Greener Pastures Farm's Chick Starter Recipes

Chick Starter Recipes

Greener Pastures Farm's First Chick Starter Recipe

The following recipe was used the first time we raised chicks at Greener Pastures Farm. It's more organic than what was available at the time, even though I knew that fish meal and bone meal were not acceptable. I no longer use either of those items, and I've since learned that soy beans are not good for them, so I've eliminated that, too. But here is the recipe:

2 cups wheat

1 cup corn, or mixture of corn, oats and barley

3/4 cup greenstuff

3/4 cup soy beans, (cooked)

1/4 cup fish meal

1 Tablespoon molasses

2 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon bonemeal

3 teaspoons trace mineral salt

Greener Pastures Farm Chick Starter Recipe #2

I misplaced this one, but will put it up soon!

Greener Pastures Farm Chick Starter Recipe #3

This recipe is whole grains, except for the corn, and can be fed to newly hatched chicks as is (whole grain) or soaked overnight. I used to grind their feed, but found that they waste most of it, and remembered that Mother Nature does not grind food for baby chicks!

Milk is made available free-choice, as is water with apple cider vinegar and garlic. Worms or scrambled eggs (with some fresh garlic added) are given daily. I am able to find all the following ingredients in certified organic form, except the kelp. My worms and my eggs are "home-grown" and are therefore organic! PLEASE NOTE: Do not feed milk or oyster shell to chicks that receive a premixed feed; these additions are only for chickens fed a home-made feed that does not already contain calcium in the mix. ACV = Apple Cider Vinegar

2 parts whole corn, ground (or purchased organic corn meal)

3 or 4 parts whole wheat

1 part barley

1 part oat groats

1 part shelled sunflower seeds

1/2 part lentils

1/2 part split green peas

1 part millet

1/4 part flax seeds

1/2 part seaweed

garlic (several cloves per gallon of water)

ACV (about 2 Tablespoons per gallon of water)

organic milk to drink (don't worry if they don't drink it all up; if it

solidifies, they will ingest it with glee!)

freshly dug worms

organic scrambled eggs

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