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    What chickens free ranging in a traditional management system eat I.E. how it was done before commercial feeds

    Sorry I missed your question until now. I didn't find numbers of the flocks but it gives plans for new housing they built for this flock - 17'x80'. That gives some idea of the numbers. They also talk about summer housing in addition to that building. They don't say if that building was the only...
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    Chicken coop recommendations for beginners?

    You will do better by starting a new thread. You can copy/paste this post in it. For your situation, I recommend a Woods' Open Air build or a shed conversion (either existing sheds or modifying shed plans if you build from scratch). Shed conversions are usually the most cost effective...
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    What chickens free ranging in a traditional management system eat I.E. how it was done before commercial feeds

    This is from 1922. It probably fits better in the threads about what to feed if commercial feed isn't an option but I can find this thread much easier. Its sort of related, I think. If nothing else, the list of feeds they tested gives an indication of what people were feeding chickens. I...
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    emergency feed

    Milk, skim milk, sour milk, buttermilk, clobber, whey, and other dairy products were common in rations developed by the universities who did wide scale, systematic research of feeds for livestock. The main downside was they tended to cost more than other protein sources unless the chickens were...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    That might make a difference. I so rarely use the chat option, I didn't notice that part.
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    Is wheat the only grain you need to avoid? I know some people who react to wheat need to avoid some of the other grains that are closely related to wheat. Cross contamination being a different issue.
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    This is from the chapter on other seeds and their byproducts in the section "Feed stuffs". Cottonseed meal is useful for other species of livestock but should be a max of 5% for chickens because it contains gossypol which can injure chickens and make egg yolks an unappetizing color. There are...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    "Speak to an agent" works best for most companies and is much easier to say. I assume it would work for Amazon too. Still need to say it several times. Actually, almost any short phrase said repeatedly works. If I remember right "I don't have one" worked for me last time and almost as fast as...
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    Animal protein "are very efficient in correcting the deficiencies in the proteins of [other feedstuffs]." It doesn't matter much what sort of animal protein is used as far as what species it is from. Bugs work as well as mammals work as well as fish work as well as birds work as well as...
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    Soybean oil meal combined with grain is a good substitute for animal protein. I've been looking for many years for a different plant-based alternative and have not found one that is practical. Duckweed or algae might be for some people; I have some of the right kinds of each on my pond but lack...
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    Since the nutrient value of feeds varies so much and testing isn't very practical for the volumes needed here, you might consider a cafeteria-style feeding system. That is where each feedstuff is offered separately from the others - more or less at least. Some aren't very practical to offer...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    The cloth diapers don't stink at all more than disposables. Using the green mountain directions for cloth and a diaper genie (emptied often) with disposables. So far, anyway. The babies aren't eating solid food yet. They get about half mother's milk and half formula. I know formula fed babies...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I very rarely consider that it might go down in price. I consider it a yes or no decision. If it happens to still be there the next time I go, it is another yes or no decision. I do consider that non-clearance items might have a lower price later. Some stores will sometimes put a thing a little...
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    Need good recipe for gluten/soy free feed

    How many chickens do you have? I have a new (hm, different) old textbook. 1951. It explains more than my other one. Between them, I might be able to help if you want to make your own. I don't know about commercial options for your situation.
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    Feeding frozen eggs back to your birds?

    I eat them myself. I figure the shells didn't crack until the egg was too cold for microbes to be a problem. Since I rinse them and put them into the pan while they are still frozen, and cook them quickly, there isn't time at moderate temperatures for anything to grow enough to be a problem...
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