How to Feed Chickens for FREE 

Tried that but publix and other stores give it to food banks, only spot is farmers market when i go to town. Now i grow a ton of cabbages, & greens just for them.

Where did you get them, how do you care for them in the winter? The worms.

@@lindaclough9234 Well, what do you feed the meal worms?

They can eat potato, apples etc so pretty much veggies and fruit but opt for less moldy foods so it's less cleaning ​@noneyabusiness2237

Please don't let your chickens eat the horn-worms that eat up your tomato plants (can strip a tomato plant in a day), I'm told that chickens shouldn't eat tomatoes, or the worms that eat the tomato plants.

@@MrRudeDog100 Appreciate your concern, but your wrong. Tomato Hornworms are an excellent source of protein & calcium. Tomatoes are one of the best things you can feed chickens, potassium, antioxidants, B9, C. Hot summer days feeding tomatoes, melons, cucumbers,... produce w high water helps keep them cool. Past few years I increased those crops by 50%. This summer forecasted to b 2-4° warmer, hottest yr on record for US, I'm doubling those crops & in process of building an outdoor aquaponic system hoping I'll get yields while reducing water usage by 90%. Last summer temps hit 100° 1st week in May & continue to rise to 112. Might time temps never dropped below 84. >60 days no rain, my 1500 gal rainwater collection was dry by end of June. Everything I grow is organic,. I make my own dirt, mulch, compost, fertilizers, & nut coir (like coconut fiber). I don't use any insecticides. If I get a massive aphid infestation I'll use dish soap. Companion planting, hens, & me looking crazy w my headlamp on in middle of night picking caterpillars of my plants. So I don't have to worry about any of my animals, or myself, ingesting toxins from the garden or the bugs. Apologies for rambling on about the garden, just want to share a bit on how I grow/ raise food chemical free

Do you have a Facebook, Insta, or RU-vid channel where you share more about your garden and chickens? I would be interested in learning more of your processes. 🙂 Sounds like you have a lot of things figured out!

@khaylem.4846 No, I've thought about it, I keep getting asked to do a you tube channel. My passion is growing edibles for myself & animals and doing it in a way that I don't have to buy products, seed and plants from the store every yr. Also by collecting seeds from your plants to grow the next crop makes them more resistant to your location; insects, weather,... I've been battling extreme temps +2 yrs now. Summers are so hot with severe droughts, if it's not killing my plants it's frying the flowers so I'm not getting any produce. This summer I turned all my large pots into wicking beds which increased my potato crops and kept my tomatoes & pepper plants healthy. I also added an aquaponic system that includes 300 gal fish tank & 4 4x4' garden beds. Fish feed the plants, plants feed the fish & they birth feed me, the chick's & the dogs. I have some ideas on how to improve things for next yr, which they are forecasting will b hotter than this yr... If I can keep the flowers alive I won't have an bees to pollinate. This summer I never saw more than 1 bee in the garden at a time and no butterflies. Then the extreme artic blast r hitting the deep south is killing my winter garden in the high tunnel. Winter 2022 we had a flash freeze, my 330 gal rainwater totes froze solid My chickens have been doing fine in the winter but the summer heat has been too much. They'll stop laying and I lost several even with all the shade, breeze (feels like hair dryer blowing on u) & fresh flowing water they have access to. Actually I'm pretty worried. When someone like me can't grow enough food to feed myself daily let alone preserving for tomorrow that's a problem. I think we r going to have to learn how to grow, what to grow and when to grow. Geothermal greenhouses and homes could very well be our future. Hopefully my ideas/ tweeks for next yr will work & I can get that channel up and running for u ;)

​@user-tn7xo7ky9o Hi Would sandbag domes work as good shelter for chickens and maybe even for plants .....maybe add big massive windows for sunlight but they maintain moderate temperature throughout the year.....amazing structure we can avoid gas and electric bills too

U turned ur chicks to cannibal

I bought seeds to plant many . I am only keeping 4 or 5 hens. I got 10 chicks growing

​@@naturelovegoodhabits Where did you buy the seeds from?❣️

Go for it!

Haha! Glad you like them!

Yes my chickens go crazy for eggshells. I also feed them extra cooked eggs.

Yeah is true. I had chickens that would their own eggs, so be sure to not give them an idea. Break apart the shells in tiny pieces as possible.

haha

Thank you very much for your support. I greatly appreciate it!

Protein comes from bugs. I usually give them enough greens and when they get full, they stop eating and perch up. If they are still hungry and the food runs out, they make chirping noises to let me know.

Hi How do you grow mealworms?❣️

You can buy them at True Leaf Market

@@DaisyCreekFarms thank you!!

Sorry for misspelling your name 🙈🙊 just noticed that.

Chickens are self regulating, they know what to eat, the extra just decomposes in the ground.

Yes, these are very easy to grow, they grow like weeds, spread the seed and water.

@@DaisyCreekFarms thank you so much for your ultra speedy reply!

why?

@@DaisyCreekFarms We are now close to hell our country has fallen.