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Raising BackYard Chickens
Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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<blockquote data-quote="3KillerBs" data-source="post: 25947306" data-attributes="member: 36480"><p>There are many threads here about range feeding chickens. </p><p></p><p>IMO, the bottom line is that if your area doesn't already support year-round flocks of feral chickens they environment is not conducive to supporting chickens without use of chicken feed -- though you may see a savings in feed during favorable times of the year.</p><p></p><p>The quality of your land matters. </p><p></p><p>Geese graze on grass. Chickens eat seeds, bugs, and greens from broadleaf plants with grass being very low on their priority list. <img src="/styles/byc-smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Consider getting electric poultry netting so you can move the chickens to different areas as they eat down their preferred species. I'm very happy with the netting I got from Premeir 1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3KillerBs, post: 25947306, member: 36480"] There are many threads here about range feeding chickens. IMO, the bottom line is that if your area doesn't already support year-round flocks of feral chickens they environment is not conducive to supporting chickens without use of chicken feed -- though you may see a savings in feed during favorable times of the year. The quality of your land matters. Geese graze on grass. Chickens eat seeds, bugs, and greens from broadleaf plants with grass being very low on their priority list. :) Consider getting electric poultry netting so you can move the chickens to different areas as they eat down their preferred species. I'm very happy with the netting I got from Premeir 1. [/QUOTE]
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