Farmgirl from mi.. Mix for 1 ton of feed?

[Farmgirl]

Complete info on my hello from mi. Thread. Help!! Need a good recipe for 1 ton of feed for egg layin chickens with all of there vitamins.. They are free range but wont be come December. Will there body have stored enough vitamins to to see them thru?? Please read my first thread...

[RonL]

Farmgirl. Here's a simple home-mixed feed recipe:

65% grains, including at least two of these: barley, corn, milo, oats, wheat.
7% alfalfa meal or ground hay.
5% meat scraps, fish meal, or soybean meal (if necessary, substitute cooked soybeans for soybean meal; never feed raw soybeans to chickens as they contain toxins that inhibit growth).
13% dried peas or additional soybean meal.
6% oyster shell or limestone.
3% bone meal
1% trace mineral salt (obtainable in bulk from many feed stores).
1/2 pint cod-liver oil per 100 pounds feed.

Naturally, with this feeding program you would want to provide your flock with grit. Fresh greens, table scraps, and milk products could also be fed as available. Hope this helps you some .....

[Farmgirl]

ty soo much ron.. just want to make sure i dont deprive them of any basic requirements.. hmm am i finally going to find a use for all those baby/stunted pan fish in my pond..LOL.. again ty soo much now i wont have to worry abbout them:) Many more questions to come.. next is name that Rooster..LOL.. bye now

[jacksson]

Be careful with the fish. Your fowl might give up on the bugs and get fishing poles.