Giving chickens corn that is soaked in 5 gallon bucket of water good??

Are those the ones with mms and pretzels?:drool
Humm.. never put pretzels in mine but it sounds good! Yes M&M's, crunchy peanut butter, old fashioned oats, all varieties of chocolate, butterscotch and white chocolate chips. I even have thrown in rasins and chopped coconut at times.
Big glass of milk or fresh cup of coffee.......
 
Them eating soaked or unsoaked corn will not cause cellulitis. I don't know exactly what egg cellulitis is but cellulitis is a bacterial infection. I assume it is somewhere in the reproductive tract. Corn will not cause that.

People soak different grains to feed them. That is not the question. Are they getting a balanced diet? If you are feeding them everything they eat and you are only feeding them the stuff you mentioned, probably not. If yours forage for a lot of their food and the forage is decent quality they are probably not doing that badly. But I'd limit the corn to what they can clean up in about 10 or 15 minutes to help keep them on a balanced diet.

Another possible issue. Does the corn go sour before it is all eaten? It could be going off and causing problems. I'd want it to be fairly fresh.
Iv gone and checked it before and it smelled soured to me so I told my ol man it needed to be dumped out and refilled with new corn .I sometimes wonder if he lets it go at times and just feeds till it's gone.Yes our chickens free range.we live on two big lots.lots of bushes and wooded areas to scratch and find bugs,worms,snails,ect.we sometimes go outside and turn things over and let them get the bugs.Im just curious bout why out chickens have lived to be only 6 years of age then get something and die .The egg cellulitis or
A diet of mostly corn either whole, cracked soaked in water or not, would be as unhealthy for chickens as you eating cookies every meal, every day for life.
I feed formulated chicken feed. scratch feed (with corn) is just an occasional treet. I offer free choice oyster shell to keep egg shells strong, and granite grit for healthy digestion.
Do you not have regular chicken feeds avalia
 
Iv gone and checked it before and it smelled soured to me so I told my ol man it needed to be dumped out and refilled with new corn .I sometimes wonder if he lets it go at times and just feeds till it's gone.Yes our chickens free range.we live on two big lots.lots of bushes and wooded areas to scratch and find bugs,worms,snails,ect.we sometimes go outside and turn things over and let them get the bugs.Im just curious bout why out chickens have lived to be only 6 years of age then get something and die .The egg cellulitis or
Thank you for info
 
I just want to confirm you don't feed your chickens chicken food? The chicken feed is formulated with balanced nutrients. Feeding only corn, blueberries, birdseed, and mealworm will cause serious health issues in your chickens.
I honestly did not know,
 
I honestly did not know,
That's ok. We're all here to learn! I'm not sure where you're located but there are some inexpensive feeds out there that are formulated to give your flock everything they need. I bet they would really enjoy it and their health will improve. Egg production may even increase. You might also find that it's much more convenient for you to use commercial feed.
 

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