tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274856020335503115.post2618769619923046488..comments2024-02-13T02:25:55.717-08:00Comments on Two Blue Houses: The Price of Chicken FoodLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964501806961093403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274856020335503115.post-68419476446528325692011-04-08T13:42:36.183-07:002011-04-08T13:42:36.183-07:00I'm a little late too but just found your blog...I'm a little late too but just found your blog today. :) This is our first year with chickens and we are trying to reduce the amount of feed we give them as well. We buy organic feed from a person who produces it locally which is great - but it's $18 a bag! In the garden this year I'm planting extra veggies, especially broccoli, greens and corn since I know for sure that they like those. I'm also growing pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, cabbage and mangels that I can store and feed in the winter. They also get first choice on things heading to the compost pile or good table scraps.<br /><br />As far as grit, they will free range (they only go out a little at a time now since they are 8 weeks and I'm scared for them!) so I won't give it to them. And instead of oyster shells, I plan on just crushing up egg shells and sprinkling it around their coop area or over the supplement food I give them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778007773910533247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274856020335503115.post-55879631422350731062011-04-07T13:56:58.735-07:002011-04-07T13:56:58.735-07:00I know this is late, but this year I'm plantin...I know this is late, but this year I'm planting twice as much as usual in my veg garden specifically for the chickens. I am also growing Mangels, a beet used for livestock feed, to stretch their feed over next winter. Unfortunately my chickens cannot free range so they depend on their feed far more than free-ranged chickens would, but the price of it is driving me nuts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com