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Best Grain for Chicken Feed (5 awesome options!)

In a time when everything is just yellow corn, is it all that great? The best grains for chicken feed are organically grown wheat, oats, barley, and Amaranth. They are the most nutritional, have a...

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Best Corn For Chicken Feed

Feed corn is one of the things I get into the most. The best corn for chicken feed is a bright or multi-colored, organic flint corn. Flint corn has been shown to promote better growth, and red,...

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Scratch Grain vs Layer Feed

I've tried every feed option available to me. Here's what we learned. Scratch grain is higher energy but layer feed is higher protein and more balanced. A Layer feed has higher protein and calcium...

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Do Chicks Need Their Beaks Clipped? (de-beaking chickens)

We've had some chickens with clipped beaks, but most of ours have full beaks. Chicks should not need beaks clipped. Clipping beaks is a way to minimize cannibalistic pecking, which is usually a...

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Cheapest Way to Feed A Pig

I've gotten good at raising cheap pork. We can raise them at less than half-cost. The cheapest way to feed a pig is to grow your own feed ingredients. The second method is to collect food waste...

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Can Pigs Eat Sweet Feed?

I raised a pig on sweet feed. It worked, but could have been better. Here's what we learned. Pigs can eat sweet feed. It's often higher in fiber and lower in protein than a good pig feed, but pigs...

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