Could you feed your chickens without commerical food???

Can you supplement your chicken feed with things around your homestead. In a WROL situation or another great depression when commerical food is not available or you cant afford chicken food can you grow or provide food to keep your chickens producing eggs for your consumption.

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[Rofocowboy84]

Forgive the ignorance, but I thought chickens did fine themselves just "foraging" around the yard for bugs?

[southernprepper1]

@Rofocowboy84 its a good supplement for them for sure and in the spring and summer they get alot of bugs and grass but in the winter there is not much for them to forage. To keep eggs production high they have to get enough food and protein to make a egg.

[darknightwatcher]

How do you get along with your rooster with the long spurs? as a kid i had to cut those down monthly.

[southernprepper1]

@darknightwatcher this one is not that bad...we raised him up from a chick. Occasionally he gets a little rowdy but a kick of the foot in his direction and he calms down

[thunderlord2200]

how do u get rid of there wast in WSHTF??

[southernprepper1]

@thunderlord2200 Mix it with rabbit manure and compost and add it to the garden.

[mega12234]

I free range my chickens every year, they grow to a nice eating size. I don't buy any food for them but I do keep plenty of water around.

[SammySydMy13]

um what do u do with them... you wouldnt eat ur babies would u?

[OEFvet1986]

@treemarble Ive never eaten them myself lol

[snaps81625]

Oh, when I was a kid we would go out and catch grasshoppers.. the chickens loved them.

[snaps81625]

Barred rock chickens my favorite!

[treemarble]

@OEFvet1986 lot of nourishment for everyone in those eggshells .

gotta grind them though - just my taste , a friend likes em crunchy ....

-/+ all good.

[freakygeaktwo]

not sure this helps during the colder months but having an old tire or sheet of wood laying on ground that's not being used or in the way would help with this issue if one is short on feed and cost is too much.

[treemarble]

@urbanstarprepper "the only thing they dont eat is onions tomato's"

hmm , interestin that, aliums and nightshades -cheers.

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[sunshinerinker]

they love rice which I have tons of that I put back. Bread which you can make. Corn which can be grown in most areas. But mostly free range is better for them.

[urbanstarprepper]

We use all of our kitchen scraps the only thing they dont eat is onions tomato's and citrus. we picked up our chickens in late oct. and are looking forward to the new chick this spring that we will harvest for meat in the late fall and we will take the rest of the eggs for food also.