Understanding Chickens & Eggs : Chicken Feed

[LuvSmileyFace]

Which genus and speacies of Marigold do you use?

[bkyella]

Pellets have been a lot cleaner (less of them get thrown out of the feeder) and create less dust for my chickens. Been really happy about switching away from crumbles.

[Judimus2]

It's untrue that dark, orange yolks are not better...they are and especially when chickens are free ranged.

[MrLazerman2]

i have one very big lawn and i got sick of cutting it so i put the chicken runs on it now they cut the lawn for me

[thechickenguy101]

i use chickens layer crumbles......

[SuperHurricane24]

Thank you for the information .

[seanXxMeTaLhEaD]

You love your cocks

[Rugger0430]

I love your videos, very very informative...

[TheUkeUkeable]

Actually, there is a HUGE difference with yolk coloring. Sure, in commercial settings, the color is basically 'added', but with free-range chickens, with access to plenty of greens, the yolks have a LOT more pigmentation than factory farmed, and are PROVEN to be healthier. Apparently they have a lot more healthy omega fatty acids in them for one thing. I've noticed that alfalfa helps make the eggs REALLY orange, but pretty much any kind of greens work. The chickens LOVE greens too. :)

[difficultbastard]

@TheUkeUkeable I heard they love broccoli

[RhysyTime]

NOT SAND. SAND WILL CLUMB TOGETHER WITH THE MOISTOUR AND BLOCK THE CROP!

[Organicchickenlady]

Protein, your needs of protein depends on where the chicken is in the laying cycle, our chix are @ 17.5% protein, but that decreases further in the laying cycle. It is true that maragolds are used in commercial production.

[Organicchickenlady]

That doesn't look at all like our certified Organic chicken feed... :o( to say that all organic feed is like that is misleading...

[xguns]

Whats wrong with big heavy chickens? 1:00

[Organicchickenlady]

@xguns Maybe they are a heavy meat breed, and not a typical laying breed.

[mrva99]

very good video's.  Please do more!

[monoxygen2012]

thats not true if u want a dark orange yolk feed your chickens pumpkin seeds and it will add a dark orange to them cuz of the increased beta caratine (pro vitamin A) or a higher quality egg

[12quillemall5321]

I was told to feed my chicken whole wheat bread from bakeries and ground flax seed. As well as allowing them to eat bugs.

[shelly8510]

The color is suppose to indicate that the chicken is eating grass. Birds that eat bugs have higher Omega 3 values. I free-ranged my chickens and they would rather go on the grass and eat bugs than the feed and that was fine with me.

[MrTravisStone]

I feed my chicken , chicken

[sfshrimp]

LOL....in their GIZZARD...

[skruya]

great vid but no need for english subtitles if you're speaking the same language

[firebrandsgirl]

Someone, Can I just let me chicken walk all day and eat from the ground? No chicken feed at all.

[usarmyranger15]

@firebrandsgirl yes they will get what they need from bugs and grass

[MrPeterwest]

what abought layyers

[macflyfilm]

@MrPeterwest This is for layers.

[dragennight8]

I have another qestion for you.

One of my chickens has been laying eggs everyday,and now it has stoped (it's been over five days now).

Do you might know the reason why?

[avoidingjanedoh]

hens will stop laying in the fall and winter months.Has to do with the light.Hens need at least 12-14 hours of light to lay. By placing a lightbulb on a timer in your coup they should start laying again.Or prehaps the hen is spent, or gone broody. Or just google it cause im no expert .hope that helps;)

[dragennight8]

ya, my chickens are kinda weird because last week they laid lots of eggs,then lats week the weather got a little colder and the barely laid any eggs at all, now this week an all they have laid so far is 1 egg. i all ways feed them give them clean water with lots of love and i barely get anything back in return. its very sad. what do you think i should do? i also have 4 chickens that should be laying eggs and 2 others are not.

[SavedMeToo]

Hello, thanks for all the great information. I have 4 Rode Island Red Chickens and I was told that 2 may be roosters. They are 5 to 6 months old and one has started laying. None have spurs so I am thinking that they are hens from your video. Could you help me verify if I have all hens?

Regards

[Doggiecutes]

I love the video, but disagree about one thing: Scratch is not a complete feed and should only be fed in moderation. It should be given only as a treat in cold weather. Never feed it to chickens in hot weather as scratch raises a chicken's body temperature.

[fuckencrazy88]

You wish. Your KFC is probably dying in its own filth and feces right now while three others sit on top of it.

Yummy. Not.

[pmarie2003]

Can anyone think of something a chicken WON'T eat? I've seen them eat fish, a big red wasp, a dead chicken, grain in horse poop, mosquitoes off people's legs, etc.. You name it.

[driverain2]

I have just discovered this great woman, full of information I hunger for and newest subscriber only to see such a pointless and childish statement as this.

[Kiaussattria]

Less QQ please

[driverain2]

WTF ? F. U..................

[Kiaussattria]

lol talk about pointless and childish.

[karamalhasan]

wow man

[fuckencrazy88]

Can't think of a thing!

Mine eat bugs, plants, grain, corn, chicken feed, grit, dog food when they catch some left in the bowl, goat feed if they can get to it first, and any and all human food they can get.

[PhilipofPines]

fucku

[konjeek]

my chicken got attacked by my sister's puppy.Her gizzard was hanging out and almost all her neck feathers were gone.We finally had to shoot her. I'm going to miss her. >:( :(

[seka1986]

Did you at least fry her up so she didn't go to waste?

[cafekawaii]

Damn seka, you got my mouth watering for some chicken now.

[harryrobertpowell]

im sorry to hear about that :(

[Sharkasm88]

Hmm. Being in the country - Central Saskatchewan, where we grow grain, we feed a mixture of wheat, barley, oats, canola, and weed seed, usually from the screenings, i.e., each spring the grains are cleaned to remove weed seeds, etc. As for darker yokes, as soon as you let the chickens outside in the spring, and they eat grasses and weeds (the green of the grass/weeds) cause the yokes to turn orange. In winter, when they do not go outside, their yokes are a pale yellow.

[XRainbowFrogX]

i love chickens

:D

[AbovePerfect]

@XRainbowFrogX i love eatin them

[pukaman2000]

Chickens eat centipedes! And they like it.

[seka1986]

How do you know?

[pukaman2000]

well, when one happens to catch a centipede, it makes a joyous cluck, the other chickens then run and try to take it away before the first consumes it.

[seka1986]

That is very cool. Not only the joyous cluck but your powers of observation. I can only imagine the joyous cluck of the chicken. I love it.

[SquirrelMan1313]

it is hilarious!

[AcidHeadEd]

What a great lesson on chickens and their feed. Thanks a lot. I'm a city dweller allergic to feathers, hay, horses, cows, so i don't know a lot about farm life.

Until you told me, i had no idea chickens needed grit in their gizzard to grind up the food. I just assumed they swallowed stuff whole. How about that.

Thanks again for the video.

[tarazod]

Thanks for posting this info.

[Gershqui]

Are you a Vet? Looks like you know what your talking about...thanks.