Tuesday, November 4, 2008

i did it! . . . chicken granola



I cheffed up some chicken feed. Let's see if any of my chickens keel over in the next month . . . Here is the recipe I came up with for my free(ish) rangers, who get supplemental milk products (left over cereal milk and yogurt):
3 lbs millet
3 lbs sunflower seed
4 lbs cracked corn
2 lbs corn meal
1 lb bone meal
1/4 lb dry yeast
1/2 lb wheat bran
1 package Bob's Red Mill 10 grain cereal (contains soy, flax, etc)

I just found this useful breakdown of the protein content (by weight) of several chicken feed ingredients:
Dried fish flakes 76
Dried liver 76
Dried earthworms 76
Duckweed 50
Torula yeast 50
Brewers yeast 39
Soybeans (dry roasted) 37
Flaxseed 37
Alfalfa seed 35
Beef, lean 28
Earthworms 28
Fish 28
Sunflower seeds 26.3
Wheat germ 25
Peas & Beans, dried 24.5
Sesame seed 19.3
Soybeans (boiled) 17
Wheat bran 16.6
Oats, whole 14
Rice polish 12.8
Rye 12.5
Wheat 12.5
Barley 12.3
Oats 12
Corn 9
Millet 9
Milo 9
Rice, brown 7.5
I'll refer back to this next time I'm making food for them. FYI--for layers you are shooting for 16-18% protein--

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