How Much Do Chickens Eat

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How much do chickens eat? A chicken will eat about 1/4 cup of food per day. My chickens get a hanging feeder with a layer pellet, that’s available to them 24/7. Then twice a day I throw them my homemade chicken scratch. This makes them pick and scratch around to eat it so they have their natural behavior.
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@GmaAlice 6 лет назад

Great advice for those who have never raised chickens and want to try it.

@dextersandi9697 6 лет назад

Alice the Gmaw road

@Crystal-og4oq 6 лет назад

I love watching your videos. They're so soothing and I wish you made more.

@zoebergman8152 6 лет назад

Your videos are so informative! Thank you for spreading the right way to treat animals!

@thinkforyourselfjohn3163 6 лет назад

Zoe Bergman indeed❤

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Your welcome ❤️😀

@homesteadinthewoods4841 6 лет назад

I agree. So helpful and informative !! Not a lot of bugs around here right now so we went fishing with the kiddo and brought back some little brim he caught !! Cut them up and it was a chicken frenzy !! Ha ha.

@essserleem3254 6 лет назад

Thanx Becky. I am your new fan. Your videos are have helped me as a new chicken keeper

@Lauryn229 6 лет назад

My chickies Love cat food too!! It’s a great treat.

@HRWWW 6 лет назад

Hey Becky! I was given four chickens for Christmas from my Brother and my Sister in-law. one mother hen and three of her little ones, when we got them the young ones were just over four weeks old. I feed them a general feed my brother gave me with them and I mix a birdseed mix and also table scraps.

@thinkforyourselfjohn3163 6 лет назад

Beautiful birds Becky ❤. Thank you for sharing.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Your welcome ❤️☀️

@peterlanglee7556 6 лет назад

Thanks becky your advice is real useful im buying a farm in a few months because i wanna get out of the city thank you for your tips

@coopah1 6 лет назад

I'm like Elly Mae Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies"... I'm a creature lover. LOL

@user-mp1gr4ri8i 2 года назад

Very helpful video!

@cassityart7001 6 лет назад

Scratching and pecking is what they do! You are right. Ground casting feed is the best way to ensure that everybody is fed and inspected for health. Growing black fly larva is also a natural “fast food” that they love and will provide a constant natural source of protein. Thanks!

@trishpurple-flower2774 6 лет назад

Hello Becky 🙋🏻love when you go live. It’s so good and informative. I would like too request a live segment on just chickens. All that you can explain. Me and my husband has 15. We need more info for sure.

@rialand6016 6 лет назад

thank you Becky, God Bless.

@justinewhite-hadley3138 5 лет назад

Side note!! Do NOT give them a lot of corn in hot weather. They can't handle heat in general and corn will heat them up more then normal. So feel free to add more in the colder months. 😊💖

@jakemcvittie232 6 лет назад

thanks Becky so helpful

@FreedomOutdoors9707 6 лет назад

Love your videos

@witengineer6377 6 лет назад

Saw your videos on Amazon Prime. Good job!

@tawseef3882 6 лет назад

your videos are always awsem... thanks a lot for sharing

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Hahaha glad you like them. ❤️☀️

@syescanlon7143 Год назад

Thank you for this information xxx

@khanfancybirds6990 6 лет назад

mam I want to ask a question that iron sheet shed for chicken coop is comfortable for chicken specially in summers where temperature goes to 40 to 45 degree centigrade.....

@littl3spr0ut89 6 лет назад

Good info Becky :)

@chickennuggetmartinez1926 4 года назад

Thank you! Recently got a random chicken so this is helpful.

@braydensymonds8907 6 лет назад

Thanks please do more videos like that

@adam43168 5 лет назад

Hi Becky! Which type of chicken is this white rooster? Thank U

@cj597 6 лет назад

Hi Becky, I noticed you’re a bit confused on the chickens’ digestive system. They do have a stomach. Food goes down the Oesophagus into the crop, where it sits, the Oesophagus leads from the crop to the Proventriculus (stomach), this is where digestion starts, the food will be mixed with digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. The food then travels to the gizzard, where it’s completely ground up and mixed with digestive enzymes. The crop is just storage, they eat what they can through the day and digest it on a night.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

No they have a gizzard which is where their food is ground up and digestion takes place. A gizzard is not a stomach. ❤️☀️

@cj597 6 лет назад

Becky's Homestead yes they do, the proventriculus is a glandular stomach. The gizzard comes after the proventriculus. www.poultryhub.org/physiology/body-systems/digestive-system/

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

If you call the proventriculus a "stomach" so be it. It is not something that is going to pop if the chicken eats uncooked rice. ❤️☀️

@cj597 6 лет назад

Becky's Homestead I’m not calling it a stomach, chicken biology is calling it a stomach, and no one can argue with that. The Proventriculus is a glandular stomach, it secretes digestive enzymes, then the food moves into the gizzard where it’s actually digested. Both together make a stomach, there isn’t just the gizzard. I never said anything about rice. Though it’s always advised not to feed it raw as it can swell. www.geauga4h.org/poultry/chicken_digestion_labeled.jpg 1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYLc7FR4a6A/Wbs5cliL7-I/AAAAAAABG38/N-ED8Gzi7F8LW8Nc6kwP4V7Q_clXKj1xACLcBGAs/s1600/Chicken%2BDigestive%2BTract.jpg

@thexaliver1512 6 лет назад

charlie uh hum

@TheWetPotat0 6 лет назад

That’s a beautiful white ameruacana rooster 😍

@jkhenderson1 6 лет назад

Thanks for the info Becky!

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Your welcome. ❤️☀️

@beckfordfamilyvlogs4833 6 лет назад

I love your vids when I grow up I wont to look after animals like you !

@michaelelcatrinvasquez4974 3 года назад

You are really right sometimes my chickens don't eat all the food throw them in the coop I would want to what are the best times of the day to feed my chickens

@BreadNButterArt 5 лет назад

You are adorable, & such a joy! 😌🐦😌

@ramikaafarani8010 6 лет назад

Hi beacky great video your chickens a very pretty

@BestFarmingTips 3 года назад

True that, adult chickens and layers eat about 1/4 to 1/3 of a pound of feed a day. This is, however, dependent on breed, life stage, and how much other stuff they eat, such as greens and bugs. Broilers eat more. They will eat pounds of food a day unless you limit it. However, I ferment the commercial feed, so that it gets more palatable, the birds eat less but quickly get full and there is less waste when they eat fermented feed. I also prefer buying pellets and crumbled feed as compared to chicken mash because when fermented, pellets and crumbs multiply more than mash which is not machine compressed.

@pamelareader8849 6 лет назад

How much does it cost roughly to feed them per month Becky? Love what you do here!!

@blackxdeft5791 6 лет назад

Good one love your videos

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Thanks ☀️❤️

@LisaN 6 лет назад

Oh I wanted to ask about the alfalfa mash. Do you give that in a separate bowl or throw it around for them?

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Soak and through the cubes into their run. ❤️😀

@samtobin645 6 лет назад

Becky, PLEASE! make a video about your great Pyrenees, and his or her role on the homestead. I saw em in the background.

@dooleyknoted5951 6 лет назад

Is that guinea for tick prevention? Love your vids, you've got a new subscriber!😎

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

That guinea is Bubby and she is the drama queen bird out there ❤️ she does anything she wants and is so much fun to have around. Guineas do eat ticks which is always a good thing in the country. ❤️☀️

@leannezarifa9851 6 лет назад

I LOVE YOU BECKY ❤️❤️❤️

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Thanks ☀️❤️

@pkomegathunders1342 6 лет назад

Um Becky i know i haven't posted a comment for you to laugh at in a long time but alot of family stuff is happening and i just wanna say thanks for replying to me all those times you made my life happier thanks Becky

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Ooooh I'm so happy I add a bit of Sunshine to your life when I can. ❤️☀️

@Laccy41 2 года назад

Thank You I have 4 trying to figure out this. Also live in sw Florida. Red. !black and white ! Blonde, white. 2months or so old. Ok thanks again!

@Darkflametailz Год назад

learned fast with my silkie XD I was feeding her out of a bowl and she just started to knock the bowl over and would scratch at it lol

@juliecramer7768 6 лет назад

Becky, it’s none of my business but you look so pretty in brown hair. But It really isn’t any of my business. Thank you for your videos😊

@virginialacar3218 5 лет назад

Awesome I love chicken!!!

@MicaelSantana450 5 лет назад

Hey Becky I live in Portugal ( warm - hot weather here) I did the same way you explained it, but my chickens seem not to stop eating When I butcher some I see that they have very much fat like two/three hands full One white chicken had even 4kg 8,8 pounds, seems like way to much, right? :D I use them mainly for Eggs not for meat

@funnyfarm2000 6 лет назад

Becky how do you "dispense" the alfalfa cubes? Do you scatter it or "plate" it somehow?

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Soak and through into their run. They are perfectly capable of scratching around and getting it. It doesn't matter if sand gets on it, chickens eat grit (tiny rocks) ❤️😀

@krisydoman8492 6 лет назад

XXOO to all your cute critters!

@phyllisray8310 6 лет назад

I love what your videos Becky

@teviguemadji7167 5 лет назад

Hey I have a question. I have two chicks and they’re about a month old. One of them has like a soft little ball under his neck and I wanted to ask: is that because he eats too much?

@BeckysHomestead 5 лет назад

Yes, leave that alone. It's his crop. Make sure they always have fresh, clean water to drink and grit at all times. The crop fills up with food through out the day and is perfectly normal. If it is huge and bulging, you can cut down on their food just a bit☀️❤️☀️

@inaices2002 6 лет назад

Hi Becky your roosters and hens are gorgeous looking they radiate health. I have seen a lot of homestead videos from other homesteaders and their chickens don't look as good as yours.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Hahaha, thanks I love my babies and I enjoy taking care of my animals ❤️☀️

@lisaking7240 6 лет назад

Love you thanks

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Thanks ☀️❤️

@emmabuck1960 6 лет назад

Hi Becky! I just got a new flock about 3 days ago and I have 2 sick chickens out of 8 of them. I was wondering if you could do a video on how to help a sick chicken to good health again. They are Irma Browns and very friendly chickens. I love watching your videos. I’d appreciate it a bunch if you could help. Thanks! Bye!

@marybufordAUTHOR 6 лет назад

Great new video!! 🐔🐣🐓🐥🥚

@bjquilts29 6 лет назад

I am loving your hair. You look marvelous. Love your videos.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Thanks so much ❤️☀️

@jenniferrice5877 6 лет назад

Thanks for this info, very, very helpful. I love that healthy body, healthy mind for a chicken, luv that. Keep doin' videos we luv you. You look so healthy yourself keep it up!

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it. Healthy body, healthy mind applies to people too. ❤️☀️

@colleenrodamer6230 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing with all of us God bless

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Your welcome ☀️❤️

@pamcolechadwell1302 6 лет назад

What are those chicken name that are light to medium red in color? If you know. Man, they lay the biggest eggs I ever saw. Thanks

@thexaliver1512 6 лет назад

Can you make a video about why whole corn is better than cracked corn !!??

@LisaN 6 лет назад

That was really a nice video. I wish those feeding rules would pertain to my cat. He cleans his bowl. If I gave him more he'd clean that up too. He's getting chunky and I have to reduce his food but he still wants fed more than he's supposed to get! Love your cute and informative videos.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Cat's have us trained ❤️❤️

@LisaN 6 лет назад

Becky's Homestead They sure do!

@bjquilts29 6 лет назад

Hi, Becky. What does the cat or dog food provide for the chickens?

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Animal protein. They especially need it in winter and when the hens get older to keep them laying eggs ❤️😀

@flyingcheff 6 лет назад

do they lay only one egg a day? or evey x hours?

@SK-nd7db 6 лет назад

every day or every other day I believe.

@chad3660 6 лет назад

Can broiler hens lay eggs

@bullsnbronks0998 6 лет назад

Your awesome

@dt-4535 6 лет назад

I love sunshine.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

❤️❤️

@dougmc666 6 лет назад

I feed by time rather than measuring out their food. They get all they can eat in 10 minutes, twice a day, the rest of the time they spend scratching in the compost and part of the garden.

@brendastrandrigdon6201 6 лет назад

I want chickens 😍

@blackxdeft5791 6 лет назад

Brenda Strand Rigdon come to Pakistan you will find billion of chickens

@braydensymonds8907 6 лет назад

Brenda Strand Rigdon: me to

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Build a small coop and get two. They are so much fun and the eggs are delish!!! I have plans for a small coop just for people like you. Look it up on my website, it's called "the flip coop"

@ellawaldron-noren8078 6 лет назад

Becky's Homestead Is it okay if I only get two chickens or should I get more than that? Thanks for the video!

@brendastrandrigdon6201 6 лет назад

I am the parent 😀

@GoosePondHideoutWithRob 6 лет назад

Becky, we love your channel and have been subscribed a long time. I was only trying to help people out by answering question. I never intended to step on toes. Please accept my apology. Rob

@xxshiroxx6132 6 лет назад

🖐

@cc0m111 5 лет назад

how much does it eat exactly? you can't just say '1 or 2 containers a day'. i'm getting 5 chicks and i can't find the right amount of feed they need!

@briannaphillips1697 6 лет назад

I have 2 new hens and they stay up on the roost on one side of the coop and the other four hens that were already there continue with their day as normal. I have to feed the new hens up in the roof water and all and this is happening over a month now cause they are scared to come down...this morning one of the new hens came down and lay an egg. I was so surprised but I had to block off the best box so that the other hens did not bully her.....HELP PLEASE BECKY!

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

That is very typical when you add new hens to a coop. Those old hens will bully the new girls and starve them out and they will die if you don't intervene. Maybe section off a small area for the new ones in the hen house with food, water and a nest box of their own. Wait three or four months and try again and see if they get along. ❤️☀️

@briannaphillips1697 6 лет назад

Becky's Homestead thank you Becky

@jamiescott5461 6 лет назад

My chickens free range on 2 acres. They never eat their feed, they get enough of bugs etc

@lollal9203 6 лет назад

Read this plz .Becky when does a hen sit on eggs to hatch them . My hen layed 3 and not sitting

@cj597 6 лет назад

Lol Lal hens will only brood when their hormones tell them. It’s just a matter of waiting. You can own breeds that have a tendency to go broody, but that doesn’t mean they will.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Do you have a rooster? A hen will lay 1 egg every day but will not sit on it, the next day she will lay another. Once she has enough ( she decides how many) she will start to sit on them. The reason it works like that is so all the eggs develop at the same time and will hatch within 2 or 3 days of each other. Just leave her alone, she knows what she is doing. You need to know not all hens are broody, so just wait and see. ❤️☀️

@lollal9203 6 лет назад

Becky she laid 6 eggs but not sitting on them . So can u plz tell me is she broody hen?. Her colour is red. Eggs brown . And we have a rooster . Thx

@lollal9203 6 лет назад

charlie my frnd . Ahe laid 6 eggs and not sitting . So can u tell me is she broody hen ? . Her colour is red . Eggs brown . And we have a rooster

@cj597 6 лет назад

Lol Lal sorry I’m not Becky but giving my 2 pence, if she is not sitting on them, she is not broody, you would know if she is broody, the behaviour is very distinguishable from average behaviour, and of course, most obviously, she’d be brooding them. Lots of chickens are red, red isn’t a breed, do you know what breed she is? Is she a RIR? Hybrid? Gamefowl? Do you only have one hen? If the cockerel is stressing her out, she won’t brood at all, and she will be overbred.

@CookingLessonsforDad 6 лет назад

I never knew how much chickens eat. I just make sure they do not run out of food.

@sweetheartsmom 6 лет назад

this was very helpful. I don't think I will use cat food because I consider that kind of junk food made in china. I love the rehydrated alfalfa cubes! I will start doing that. I wish I had a grinder but they love whole grains too.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

They need "animal protein" they get plenty of vegetables protein. Don't be hating on China, I love all people. All people have talent and ability ❤️😀

@sweetheartsmom 6 лет назад

It is hard to not catagorize all of the people in that country when so many pets died from food produced in their country

@azaleaacres 6 лет назад

Tracy Bruring - plenty of pet foods available that are not made in China But...as an extra source of protein, you could scramble up some extra eggs or give them meat scraps from the table. 🙂

@angelawrence4449 5 лет назад

Your hair looks pretty 🙋‍♀️

@abbylol8844 6 лет назад

Laying feed is NOT safe for roosters.

@eduardocerna193 5 лет назад

Chikiens love oats they go crazy for that

@mannylombard3178 6 лет назад

You better call Becky with the good hair.

@Myfrugallife 6 лет назад

If they are free ranged they need less feed because they eat grass and find bugs.

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

Careful, a lot of people think chickens get a lot when they free range but they use more calories "hunting" around and also get more stress out there so they still need plenty of feed. ❤️☀️

@HunterRood 6 лет назад

Hi Becky Is it ok to let chickens out in the wintter

@BeckysHomestead 6 лет назад

If it's a sunny winter day and they want out, I would let them out for a few hours. Just make sure the coop door is open Incase they want back in their hen house. ❤️☀️

@HunterRood 6 лет назад

thank you I got my first egg today I think they are happy