How to Make Organic Chick Feed

To make organic chick feed you use a recipe similar to organic broiler feed and grind well into mash for the chicks. Organically raised chicks are healthier. You can purchase organic fine-ground mash referred to as chick starter, or you can make it yourself at home.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Recipe
   
   6 parts corn
   6 parts wheat
   2 parts oats
   1 part alfalfa
   1 part soy
   1 part milk
   2 parts fish meal
   1/2 part egg shell
   1/10 part salt
   1/20 part cod liver oil (only when not exposed to sunlight)

2. Mix and grind well into mash. You can also add tiny pieces of dark green lettuce and other veggies, small pieces of grapes or apple, or ground sprouts such as beans or alfalfa sprouts.

3. Feed to the mash to chicks for the first 6 to 8 weeks of life. Encourage the chicks to get out in the sun and on the grass if the weather permits after the first two weeks of life.