They have 'trash' leaves for bedding that city folk were kind enough to bag up for me. They are mostly fed restaurant trash and sprouted sunflower seeds. They don't really touch the feeder of grains. Trash into compost and eggs! I will not eat ze bugs.
When sunflower seeds were on sale for $9 for a 40# bag, I bought 10 of them. Sprouted 3 quarts at a time every other day.
What are some creative feed sources for your #chickens at any time of year? I'm looking to reduce my feed bill as close to zero as I can
#grownostr #permaculture #homesteading
I get free spent grains from a brewery near me and spent whisky mash from a distillery near me also a bagel shops old bagels and a cider mills crushed apples
For FREE
I have 300 layers and do 1000 meat birds each year and I only feed 50 lbs of organic grain a day
Spent horse bedding is great stuff too they love scratching through it and find what they want and most horse farms want you to take it 
Nice! I may have a new goal. I'll have to check with the local brewery and organic cidery. I want the apple seeds as well to start some trees, if they aren't that good I could always graft to them. I have some wild apple trees or Pippins that produce quite a bit, so what I don't eat and the deer dont get go to the chickems
Jarusalem artichokes, the grow with no tending and my chickens love them. I do have to crush them for the chickens.
Winter squash, they store well.
Nice. I have some sunchokes going. I planted a 5 gallon bucket of them 2 years ago. Some patches could be dug and spread. I'm not sure I could get rid of them if I wanted to. I'll have to plant a bunch of squash. Thanks.
