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-- https://thehomesteaderschronicle.com/... The Rabbit Version -
• How to Feed Rabbits Without the Feed ... The Goat Version -
• How To Feed Goats Without The Feed St... 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
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