Re: Custom Chicken Feed Recipes????

From: nuele mersch (fowls_at_nuele-online.de)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:55:30 +0100

Shawn Pennington <smpenn30@hotmail.com> wrote:

> My chickens are actually very picky
> eaters. I currently feed them laying pellets (17% protein), cracked corn
> and scratch grains. They like the corn but are not crazy about the laying
> pellets which are more nutritious, no doubt. Kind of like kids preferring
> candy over asparagus, I guess. :)

Hi Shawn,

I don't think yours are particularly picky, they behave in a pretty
normal way. That's the reason why it's recommended to feed pellets in
the morning (or mash during the day) and the "scratch" - grains in the
afternoon or evening, two hours before they go to sleep.

Nuele (D)