We STOPPED Making HOMEMADE CHICKEN…(you should too)

Let me know if you have been feeding them the homemade chicken feed from our original video, would love to hear how your chickens have been doing! Thanks everyone for the support!

You didn't lie, you didn't mislead. You made a change in practice based on what was best for you and the birds. That's what any reasonable person would expect you to do. Happy eggs!

Thanks for the honest update! Re the bugs, top tip : Hang a plastic mesh bag (like you get onions in here in Australia) in a shaded place out of their reach, add meat scraps. A few days later, flies will have laid their eggs on the scraps/bag. The larvae fall off the mesh bag and your chickens are having a maggot party underneath ;-) Another free way to get feed!

The secret to making chickens economically viable, is to grow your own feed. I am getting ready to plant corn, sunflowers, peas, ground cover, and other things, like worms. I live in Arizona, and we hit 80 degrees where I live, today, so time to plant!

your not a liar. your just learning along the way .

I love that you share your experience….what works and what don’t. It saves us money in the long run.

I am 62. I changed how I garden many times. Change is a part of life. The 2 years I've had chickens, I've changed their food too. The biggest change for them this year is to grow food for them. I am adding comfrey and "Mammoth" sunflowers. They love kale, spinach, and mint which I hope to dry for winter

I just found your channel. From my side, it doesn't sound like you tried to mislead or lie to anyone. You tried something that no longer works for you and your family. You are reporting on the changes you are making AND you provided information as to how you may change things up in the future! I think it's awesome and I will be looking at your previous videos. Keep up the great work!!

Spent grain is still high in protein.👍 Got to look back to the old days. No tractor supplies, then... just natural scraps and bugs in the compost. Spent grain from home brew boosting the diet. Way to go, chief.

NOT a liar! Learning, adapting, growing...One motto I love=Have a teachable spirit. Love your videos!👏🎬

For those of you who don't know how grain is harvested, look up glysophates. Round up is used to desiccate the stems of wheat, oats, barley etc to make harvesting grains faster and cheaper. You must already know about Mon saint's corn.

Thank you for being so open and honest. I'm 58 years old and I hope to soon start raising my own hens. I've been researching fur a year! I enjoy your videos so much. I, too, want to feed them as healthy as possible And be able to afford it! Thank you for all your information. God Bless 🙂

You can feed your chickens' sourdough discard to give them some extra nutrition

Love the channel and appreciate the time and energy you take to make this available for us new people. Thank you!

I appreciate your honesty and visibility into what all you are trying, all in spirit of doing the best for you flock. Great work and thank you!

Your original video about mixing grain was great and informative. We ordered grain from Azure Standard and will receive it this coming Sunday. This will be our first time to do this. The mix will comes to about $0.77/lb with 16% + protein. We also will lower the cost by fermenting the mix to increase volume and nutrition. We expect that the cost per dozen eggs will be around $3.50.

Absolutely agree about the feed. I called three area grainerys and got the prices for all the seed I wanted and pound for pound, the resulting homemade feed was going to be triple the feed we now buy from a local feed farmer. We still know the ingredients we are getting. As for scratch grain, we buy *Cluck & Co organic scratch grain (I even ate some of the dried peas lol) . We also give them fresh fruits and veggies as well as dried worms. Our girls are laying well even through the winter. Today, Im trying the red chili pepper flakes to see if it increases their eggs even more. We have 21 hens and get 11-15 eggs a day. We’re in Nebraska

Man you have taught me a lot in the last few months while I've started raising chickies for eggs. I've networked and found folks who want my chickies eggs. I barter eggs for my chickies needs. A local farmer gives me bails of straw for eggs. I recently found that he has tons (literally) of various grains. I'm gonna trade eggs for oats and wheat. I grow tons of veggies through the spring and summer and a lot goes to the chickies. Sunflowers are super easy. Cherry tomatoes are super prolific. Strawberries too. Cucumbers as well. I've read about raising mealworms and also black soldier larva flies to supplement. You have tons of eggs so find a local farmer who might appreciate them. I'm in the process of making my own chickies feed. So far it seems I can make 150 pounds of DIY mix for less then I can buy 120 pounds of commercial feed. Also I heard (yet to try it) that fermented chickies feed goes a lot further and more nutritional.

Thanks so much i love your video sharing both the how to and why you stopped, I learned a lot from your first we are all on a journey always learning and changing. Thanks for everything

I hope viewers are more appreciative for the free content! your videos have helped me as a new chicken owner.