How to Feed Chickens Without The Feed Store (Growing Grains and Hunting)

This video covers how much feed chickens need, how much feed from the feed store costs, how many eggs you will get per chicken, how much meat there is on a chicken, simple chicken nutrition, which feeds and grains to grow, how much space is needed to grow the chicken feed, and the cost to grow your own grain.
I even talk about why you can't treat your domestic chickens like wild chickens or even the barnyard fowl our great-grandparents used to raise.
All of this information and sources are available in the accompanying article I wrote-- thehomesteaderschronicle.com/...
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0:00 Intro
0:31 How Much Feed a Chicken Needs
0:56 Cost to Feed 10 Chickens for a Year (From Feed Store)
1:07 How Many Eggs Per Chicken Per Year
1:38 How Much Meat Per Chicken
3:00 How to Reduce Your Feed Needs
3:12 How to Ferment Chicken Feed
4:13 Thoughts on Free Ranging
4:58 Why Scraps Aren't Reliable
5:10 Why Can't I Treat My Chickens Like Wild Chickens
5:44 Our Great Grandparents' Chickens
7:39 What Your Chickens Need to Eat
7:51 Carbs and Crude Fiber
8:53 Fatty Acids
9:27 Protein
11:04 Minerals
11:36 Vitamins
12:13 A Good Feed Formula / Ratio
12:57 How Much Feed Does Your Flock Need? (Specific)
13:20 Corn
13:45 Wheat
14:14 Peas
14:43 Oats
15:09 Fish Meal / Bone Meal
16:27 Fresh Greens
17:28 How Much Space to Grow That Food
18:26 Cost To Grow Feed from Seed
20:59 Total Cost to Grow Feed for Chickens
21:30 Seed Saving

[@LadyTSurvival]

Keep in mind if you're going to make a crib and cover it with some sort of wire don't use half inch hardware cloth, use quarter inch hardware cloth because rats and mice can nibble your food in the crib from the outside using half inch hardware cloth, I would suggest a double layer. To keep mice and rats away from your grain. Be sure to thoroughly dry your grains before storage. You can do that using window screens with a wooden frame. Bring them in at night, to keep moisture off of them until they are completely dry. You can also grind the cobs up and mix those with other feed to feed other animals, like cows. But do remember it's just a filler.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Yes to everything you just said, this advice is golden!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much

[@dougbas3980]

@@CedarHillsHomesteadAgreed. Here in Michigan, I have experienced the same with my corn crib.

[@meatybtz]

Just as a "feed" side note, if you trap the mice (no poison), your chickens will love to take them off your hands. I've had my chickens discover a mouse nest and while some chased the momma down and killed her, the rest raided the nest. It took less than 5 minutes and there was not one bit of mice left to find. Chickens are happy to eat mice for you... and snakes.. and bugs.

[@EC-dz4bq]

You might as well go with aluminum siding at that point... it's cheaper (and solid) Edit: Cheaper as you can buy rejects around here from the factory for less than $1 / (2'x1')

[@EC-dz4bq]

Also it comes in stretechs of 10 feet, so you need to buy a minimum of 2' x 10' for (little less than $10 )

[@bitslittle]

Wow, I'm only 3 minutes in and this video has better info than the whole of the internet on chickens!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

What a compliment, thank you! ❤️🫶🏻

[@TheAmbulatingFerret]

I love that you mention how kitchen scraps aren't always available. Every time someone off handedly mentions feeding their flock primarily on kitchen scraps from their home I'm always wondering how wasteful they are when cooking. I barely have anything for my compost pile let alone for animal feed.

[@user-mf2nv7wn4l]

It's waste only when you throw the scraps in the trash can... You can (and should) return a part of what you harvest to the soil. Always remember to feed the soil life that grows those wonderful vegetables for you in return

[@janicesatterwhite4513]

I always wonder about that as well and when I see what they call scraps it's a lot of good vegetables they just don't want. That's fine but not true scraps in my opinion.

[@manjawarner3162]

@@janicesatterwhite4513 Juicing produces a lot of pulp. There's only so much you can do with so much pulp. The more you juice, the more the pulp. I juice enough to generate two gallons of pulp every day. I have a worm bin. I grow bananas and feed them with it. I compost. I am also plant-based and grow a lot of my own food, so yeah... there's a lot of kitchen scraps going out to the food forest on a daily basis. It all depends on how you eat. Where your food comes from. If it's packaged, there's not gonna be a lot of "true scraps". If it's coming out of the garden, there's definitely gonna be some scraps. Lol

[@pennyhogg1582]

I have to say something about scraps , scraps can be peelings seeds from peppers or cantaloupe, or outter lettuce and cabbage, oranges and apples that have bad spot, i have kitchen scraps like these almost daily because i use salads and fresh things on a daily basis. So i dont waste one bit of anything my chickens get whatever isnt usable for me.

[@janicesatterwhite4513]

@@manjawarner3162 Ok, I didn't even consider scraps from juicing. I'm an internet expert lol so I accept your knowledge with no issue. I just see a lot of videos where extra garden stuff that looks perfectly edible go to animals. Again it's no issue. I just didn't think of something like juicing. Wow you juice enough to have two gallons of scraps daily. Sounds awesome. I bet your worms love their food. Thanks for your response. I have a very small garden and even I grow to much of some things. I don't have my quantities down yet. Anyway, thanks. I love these videos and comments.

[@rhondahammonds8699]

YES, please also produce one of these teaching videos for rabbits. Thank you.

[@phillipsmith21]

Yes

[@johnhancock7746]

I would love that also

[@angelqwozz7704]

I've loved this video. Can you please make one of these videos for rabbits? Thanks :)

[@RifaTzAhin]

rabbits are too easy. Just grow grass, herbs fodder plants. With given time for growing to full size, 5 sqm can feed a pair of rabbits forever. Grow Napier grass densely, intercrop with ipil-ipil, moringa, basil and other perennial herbs. After 6-12 months, they will produce more than a pair of rabbits can eat.

[@canadiannavywife434]

One for each of the animals would be amazing!

[@isa7269]

I love that this video has less chit chat and pure information. You’re channel is GOLD

[@hughmanatee7433]

I raise pigs as well as chickens. When I slaughter the pigs I take the organ meats, some fat, any blood available as well as some limestone and a little chicken mash to soak up the liquids. I grind the organic meats and fat then add the blood, limestone and grain until I have something like a brownie mix texture. The chickens would like it just as it is but I bake it off in the oven so I don’t make a mess of my freezer. I cut it into portion control sizes and freeze them in bags. I affectionately call this “gut cake”. I feed it out in the winter (in Maine) when they can use a little boost. Each day I crumpled up the cake and drop it on the henhouse floor. I pick up the eggs and put a frozen bag in my egg bucket to thaw out for the next mornings’ treat. They love it and I believe it helps them with the cold as well as with egg production.

[@ElizabethElli0t]

Thanks for the tip! I'm in coastal Maine, and the winters can be brutal. They just don't get the microculture from the frozen ground. I don't raise pigs, but have plenty of bear offal.

[@fayecorbett9768]

One of the very best videos on raising livestock I’ve ever seen and I’ve watched a lot of them. Smart lady.

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

clearly lotta work went into this vid, appreciated and hava hellovagood 2024 season ✨hilarious intro btw😂Happy Apocalypse Everyone !

[@Farmer_Jon_]

I agree. She REALLY did her homework.

[@richardwilliams4767]

I only watch video content from people if I can learn something. And boy did I learn from this. Plus it was very well put together and presented. Thank you.

[@Mike-yl6hs]

Amen!

[@hexane8]

Agreed. Many do form, some do function, but high quality on both? And no need to speed up some slow drone voice. Respect for the viewer throughout.

[@pennyhogg1582]

I learned from my grandpa long ago To pile up manure and woodchips near the chicken coop and let them chickens dig around in there for bugs and grains throughout the winter. And really helps keep the feed cost down and Chickens happy.

[@DEVUNK88]

she might have a talent for this

[@christopherlaborde1670]

The raw exposure to food production numbers is astonishing. Thank you for taking the time!

[@onlyintime9914]

After 5 years of researching homestead how tos I have never found a channel with such in depth, real world female homesteader related content. Already saving videos and subscribed as I am a new female homesteader and the generosity and quality of your educational content is invaluable to me. Thank you and God bless you! I'm so excited to learn more from you so I can provide for my family too.

[@dougbas3980]

Learning from men or women should be rated equally. We are individuals and some good, some great, and some not so great (both men and women). It is a sad state that we are looking for physical differences in people rather than individual peoples worth. And that is important to consider now when some many are dividing people into groups to oppose each other. We need to stop that!!!

[@sheilal3172]

@@dougbas3980 Amen.

[@onlyintime9914]

You know she made some great comments about what hand strength is required (generally relating to female homesteaders) for certain homesteading tasks and I'm so glad she chose to share that instead of listening to people like you that just say "we need to stop that!". Males and females actually have differences and that's fine. It's toxic to deny that and assume that those differences are something bad like what you are doing.

[@dougbas3980]

@@onlyintime9914You read too much into what I said. Just said you can learn from men or women. That is all. I learn equally from both. Don't you?

[@tracy419]

🙄😄​@@dougbas3980

[@thechickenwizard8172]

Another great way to grow protien is to raise bugs. They easily have the most efficient feed conversion ratio, and you don't need much space at all to raise tons of them. When I had chickens I raised roaches and soldier fly larvae for them, it reduced a lot of my overall feed costs and made some really happy hens. Let me tell you, I've never tasted better eggs than the ones from my bug-fed hens. When I eventually get chickens again, I'll certainly be raising more bugs, along with the other feed sources you talked about

[@TheRainHarvester]

Snails are easy and grubs. I'm in Texas. Where are you raising roaches?

[@thechickenwizard8172]

​@TheRainHarvester I'm in California; specifically raising lobster roaches, not just you're average pest roach. These buggers breed fast, are packed with nutrition, and best of all can't infest your home. Never thought of raising snails, how do you raise them?

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@thechickenwizard8172 algae water and rocks! Entry are easy and multiply fast.

[@TheRainHarvester]

​@@thechickenwizard8172algae in tubs of water and rocks.

[@TheConlinHomestead]

I really want to get into raising BSFL for my birds.

[@Thathumanoverthere1701]

This is the most outstanding and clear video in growing feed I have been able to find. Ma'am, you are amazing. Also! Don't forget people can raise mealworms and maggots to lower the fish needs. And sprouting the feed eliminates the greens, as full nutrient access is attained after sprouting instead of straight dry grains. I have a 12 (11hen-1rooster) flock. I was just gifted some corn seeds, and I have the rest. We're on 2.5acres. Again, thank you immensely for this, it came at the perfect time.

[@sirtimatbob]

How has it gone so far? Still plugging away at getting all the crops ready?

[@StanleyGraczyk]

This is such a comprehensive video on how to care for a chicken and a flock could be a class in itself. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with everyone and not charging for it. What a gift. I greatly appreciate it.

[@hillockfarm8404]

Yes to the rabbit version. On the seeds needed for planting, not all will germinate or produce that much crop. You'll likely need twice that to get enough harvest. Farmers rule for seed saving is 10% of the crop for next years sowing if the same amount is wanted. Also don't pick all your seeds from just 1-2 plants, but 1-2 from each, you want as much variety as you can get. And look around for other varieties of your crops in the neighbours fields that can cross with your variety and give different traits to your saved seeds for next years planting. Seed saving is not difficult as such when the crop is the seed, since right harvesting and storage conditions are the same, but it does require some more knowledge on what the watch for during the growing season.

[@musicteacher5757]

hillockfarm8404, Thank you! Too many people think you can "inbreed" plants indefinitely. Out-crossing gives genetic diversity. Before Wikipedia got political, there was an excellent article about this. I think experts predict crop failure at about the 10th generation if diversity isn't incorporated.

[@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971]

Not a great idea when most farms grow gmo foods that will pollinate your heirloom and non gmo crops. They also spray and that spray gets on your stuff

[@hillockfarm8404]

@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971 And that is why you need to know what grows around you. And why i wrote that. You picked a specific variety for a reason so don't get it messed up.

[@Kayenne54]

As long as you can still get non hybrid seeds for those crops.

[@lorettaviecelli359]

we need to teach them better methods@@igotfriendsinlowplaces2971

[@elfwoodadventures2103]

Thank you for laying this out clearly and concisely. This video is, hands down, the easiest to understand of any out there dealing with feeding chickens.

[@perseverance_pastures]

Agreed this video is being saved as one of my go to videos now!

[@championeers9111]

Also being saved. what a lot of heart and soul and research you put into this. Thank you for sharing and saving us so much time in doing our own digging.

[@BrokenBrookieCookie]

Hah! "Laying"! I see what you did there!

[@dougbas3980]

Amazing! I have 10 acres and have 25 straight run Rhode Island Reds coming in two weeks. Not my first year for that but first year for trying to grow more than half the chicken feed. This is the most info dense video I have ever seen! I will be replaying and taking notes. Seed saving is another area I can take to heart. Thank you so much! I am 76yo and expanding the gardens to feed chickens is getting harder every year. The price increase each year to buy seed is alarming. Heritage seeds are about all I buy now.

[@tammyburke9453]

Love that you added your age! I am almost 67 and it is beyond encouraging to read your comments, wish we were neighbors! Much love to you !

[@charper9429]

Have you tried no-dig gardening? Charles Dowding offers videos on this. I'm a grandma, and no-dig means I can garden. Weeding is easier, too. I tried it and it works.

[@areylanoctivim9047]

Now if only we could find a video this freaking in-depth and virtually all-encompassing for cats and dogs. A lot more meat and a lot less growing things, but super important for the smaller family members. This video is amazing, you did such a stellar frickin job. It's super easy to understand and you really did cover what feels like everything. Thank you so much for this invaluable resource.

[@mykindpharm]

Yes please do one for rabbits 🐰

[@WereRea3807]

I'm in the early planning stages of turning a 8.5 acre old cattle property into a homestead with chickens, goats, and rabbits. This property was once part of a much larger property that my ancestor bought in 1887, my mother inherited this chunk, and I will be trusted with it as well. People look at me like I'm crazy when I say I want the property to be entirely self sufficient. I love this video of yours because it gives me more confidence in growing my own feed for my animals. I'll be looking at hydroponic greenhouses as well as traditional farming, I have a lot of work to do, but feed videos like this are amazing, thank you.

[@scottc8152]

If you are in a cold climate, look up "Nebraska greenhouse" Russ Finch. I am trying to get small energy and food self-sufficient communities started in Wisconsin, starting with building a few cabins around a farmhouse. Community makes the work easier.

[@kirstenromtvedt162]

Excellent video. I'm planning to restart a flock. I've raised ducks, chickens, geese and turkeys. They free range all day on about an acre of grass. Other than the winged and four legged predators, I had no problems. Then the two turkey hens were successful at raising their poults and had two or three broods. They learned to jump the fence. The back porch was called the poo porch and the deck was the poop deck. They ate the vegetable garden, grapes and my ornamentals. Then the eagles visited several times. We decided the turkeys needed to make the transition to the freezer. None of us were happy about it, but we couldn't stand the sorrow and panic of the turkeys.

[@jvin248]

Very good video but your corn will need more spacing than you've shown ( 13:20 ) not "four plants per square foot" unless you grabbed Hybrid/GMO field corn. Heirloom varieties (Reids Yellow Dent, Bloody Butcher, and Blue Hopi which all give higher nutrition/acre than hybrids) will do a lot better at 12in but go no closer than 9in; better space means more stalks will have one great ear and even 1.5 to 2 ears. ... Use 30in rows if you have conventional equipment (I'm testing 15in rows this year to get more plants/acre without crowding plants). Heirloom corn really likes one plant per square foot, and that is square not a long narrow rectangle. ... Other advice: spring plow to bust the sod and be conventional the first year but grow winter rye cover crop in the fall (early spring oats if missed that), plant corn directly into the standing rye(oats) in the spring, then roll flat the rye(oats) after the corn plants emerge from the soil. That way you maximize your cover crop shading out weeds until the corn can shade weeds itself. If you disk down the rye(oats) and plant conventionally you'll have conventional weed management to do, and that's no fun.

[@rferris]

Just found this channel...best breakdown of diy chicken feed I have found....and I've wasted too many hours of my life on empty videos trying to find info on the subject.... THANK YOU! FINALLY A STRAIGHT FORWARD BUT INFORMATIVE VIDEO! Love it!! ❤

[@bugoutbubba3912]

Wow, can’t believe that you don’t have more subscribers. Not many people understand the scope or depth of off-road homesteading like this. Good stuff.

[@Greens5511]

WOW! Now THAT'S real chicken math!! Amazing how inexpensive the seed it and how much space it takes to raise it all. I plan to start raising at least some feed for my flock, but from ur visuals that amount of garden to manage is practically unmanageable for most people. I have huge gardens and that's just a lot to just try prep for planting. Anyway, great content!!

[@dougbas3980]

True for me too. I will grow field corn, pumpkins, squash, and garden green waste for my birds. I will still be seen at the feed store😉

[@davidmitchell1304]

My question is the harvesting of the food and storage? What's the plan? Do you shell the corn off the cob or crack it in a grinder or just throw it in? Do you leave the peas to dry in the field and shell them or just lay them out on the vines for winter? What about the wheat? Did you thresh it or just cut the tops off? And then how did you store it? You answered so many questions but left me with so many more!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

A lot of farmers would throw it into a corn crib (a building with a big roof that was protected from rain but only had wire sides or slatted wood sides to allow airflow) and then shell the corn as needed. For the peas, oats, and wheat you would ideally take a scythe or hand sickle and chop the tops off, let those dry, then store somewhere dry but with as much ventilation as possible. Chickens can pick through the plants so you don’t need to thresh it or remove the chaff, they can eat it all.

[@allisonb.8356]

For those of us who live in humid areas in the south, we make have a problem “drying out the feed”. Do you know of a way to store it for my climate. We have Conexs to keep the rodents out, but if I try to store feed in the summer, sadly it will mold

[@Digital_Travelers]

My head was exploding with this information. And that means this video is well made and fully packed with precious info. I can't thank you enough

[@techtrek31]

The engineer in me absolutely loves the organized and analytical approach you take here! When I started my own yuppie / suburban homesteading poultry project I built a spreadsheet and meticulously tracked every expense right down to the hardware to build the coop, then tracked every egg and amortized the cost so I could see the price per egg drop from a start of ~$200/dozen (gulp) down to pennies after a couple years. I've since gone back to buying most of their feed as the cost per month is less than half an hour of what I make at my current job, but this kind of content really inspires me and makes me look forward to 'retirement' where I can get back to focusing on these kinds of details.

[@TheEmbrio]

The best meat for chicken is .... drumroll... earthworms. Canadian and French research have dialed it down to 1 to 2 per day of adult red wiggler. Saves you from fishing and hunting. You can still give the leftovers. But storing meat isa challenge. Keeping a tub of worms is easier

[@TheEmbrio]

Loved so much the breakdown.

[@hillockfarm8404]

Red wrigglers i know as another name for composting worms or in latin eisina foetida. Not your in the soil worms, they need more dense food for that, so compost/animal manure will work. Keep it cool and damp in summer, warmish in winter and keep adding some food to it for year round chickensupplement. Or give chickens access to part of the heap and let them help themselves while speeding up the composting as well.

[@asking1902]

Great presentation. I will re-listen to take notes, but I like the no-nonense delivery! Rare in this type of information exchange (youtube video)! Would be interested in the rabbits! Thank you for your time and energy!

[@bojangles5378]

Girl, you nailed it big time!!! I have made so many of these calculations over the years but have never been able to gather it all together in one place. This video is golden. You're sense for details is priceless. What a fabulous woman you are! Thanks so much for creating and sharing this video.

[@brianskee]

For the amount of work that you put into this, I don't think anyone would fault you for including a list of amazon affiliate links to the recommended items.

[@FoamyOpals]

I'd like one for rabbits as well. Being mostly grass eaters they've gotta be a little easier to sustain. And I've been struggling to find good information on what they truly need so maybe you'd do better than me! I'd also be interested in hearing more about these old journals you like to read. This was a super great video, breaking down stuff like that is really fun to me.

[@bygraceonly182]

Rabbits eat a ton but if you have an acre or so and don’t mow you could theoretically feed your family with the meat from about three or four does and 1 buck. Theoretically 😅

[@FindTheFun]

There's a new channel that popped up in the last year or so. West Meadow Rabbits. He is about to overhaul his whole set up and film his process.

[@adelinawarriner6259]

bunny tractors moving daily works.. but you DO have to move daily or they will destroy the small footprint of the tractor.. bonus is also improves the ground and they will dig up and eat thistles.. rabbits single 2012 and chickens my whole life (to include breeding for show and specific traits

[@user-do7es3lb5b]

b@@bygraceonly182 be very careful about tractoring rabbits, RHVD is prevalent in a lot of areas. Basically rabbit Ebola.

[@jesshorn257]

you did a good breakdown but I think you missed one factor. If your compost pile is in your chicken run the grubs/wild seeds/greens are part of the feed system. Also grass hay is a cheaper solution to feed a compost pile if you have ditches you can mow. This year I want to try a couple acres as chicken grains/peas and just adding black oil sunflowers/squash

[@joshua511]

Billy Bond from Perma Pastures Farm had a series where he fed meat birds compost and scraps. Seemed to work but they did use a lot of water on those compost piles. I'd assume the water bill was negligible but would still be a cost unless you're on well water.

[@jesshorn257]

@@joshua511I'm well water and I live in an area where water is not really an issue 30-40 in a year...we also can collect rain water without permits...our issue is cold winters 4a

[@KittyMama61]

Our compost pile was in the chicken coop, but they did have about 2 fenced acres to run on. They loved the compost, we would throw in just about anything for them, and they'd scratch it up to get it. Those gals would eat pretty much anything! Frogs, lizards, bugs, mice, anything was fair game.

[@cynthiag3065]

This was the best homestead video I’ve watched. Thank you so much for all of your research and time to create this content. There are a lot of “homesteaders” that are making videos, but don’t know crap about living off their land. Unfortunately, they share info that is incorrect or a practice that should only be utilized in an emergency. I look forward to your next post.😊

[@jasiu2k]

This is the best educational homestead video I've ever watched. No nonsense or filler just useful information, thank you for all your effort putting this together!

[@charlesjurgus]

I don't think I have ever come across a more densely packed video full of useful information on any subject before... I just watched an migardener video on alfalfa pellets as fertilizer that simply made me angry for its blah... blah... blahing. And realized why I had cancx my sub. So thank you for your efforts! You are an excellent youtuber!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Wow, thank you! I put a lot of time into this so I am really happy it was helpful ❤️❤️

[@tlcetc4506]

I am with you- its so hard for me to get through any video on just about any topic when that is part of it.

[@charlesjurgus]

@@tlcetc4506 Where's your Bam Bam, Pebbles?

[@richardordonez8331]

Good job!

[@lindsasa]

Haven’t even finished the video and this is the most informational straight-to-the-point video I’ve seen on KZbin. THANK YOU! We dont have time to sit through fluff. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@brittany6229]

Thank you for your original and through content! It's fantastic to see that your breakdown isn't falling into echo chamber for raising and growing chickens!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@zhenxinbei726]

Great video! Can you do one on the cost of feeding a husband? I think mine eats more than the average guy!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonatanacosta6560]

This is by far the greatest video I have seen related to this topic. Great content, great structure.

[@farrockawaybt8654]

1 hour 2-3 times a week in the compost pile takes care of everything they need. 18 loving ladies 1 macho rooster and 3 waddling geese, 22 birds total. Your seed saving math is on point. Love it.

[@theqaz1828]

I don't think I've ever seen a KZbin video that is so densely packed with information as this one. I'm impressed

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

What a compliment, thank you so much 😁❤️❤️

[@annsalty5615]

Good info. I have had chickens past 14 years. What I have found is its cheaper to buy food for them at Costco and our scraps than the feed stores. Plus they are healthier! Mine are living longer now that got away from feed store! They are pets so I let them live out their natural life and reward us with eggs.

[@Boringcountrylife]

What do you buy for them from Costco?

[@annsalty5615]

@@Boringcountrylife Some produce, but mainly give them organic rice sold in big bags. Sometimes I treat them with the frozen corn or peas. They eat it all compared to the layer feed they would hardly touch.

[@SugarBeeFarm]

That’s interesting as rice is mainly nothing but carbs and even with veggies where is there protein intake coming from ?

[@annsalty5615]

@@SugarBeeFarm Protein is in nearly all food. It varies. They have plenty of greens too via grass and greens we feed them from our leftovers. Plus they are always searching for worms and insects to eat.

[@mimip154]

@@annsalty5615 do you cook the rice? or just give it to them raw?

[@bent8793]

Absolutely loving the amount of research done for this video

[@MrThatguyuknow]

You're easily giving the densest most no nonsense breakdown I've come across. It's a rare treat to learn from someone this well studied and practiced. Thanks for your work.

[@user-gz3so8ci9i]

Great video! You answered tons of questions saving me so much time gathering this info. Thank You!

[@shayleycooper7572]

That was AMAZING, thank you for taking the time to gather and share your info.

[@Warrior-In-the-Garden]

This was so impressive. I truly appreciate your hard work on this. I am now questioning my previous belief that growing my own is not sustainable.

[@nunyabusiness5070]

Very informative! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together and sharing!

[@mschele64]

Wow! Thank you for putting so much effort and research into this and for sharing the results!

[@heyladyjessica]

This is SPECTACULAR. I’ll be downloading it, but I’m also immensely grateful for the ability to screenshot so many of your slides! (And thanks for the reminder partway in!) FABULOUS!!!❤

[@joehackney4828]

Thank you so much for putting in the time to gather, sort, and present this information. I love the POV that a feed store source may not be available.

[@DonnaHawkTx]

Thank you so much for the value and density of the information you brought to us!

[@petecasas6819]

Awesome, well done!! Thank you for taking the time to put this together. . .

[@simongingras-lafond9596]

Thank you for this video! I've been looking everywhere for someone to give a real, concise recipe that can be used to feed chickens from a homestead. Thank you and please make more videos like this!

[@markbelcher2972]

Wow! Fantastic video filled with great information that helps others make smart choices! I’m debating starting to raise chickens in my back yard (~1/4 acre), to begin learning the ins and outs before moving to a more rural property with more space. I’ve been studying about restoring my soil’s ecosystem and wondering how far I can stretch those concepts to maximize the amount of food I can grow and raise on my own property and reduce my dependence on the grocery store. Thanks for putting all this together - definitely saving it as a handy reference!

[@CC-lv1ox]

YES, I will watch any vid on any topic that is this detailed and educational. Thank you so much.❤

[@mdpatton2]

Great video! Very well thought out and put together. Thank you for sharing.

[@defective6811]

Ive got a small flock of 12 wyandottes that just hit 7 weeks old. Ive got 6 acres and already have most of the seeds I need, and thanks to your hard work in this video I now have my full grow plan in place. _Thank you so much!_ Easy instant sub. (Looking to get rabbits and ducks this year as well, so I'm highly interested in seeing the rabbit breakdown)

[@chadkernell4497]

Wow, great info. We just got enough land to do this, excited to grow our own feed. We will also be farming worms, meal worms and crickets to feed them. Fortunately we have a pond and we need to reduce the catfish population

[@TheRainHarvester]

Snails are easy and chickens love so varieties of them.

[@mariannasteyn9772]

Excellent info. Very thorough and well reseached!Thank you so much!❤

[@TimmyMoza]

This is an awesome roadmap for us. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to do this.

[@dr.leppsbiology1282]

Nicely done. Maybe free-ranging doesn't reduce feed cost/consumption much but the omega-3's the chickens get from the insects makes a huge impact on the color and quality of the eggs/yolks. And if you can a system going like Joel Salatin - chickens following cattle, goats or sheep - then can reduce costs further. This does neglect threshing the grains which I've found to be a pain in the a$$.

[@bonedigger666]

Wow very thorough video. Thank you for going thru all this. I've only got an acre so I can't grow all my 17 chickens food but I can make a dent in it.

[@doinacampean9132]

If 0.1 acres will feed 10 chicken, I think 0.2 acres can feed 20 chicken....

[@Kelly_Mae]

@@doinacampean9132it really sounds like so much food to grow, but when she said it’s only a 1/10th of an acre to feed 10 chickens, it sounded so much more manageable 😅

[@JeanKMadrazo]

So much knowledge dropped in this video! Great job! Thank you very much!

[@cyberninja76a]

ive been researching this project. u were to the point. thank you so very much..ill be visiting again. God bless

[@jbuck1975]

My chickens free range and i don't feed them and still get eggs daily

[@c.5376]

They need some protein eventually, no?

[@jbuck1975]

​@@c.5376protein from bugs.

[@migueltigrelazo]

​@@c.5376bugs

[@alexvalle6771]

What is native in your yard. Good stuff

[@jbuck1975]

​@alexvalle6771 just normal weeds, grass, bugs. They've got plenty of room to go but the stay close.

[@bobsgirl95]

Wow! This was packed with info! So many questions I've had are now answered. Thank you for all the time you spent to put together all that info. Much appreciated!

[@user-jc5fd4ns7m]

This is a fantastic amount of information and has given me a lot of "food for thought"! Thank you and I will be watching this again.

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

This is absolutely fantastic information, im so glad I found this channel!

[@michellebevans1729]

That was an incredible breakdown of what’s needed! Thank you! Thank you for all your time & effort you put into this educational video. You are awesome!!

[@MyHumbleNest]

Really great presentation!! Thanks for your hard work. Be well!

[@galegrove9828]

Thank you so much! This was such great information. I have been watching homesteading videos for years and loved your video. It has sooooo much good information that I took notes and saved it for review later. I am definitely subscribing.

[@loric3455]

Phenomenal video! All the questions I've ever wondered about answered thoroughly and clearly in an interesting way. Thank you so much for sharing all of your hard work!

[@fnsfabrications6844]

Sweet! I'm totally saving this video for the layout planning for this summers harvest.

[@philcourteney4328]

Fantastic video, the info is brilliantly presented and displayed, and having the infographics to pause on and screenshot is a great idea! Thank you for making this!

[@modfarmgirl5671]

Wonderful video! So helpful and perfect timing so I can start plotting my planting.

[@hausbrot3438]

Great overview and good explanations! Gives me an excellent calculation basis. Thanks for your effort.

[@nancyhjort5348]

I love the way you fast fire facts. It is time-savings for me. Thanks.

[@xmdbd552]

❤good job! The only video I’ve watched of yours so far. I will definitely watch for more videos.

[@joyceterra2265]

Great info. I have been searching for this type of info. Now I know where to start or growing and what to store until I get everything set up.

[@labellavita2248]

Great video. I know this took so much time and preparation to put this together. Appreciated so very much.

[@chase4326]

That was a fabulous tutorial. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into that for us. ❤

[@2skyland]

This was amazing and the most thorough analysis of this topic I've ever seen! Thank you so much!

[@atomicsnowflake2130]

Amazingly detailed information. Thank you for all of the time and research you put into this! -God bless :)

[@heatherjackson5605]

Holy cow!!! Such a great video!! Thanks for all the info, and breaking it down. I feel like I understand what my chickens are needing, and more... what they are missing.

[@breannacanales4824]

I would absolutely watch more videos like this. It's so much work to compile all this information. Thank you!

[@hunterweber2463]

Omg best video I’ve found all year thank you so much for taking the time and effort for going through all of this. God bless you

[@aliciak8819]

Wow! Amazing content. Thank you so much. As so many have said, I’ve watched so so many videos and this is hands down the best. I wish you great success with your channel. You deserve it. You’ve given us a great gift.

[@LAStars-sratS]

Excellent❣️ Rare to see such comprehensive, well thought out info 👍 thank you.

[@one-of-its-kind]

WOW this is AWESOME! So appreciate all the detail you've put into calculating everything and how efficiently you shared this info. It's something I've always wondered about, so thank you! I'm eager to start putting it into practice with my flock :)

[@Papas220Garage]

Great video. Thank you, i will watch again with my family and take notes.

[@ambersykora352]

Well done presentation. 100 claps for you. Seriously. In depth and on point

[@thejunqueprophet]

Thank you SO much for doing all of this number stuff! (which I suck at) I appreciate the time you put into this and will totally use this guideline. You did an amazing job girl!!

[@shutupstefanie1104]

Love this soooo much!!!! Well done, to the point and thorough! Thank you!!!❤

[@K9PerceptionsJacksonville]

Great video packed with solid information with and awesome delivery.

[@aquilinaciamacco2410]

Thank You for taking the time to create and share this video with us all. This was exceptionally informative and educational. Excellent speaker ❤

[@keithhagberg3019]

Awesome complete job. that was a lot of information without any fluff. thanks!

[@fishnlady]

Wow! Best informational video I’ve ever seen on feeding chickens. Thank you so much.

[@juliedesalvo2475]

Great video and absolutely helpful for calculating feed costs for our chickens. Thanks a bunch!

[@VeronicaMist]

Incredible depth and knowledge in this video. Excellent!

[@megodzillaudeadable]

Thank you for such a well produced and informative video!