STOP BUYING CHICKEN FEED‼️ IT’S A SCAM‼️HERE’S OUR SOLUTION 🐓 

changing the water several times is key otherwise you'll fart up a storm lol

I also soak my whole corn also and mix it with the pasta and red beans

yes, chick peas and lentils r AMAZING, they literally begin sprouting w/in hours. My chooks get mostly human food, i ferment the commercial stuff w sprouted oats - they're not even interested in that now, go figure. God bless

And they prob can eat it raw, lentils, garbanzo they all sprouts, I'd give them sunflower seeds which is also sproutable

Sprouted beans lose nutrition. People made up something, and got others to believe it.

How many birds do you have?

We have 53 in our mixed flock, but only 10 or 11 hens that are mature enough to lay. We have another 20 hens that won't start laying for several months, and 10 olive Eggers we just hatched. We have 6 roosters we can't part with. My wife and I are total newbies. She called me yesterday and said we had 17 eggs!! We even got a few small fairy eggs. It all started when we started giving them the beans and pasta in the morning. They are happy and very active. We got bit by the chicken bug bad 😅.

It's better to give them azola as snacks

HEB has frozen cooked mussels for 3 bucks a pound. They make a great nutritious treat for chickens or dogs. Watch your fingers...

​@@halberttorraca3392pasta like corn, is not good for chickens in the summer. They have a hard time in the heat without feeding them starch

Grow black soldier fly larvae,it's so easy!

They love sunflower seeds

@@aladrasullivan9018what system do you use ?

That's what is freaking me out a bit. I didn't hear about this feed thing until winter, so I figured it was people that didn't know about the winter slow-down. But now I'm reading it started in summer

My hens all just slowed down and stopped laying.... I will need to try this! I couldn't figure out why, since most were not that old and they have a chill healthy lifestyle.

We haven't been considered admirable, or cool, but we are coming back. My wife's health improves when I cook with my garden produce.

My grandfather loved chemical fertilizer. He always had ammonium nitrate, sulfur,...I don't know how he lived as long as he did.

My mom remembers her grandparents would have this dishpan that would over the day accumulate all the food bits and in the evening it would get tossed (mucky water and all) to the chickens who would be waiting for it!

Ah yes, that is what chickens have been historically fed. Beans and pasta. I thought that chickens mostly scavenged and occassionally got some low grade grain and kitchen scraps.

Feeding mostly grains to livestock increases the levels of omega 6, which can be toxic to our systems when consuming that product. Low quanity grains and natural foods are healthy for them and us.

it looks like this is going to be the only thing we can do because of the continuing of the erosion of our society

@@leadfarmer73 maybe blessing in disguise...they definitely look healthier!

Same for dogs and cats. Dog food jumped to 84 a bag! Everything we've been told has been rubbish. One day at a time breaking the cycle!

split oeas good protein

@@leadfarmer73 Growing up in the South, I never saw my grandparents give feed to their chickens, the chickens roamed around and foraged for food and ate whatever my grandparents threw out to them to eat. We always had an abundance of eggs.

Amen.

Did you should do that beans contain a toxin that always kills chickens literally always fatal. The phytohaemagglutinin is always lethal unless it's soaked for at least 24 hours and boiled down for at least 2 then drain and rinse throwing the water out. Not Mentioning that the very beginning is going to get somebody's chickens killed if they don't watch the whole video. Hell I'm not watching it all and haven't heard it mentioned once

@@heatherlynnjohannesen9845 Right ON! I just did what the video said and I have raised chickens for five years I was so mad at myself for following blindly. thankfully My chickens refused to eat them. I did a video where my chickens said no way. My research said even if you cook them down completely that to feed in MODERATION. I will never blindly follow again.

​@@BergenBounty Thank you for your comment. That was just what I had in the back of my mind. Beans are toxic for chickens and should not be fed abundantly to your flock. You just confirmed what I remembered to have read and learned

@@victordelafuente5466 I was lucky my chickens were smarter than me. They said nope! Go read about this mom.

I eat 300 eggs a month.

We pick up the expired greens at the store. The yokes are orange with greens.

11 hens 7 eggs a day every day. My only egg crisis is I can't give them away fast enough.

If your smart you'll cover your coop. Until all this crap blows over ... LITERALLY

Shit, can those eggs or something. You can can them whole.

Or egg shells from breakfast. Dogs and puppies can have ground egg shells for natural feeding. If dog food went bye, bye some people would be lost.

The pork plant used the scraps, grissle and trimmed fat for cat food producers. Yeah, you are supposed to have cows or sheep or at least rabbits to crap everywhere and let the chickens scratch the crap into the ground to get the worms that come up for the poo. Then the chickens don't need much or any feed because they get earthworms and meal worms. Someone said frozen Japanese beetles from the traps, which sounds like a good idea. People get whole bags of those disgusting beetles hanging from trees. Instead of burning the freaks, maybe freeze them and see if the chickens want them. 🤮

I rekon...chooks in cages peck eggs due to boredom...I've never lost an egg to a peck.....🤓

Don’t forget that they will get parasites from bugs and free ranging as well- Wet summer here lots of birds and dogs getting round worm… It will mostly affect younger birds but liquid goat wormer 3ml per gallon for 3-5 days - with a 7 day break then repeat…. Also coccidiosis thrives in wet soil if u notice blood in the stool. I try to nip these things in the bud because it will contaminate the soil for months or years…

It will also get them picked of by predators

😂😂 right?!

me too! LOL

Same here! I've got a mealworm farm and earthworms! So far so good chickens love them! And about to start the black soldier soon! They seem really easy!

I Just Started A Worm Bucket With my GrandChildren YesterDay!

Also crickets are another good easy protien you can add. I hope to do all 3.

I'd like to learn more about this.

It's so expensive for worms

its the protein. Chickens require protein. They are faster at catching mice than cats and will eat them. Give them left over meat, meat bones with plenty of meat left on and they are happyyyyyy.

It’s more than just the protein, beans are higher in calcium than milk. They need the calcium to form the eggs shells

@@katerinachelmis568 I had to google this and I can't believe it, beans really are high in calcium. I've recently given up dairy so it's good to know I don't have to worry about calcium since I eat quite a bit of beans.

Have been looking for this kind of information for a long time. Thank you so much!!!

Try adding oregano it keeps them healthy since it’s a natural antibiotic.

@@Fritz0616 Another excellent herb !

I grow dandelions chicory, chick weed, miners lettuce arugula wild on my property. It’s all over. If you have excess land plant these and a few others. These plants will re seed themselves every year and you can eat them all as well.

Nice

Thats interesting.Can l feed broiler chickens also with pasta and beans

It is ok to feed this to the baby chicks? We have some coming on Saturday.

@@volleronlinewe always fed newborn chicks watery oatmeal. They love it !

@@voicessamples7396what about 6 week old chicks . Could the eat the pasta and beans or still do the watery oatmeal

@@JasonusTillery i think so. They probably need a few extra greens etc besides the oatmeal as they mature. As far as i can read, they need to be switched to adult feed around 18 weeks ( since this is when they start laying eggs, and need a lot more calcium, from seashells etc)

Get some.

And you can make yogurt better than store bought!

@@Pieter_Auper I would love to, but I live in a condo and we are not allowed. ☹️

​@@ahime937 get some quail! You can raise a bunch inside in a dog kennel, and they go from hatchlings to the dinner table in 8-12 weeks, and they start laying eggs around 10-12 weeks. Quail eggs are delicious, and surprisingly not much smaller than chicken eggs. Quail are relatively quiet also.

@@sharilynfritz247 might be problems to much calcium not so good.

Yes! I grew up on a farm,and mine did that as well!

what is crushed shale??

@@abtaladil03 Shale is a type of rock. Sometimes found near rivers, its a dark/black flaky rock.

Dried red chili pepper has more nutrients than ANYTHING else

Our chickens ate leftovers. The spices n vege oils keep them healthy.

How many eggs did the dogs lay?

@@banjohappy lololololo. Nunyer binnis.

@@banjohappy😂

we used to feed our dog that too! I felt bad at the time, thinking it was bad for him!

Hey genius, check into what food contains the most natural Arsenic than any other food and I bet you’d change your tune real fast! Those poor animals. And whoever’s eating them eggs…

What did the chickens eat in your yard in Jamaica?

They are Satanic.

Exactly.. almost like all the corporate foods are more poisonous every day..

Yep messing with the feed so our chicken can't lay eggs

Yes! We all need to stick together. There are more of us then them!

@@stevesilver7437 absolutely...

Does it matter which beans? I was given a case of garbanza beans and pasta (what? a blessing! On time!) Do you got gassy on those eggs? I'm gonna ask Lady Lead! 😝 Don't bee 🐝 getting nervous!

I've been watching several homesteaders who have been making their own feed that includes beans, split peas oats and wheat grain, high protein makes sense which means if you can give them your own who needs the feed stores. I also grow my own veggies and fruit so yes, you're on track too. Kudos to you.

That's a genius idea 💡

@SaltyShaman I've also seen a diy soldier fly larvae bin that I'd love to try. Thanks!

@SaltyShaman dry oatmeal or cooked?

Thanks for the video. Please,do I need to cook the beans and the pasta or just soaked in a normal water or hot water? Thanks.

@@rosemaryopeibi8122 they need cooking. From what I have read there is a toxin in raw beans, peas and lentils. Also raw potato is toxic. Sprouting seems to get rid of the toxin in some but you have to research this.

@SaltyShaman do you have to give the mealworms potatoe for water

Me too. I raw feed my pups. Nobody gets sick. Commercial food- all my other dogs died young from weird things.

Thank you so much

Also those same bags of bean can be soaked and planted and left to dry on vine for easy continuous supply of food

Chickens probably metabolize those plant proteins better than we do as well anyway. 🤔🤓🍻

@@sunnybunnyfreespirit I was wondering about that, thanks!

@@alsaunders7805 not true

The government is screwing with the feed. For all farm animals. THEY CANT CONTROL US IF WERE SELF SUSTAINABLE. good job sir

When I had chickens I never threw the cooking fat away. I always mixed it into their feed which I mixed up with hot water and let it stand. They get more nutrition out of it that wasy with the presoaking.

Mine love ground beef is well but for some reason I can't get them to eat beans I wonder if I'm using the wrong kind of beans

I just went back to 100% feeding my birds from my own kitchen

My chickens get our food scraps, they love them.

Don't forget to play them polka music, chickens love polka,

Beans and cornbread is good. I grew up on that too.

I definitely don't give chickens access to my garden they scratch your seedlings up they will eat all your lettuce,spinach leaves plus anything green leafed really

Rodley, Most folks would say you grew up Rich, just didn't know it . . .

@@fjb4932 I know it now. Our house was a converted garage with no indoor plumbing. I know now that it was a great childhood.

It's starting to look like those of us who grew up poor have better life skills.

Also tell her to save the egg shells crush em up & feed it back to them. The shell is almost entirely made of calcium carbonate& they need calcium to make strong eggshells.

@@dellaangel thank you so much! I will

@@dellaangel the egg shell has to be baked in the oven first or they could start to eat their eggs

@@daughter-of-christ is there any studies that prove this? How can they associate a egg with egg shells when their sense of smell isn’t even strong and they have almost zero memory they forget each other is a few days

@@dianeespinoza8647 I haven’t seen any studies but I’ve seen several people who’ve raised chickens say this.

Copy nature don't do this. I'd never feed an animal anything toxic. Phytohaemagglutinin occurs naturally in several kinds of raw beans, including broad beans, white kidney beans, and red kidney beans. This toxin causes gastroenteritis. This is ignorant advice. Well cooked leftovers are ok here and there. Forcing hens to survive on raw beans and whatever is just wrong.

Cook. Split peas. Lintels ??

How much cooking would be required in a crock pot? Should I cook them until they are soft or just for a couple hours?

@@nchistorydiggers8808 soak overnight cook 4-6 hours till tender. High temp 4. Low. Temp 6. Need to be tender.

@NC History Diggers I cooked mine until tender. Same as if I were eating them. I would assume overcooked would be better than undercooked.

Doubting ?

I agree. It's been a month since the video posting. An update would be great.

Yup

But WHY not? Wouldn’t it just be Best!

My only concern is are they getting all their nutrients with just these two ingredients? I'm watching another video where it's more complex so i am curious.

That's how it was done at our house too.

That's what I've heard from other chicken owners, as well. Just keep a big compost pile, where you throw your scraps and let them sift through it for scraps and bugs. It also helps the compost pile.

wow, Idk what I'd do with 30 chickens running around the neighborhood.

I don see bugs anymore, tears. (In Sf bay area.)

God don't make any junk. Natural pest control and fertilizer that can be eaten.

thank you Etta. I hope this helps your mom out

@@leadfarmer73 god bless you sir

Do not use it. It is a scam. And poor diet.... There is nothing at all wrong with the feed. Chickens stop laying eggs for a variety of reasons. Hens may lay fewer eggs due to light, stress, poor nutrition, molt or age. Some of these reasons are natural responses, while others can be fixed with simple changes and egg laying can return to normal.

Thank you sir!! I'll tell my daughter

@@jeanhedger3717 Hens may live in backyard flocks for 6-8 years, and most flocks will produce eggs for 3-4 years. The level of egg production, egg size, and shell quality decrease each year. Most commercial layers are kept for 2-3 years as their egg production decreases after this time.

I knew nothing about hens 3 years ago, youtube is great teacher, i hatch most of my hens, and still have 25 from last summers batch of babies

Me too.

Except this video is ridiculous. The feed he makes is not just pricey, but poison. May as well feed your chickens minced beef.

Same! I always wanted to start a farm. I consume all the farming content available and dream of rows of fruit trees, vegetables and chicken coops.

Thanks for sharing this.

@@dianag.thomasmba5416 Exactly q💯🎯

I'm going to try this my birds aren't laying much.

Mine too!

i seen this video before and nothing wrong with it, but chickens do have a cycle of laying eggs. In hot summer they lay less just like in the winter time and when they are molting. Always keep an eye on chicken. i use mostly kitchen and garden scraps to feed my hens.

Beans is very regular n organic... That shouldn't control the circle

And beans are over 20% protein!!!

No, your chickens like Mexican food and so do I!

cayenne is so good for your health, opens restricted veins , arteries, helps during a heart attack, asthma, check it out. I was amased

I live in Southern South Dakota and my chickens have totally stopped laying . Thank you for the video and I'm gonna give it a shot

Cayenne I've ben told helps them to lay better. Helps Circulation?

Also anything that is hot. Like peppers will kill and prevent parasites

So nice of you

Could you explain this further? I am not understanding what you are saying to do. Where do you get rye? and do you cook the lentils or soak the dry lentils in water overnight or 24H? and what do you mean by sprouting for a week?

@@monehorman6744 You can use most whole grains and beans that you can buy from a grocery store. You are not cooking them, but soaking and sprouting. I use the ratio 1 cup of beans (usually lentils more bang for the buck) and 2 cups of whole grains (wheat berries, barley, rye, etc.). All these can be bought in small amounts at the grocery store. But you can get large bags of horse oats and field peas at the feed store ($15-20 for 50 pounds). These go dry and uncooked into a half gallon mason or sprouting jar. Fill with water and soak 12-24 hours larger beans may need the full 24, but lentils only need 12. The beans and grains will double in volume. Drain the water off and let sit in the jar with a sprouting lid or cheese cloth over the open jar. Rinse and drain every day for 3 days. They will sprout roots after 2 days and have 1/2 to 3/4 inch roots at 3 days. After 3 days tansfer them to a sprouting tray as if you were sprouting microgreens. We use stainless chaffing/catering pans with small holes drilled in the bottom to drain excess water, because they were free. Every morning they get sprayed with water and put on a shelf. After 1 -2 days in the tray, the greens will be about 1/2 inch. I continue to let them grow until the greens are like grass, usually a total of 7-8 days from first soak. So in a week, we grow a two sq ft lawn of grains, greens, and protein for our flock. It is perfect for us in upstate New York, where we have snow and frozen ground 4 months of the year. Plus it's a cheap natural supplement to their normal chicken feed.

@@bmoss9604 TY for the kind reply. I know it took you awhile to write and post that. Much respect. yet, you write "supplement to their normal chicken feed". It appears most of us want to lose the 'normal chicken feed". When suppliers learn we aren't getting eggs? They say, oh, you need more feed. The difference for us: With feed, no eggs. Off the feed? At least there is hope! Thanks again for your gracious and kind post.

@@timisaac8121 We have a feed hopper that is full of normal layer feed. Really, the layer feed is their supplemental feed. They mostly eat fermented grains, fodder, compost, and whatever they get from the yard.

Such a great food! I sprout grain for my chickens and bunnies and they love it.

Same here. No more

Same here! We've been feeding them TCS feed for 2 years now. They use to produce eggs like no other. They all stopped laying last summer, they recently " resumed" not really 1 to 2 eggs from a 11 bird flock every few days, and our duck too. Horrible! My flock was better off with the Walmart poultry feed "Vibrant Life" lol

In fact, you should add the ACV to their water or maybe their feed. I know it is good for them from experiences but don't know why.

thank you so much. the feed is even a different color and texture now.

No one screwed it up. It's deliberate.

Thank you for sharing your recipe with us.

@@vward4871 cant be a greedy capitalist if there is noone left to buy from you.

Mine get pig feed sometimes....they love it! I wet it down for them so it's easier to get into the crop and they get full and healthy

thank you my friend

@@leadfarmer73 how long does it take after feeding your chickens beans and pasta will they lay eggs?

It's actually literally gonna take scorched Earth to get rid of that type of vermin.

that's right! keep on feeding them good stuff small talk

Be careful on the beans and pasta,they're not getting the protein they need!

Pasta is not really protein, add a bit of tuna (the in water kind) or sardines everynow and then, gives them protein and aminoacids

Beans and pasta are a complete protein, just like beans and rice. Obviously it’s working since they are laying better and their feathers look better and they are happier

Angel Black that is greay, specially sunflower seeds for their feathers!

@@beckylavallee1 🤣

How do you ferment the scratch?

Do you give them the dehydrated stuff dry or rehydrate?

Watch out for sourcrop add grit

Try to give them dehydrated foods that has been soaked in water first. The dehydrated food will rehydrate in the stomach and cause it to burst. Plus, two/three days soaking will make more feed with fermentation. This will improves digestion for the birds. Sprouting dried beans is one the best foods for all your animals. @@bevami1

I don’t know what’s going on but I DO KNOW that don’t want any part of what they are selling. Lol

I'm new to chickens. Mine should be starting to lay soon, however, the layer feed I'm using, they don't want any of it, I had already started giving them scraps, rice, beans, fruit they go crazy over it. Lead, I like that feeder, did you make it? Thank you for sharing!

Truth Sistah!!!!..

Exactly my brother's got 14 chickens and they don't lay I have two and I get 2 a day they're flabergasted

amen! it's really working

I’ve been fermenting scratch grain n have been getting eggs all winter. My birds refuse layer pellets now. It’s worth the effort to keep them happy healthy n productive

Purina = Nestle they were the ones making the dog food that was killing the dogs nasty corporations just imagine what the put in the human food

They are messing with the dog and cat food as well.. .My animals will not eat it.

Yeah, I have noticed that my cats aren't eating like they used too but it's the same feed brand we have been getting that they loved up until a week or so ago.

@@cynthiabourgeois5254 exactly.. my dogs have ate the same food for years. Suddenly stopped eating. Other friends and even strangers at Walmart and Costco have told me the same thing.. as we stare dumbfounded on what dog food to buy. I've heard they are putting birth control in the food. Purina is being sued.

@@katarascal3183 Purina killed my cat a year and half ago, his bladder was flull of crystals my vet could not flush out, I will never use purina again

lol

You’re not the only one. Lol.😋

and a chicken in the pot

Hell yea! Make me hungry thinking about it! 🤣

yum!

That will be MUCH cheaper than commercial feed.

Love you guys

You can give them the whole shells. They will eat them but it's best if broken up so they won't eat the eggs they lay.

I keep an aluminum pan in the oven to collect egg shells. Once it's full, I pre-heat the oven then turn off to fully dry and that still has wetness. I then crush the shells with my hands. It's strangely satisfying! The crushed shells are then either fed back to the chickens or put in the garden.

@@shashuwells500 I was always warned against whole or just broken up shells; it causes the chickens to cannibalise their own eggs.

@@mrspleasants8529 I am aware. Heard the same that's why I suggest to break them to the point that they do not resemble an egg. Even grinding into a powder and adding it to the feed.

​@@shashuwells500so your comment wasn't really necessary at the end, as it's just repeating what the op said.

Growing beans also helps put nitrogen back in the soil, which then helps your other plants…I think it’s all types of beans that fix the nitrogen back in…it’s a win win all round. 🙂👍🏻

Yes, this is fine occasionally, but not as the main feed. Certainly, that big potful shouldn't be given to them all week. They won't be getting the nutrition they need.

I grow fly soldier fly larvae for mine,it's so easy!

@@aladrasullivan9018 I just saw a video on that. I'm very interested in doing that too

@FreckledandFrugal it's great luv and easy,also raise mealworms as well.

what feed do you use?

@@FreshGrey-pm4vw I use TS feed mostly, mixed grains and 16% pellets but I also purchase 20% feed for my ducks, turkeys, and guineas from my local grain store. I mix it 50/50. I built my houses out of green panels which allow light in day and night which might also play a factor in their egg laying.

oh, and I do sprouts too. THEY love sprouts

@chelliosrgs1762 fermented chicken scratch is super easy. I think using 1 Quart ball jars is a good amount for 10 chickens (if they have full time access to layer feed). Day 1 fill quart 2/3rds with a good quality scratch (I use non gmo organic). Then fill it up with water, stir and top off with water. I just take to lid (no rim) and write 1 on top. Day 2, stir contents in jar with 1 on top and top of water, fill second Quart 2/3rds with scratch, and do the same filling with water, stirring, topping off with water. Now take lid marked 1 and place it on the new jar you just did, and write 2 on asecond lid and place on the jar you started with on day 1. Day 3, stir contents with 2 on lid and top off with water, stir contents with 1 on lid and top off with water. Take a 3rd Quart jar and fill it 2/3rds with scratch, fill with water, stir and top off with water. Now move lid with 1 on it to this new jar, and move jar with 2 on it to the jar without a lid, write 3 on a new lid and place it on the jar without a lid. Day 4, you now have a fermenting jar of scratch in jar labeled 3. Drain it, and feed to the chickens (they will LOVE getting this treat every day and look forward to it). Simply feed them.contents of jar with kid 3, advance the other jar lids (lid 3 goes on where lid 2 is then lid 2 goes where lid 1 is, and lid 1 goes on the newly created jar). I use the same stick/spoon to stir, each time starting with the oldest going to the newest (to spread older fermentation bits into newer ones to help give them a boost)

@chelliosrgs1762 did you want to know how to ferment chicken scratch or cabbage into sauerkraut? My post was mainly about chickens, so I answered you that way. However, rereading your comment, were you asking how to make sauerkraut? I regularly make sauerkraut, it is VERY easy to make and very yummy.. You will need Ball fermenting lids (2 pack for about $6) each one had a lid, a spring, and a "burper". Also need sea salt with no iodine and at least one head of cabbage. Set aside one of the big exterior leaves, and Thinly sliced the cabbage. Weigh it precisely (I use grams for this), now multiply 0.02 times the weight of cabbage (or 2%) to find out how much salt to add. Weigh the sea salt to get to the Wright you just calculated. Now in a big bowl add layers of sliced cabbage and some salt until you have all the salt and cabbage in the bowl. Squish with your hands and fists the cabbage and salt. You will soon see a bunch of liquid forming in the bowl which is your brine. After 5 minutes or so it should be mixed enough (you want to mix and squish the cabbage really well). Stuff cabbage and brine into sanitized Ball jars and pack really tight until there is no air bubbles and there is liquid above the cabbage. Fill as many as you have cabbage/brine. Now take that leaf you set aside and cut a piece that you can place on top of the brine in each jar and put your fermenting lid on which the spring will push against the leaf and keep the cabbage under the brine. 3 weeks later you have wonderful saurkraut

What does DE do for the birds?

​@@WakeywhodatIt keeps them parasite free.