Comments on: Got Chickens? I’ve Got a Chicken Feed Giveaway for You!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:03:29 +0000

Shannon – it was lovely meeting you!

Laura – good luck – there are many kinds of chicken feed to be sure. I tried making my own last year but it cost too much money.

Sheilah – yuck! How fun for you with those little fuzzballs. Your daughter will be in love.

Beth – I’ve come to believe that chickens really just want bugs. We just quarantined the girls about a month ago when they started destroying the lawn this winter so they are eating the feed and alfalfa hay. I give them table scraps and they are tractored over wheat grass cover crop some sunny days to till it in for me but whenever I sneak them out they head right to scratch for bugs. They used to spend lots of time eating grass but right now that is not so important to them. It’s interesting. This summer I’m planting amaranth & greens for them. They naturally eat a lot of seeds. I gave them my mustard seeds last fall and they went crazy for them.

By: beth morrison

beth morrison — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:25:17 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this, I didnt even know they existed. We have 22 hens and 2 roosters and we are always looking for ways to mimic what they would eat when not in captivity. We give them fresh grass clippings, whole grains as a treat (though I would like to see it as a food source since reading this), weeds with lots of dirt on them from the garden and my son loves to find them grubs and roots to snack on.
Beth (snohomish)

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:09:18 +0000

I’ll be getting chicks for the first time next month and can use feed. I remember collecting eggs from my cousins’ henhouse as a kid in the summer. One time I forget to wear shoes and I still remember like it was yesterday- 30 years later–the squishy poo between my toes! Yuck! But lots of fond memories I hope to impart on my young daughter, too. Thanks for supporting city chickens, Annette! Your hens are lovely, by the way. :0)

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:04:02 +0000

I would love to score some soy and corn free bags of chicken feed… what a great resource to have now!! I was just at the feed store yesterday in Bellingham having a lengthy discussion with the sales clerk about the different kinds of chicken feed. I am right in Wallingford, so definately in the delivery zone

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:43:44 +0000

I’d be keen. I don’t mind soy but we are also trying to cut back on the corn dependency and stick to grass fed only.

I finally got to check your blog out and its great – we met at Evan’s party at Whirlwinds a few weekends ago and I am taking your suggestion of a white wall to warm that bed.