg cycle this is why people are making there own feed after the Purina feed problem google it
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I've been feeding my chickens this mix for 12 months... I got eggs through the winter.
I started when the feed scare happened, and I looked at the nutrients, calcium, protein, etc on the feed label... realized a mix like this outperforms store bought feed. And it's in my pantry (and cheaper overall)
What do you do with any left over? Do you just leave it in the chickens run?
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Sometimes there's a little left over, they eventually clean it up during the day.
Adding marigolds to their feed will also help give a darker yoke..
What's marigolds?
Thank you for this! We’ve got some chicks that just started laying so we’ve been wanting to up their protein too.
Interesting video, Thank you for these very informative ideas! 🙂
thanks for the ideas! I'm in the middle of NH and don't get eggs over the winter months. I need to keep them healthy and warm enough until the end of March without it costing me a fortune in commercial feed! I have 5 ducks and 8 bantam cochins that get 1/2 cup of commercial feed each day plus whatever scraps I can come up with. Even just adding cooked beans would help!! again, thanks
This is an interesting idea and I see you have quite a few chickens. I have backyard chickens and all through their first winter they have still be laying eggs well for me and the color is still pretty yellow/orange. Honestly I give them tons of food scraps from myself, but also from family and neighbors, so they are getting a lot of greens, vegetable peels, etc. I'm sure that supplementing your chickens with this extra food will help with egg production and overall chicken happiness but I am curious to see if you get more yellow yolks like you are hoping for.
Tray sprouts grains
Take about a week and will supply lots of proteins
Also crush the egg shells and mixed with the food for extra calcium
Need to get hemp seeds for the high calcium for hard shell eggs.
The dark yokes come from sunshine
Very interesting my friend 😘😘
all we ever fed is chick starter and ground or rolled oats when they were young for first 6 weeks after that whole oats, barley , corn,or wheat ( chickens have gizzards they dont need chopped grain ) oyster shells to laying hens if they are free ranging in summer they dont need oyster shells either
want dark yolk in winter feed some Alf alpha pellets
Can you give them whole barley
@jimanderson7648 where do you buy that?
@@palaciostexasbeauty2872 yes you can give them whole barley or chopped barley be careful how much you give them . we always mixed barley with oats or with oats, wheat or corn , blend the them together. reason i say be careful with how much barley you give them is barley is hard on the liver
@jimanderson7648 okay thank you for the information
Perhaps you should grind it all together after cooking to make it more like mash??♥️
It looks like y’all are on the road now, but I was curious how this worked out. I was thinking this might be a good idea for a back up chicken feed, in a SHTF type scenario. I’m boiling some now for a test, I figured I would give them this on the side with their feed.
My hens love the beans. I still free feed the regular stuff, and once a day, I dump 16 to 20 oz of cooked beans and rice, and they tear it up. Believe it or not, my egg production has picked up, and considering we're in the winter, I'm happy about that.
Great video but how many chickens are you feeding ?
13
Mustard greens makes them turn dark yellow.
Bugs are what makes their yolks dark orange. Maybe try some meal worms in the winter. They also need greens. They didn't seem very enthusiastic. Neither white rice, nor macaroni have much nutrition in them. Rice bran is what is removed, and has most of the nutrition in it. But research it first.
Our girls get all of our (healthy for them) scraps and leftovers and we have amazing eggs.
What do you do if there is left over food? Do you take it out of the run. Do bugs get in it if it’s left out?
Deep orange yolk is bugs and green and free range. I moved back from farm, I missed the gorgeous yolks
Thank you! Yes the store bought pale yellow yolks don't come close to the fresh ones
How long to boil the beans? Do they have to be completely soft?
The beans must be fully cooked,
Tumeric for more golden yokes??
what's the reason for the recipe other than color???
The Easter egger is the bronze and black hen with the fluffy ears
Like people have taste buds for determining sweet, sour, bitter, and something else I can't remember now!
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Yup that’s what I said another video but didn’t see this one 😮
Get egg layer pellets mix with dried cowdung or horse poop heat to remove as ammonia from the poop mix ratio 1:1.crush the mixture in hummer mill.or dry catfish mix with layer pellets 1:1 add charcoal in the mixture as toxine binder 100%profit.
I sprout for my chickens and ducks.
I've bred and raised chickens for over 18 years. This is the stupidest idea that I have ever heard of. It goes along with people saying a rooster is needed before a hen will lay.
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Everybody has their own opinion… my grandma fed this to her chickens in the early 60’s…. They laid a load of eggs
@@Weasilbait Feed has nothing to do with the frequency of laying. Day light, age of the birds, etc are the driving forces.
@@tombacon8597 wrong especially if your feed is engineered to destroy the egg cycle this is why people are making there own feed after the Purina feed problem google it
Do you have an issue right now? Too much stress? Is your life doing okay?
Birds don't have capsaicin receptors.. they don't sense the spice but could probably taste it.
I have an orange chicken looks just like that she does not like green eggs they are light brown
You could do with a roof over the run.
Chickens can only taste the types of things that they have that type of tastebuds to determine flavors with!!!
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EGG SHELLS??? They will start to eat their own eggs!
No, if you crush tandem they will not recognize them as eggs.
Please nobody give them raw beans. It's toxic.
You can ferment raw beans for 3 day before feeding it to the chickens
Look at their tongue... do you see taste buds???