I have 100 pounds of deer corn and sweet feed.

[Hambone]

I have 100 pounds of deer corn and sweet feed. I was using it to feed deer last year. I was wondering if I can feed this to my chickens. What do you think.

 

[rigagirl]

i think (i could be wrong)what makes it deer corn is the facted that it is whole kernels. which i think will be too big for chickens, can you find or buy something to crack it? seems like it would be worth it.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

You can feed them both of those and be just fine!

My chickens eat whole corn all the time.

 

[Hambone]

I was thinking that it needed to be crushed some how. Yes it is whole kernal. Anyone else feed whole kernal corn. Can the chickens break it up. This may sound dumb but I was thinking of dumping it in a pillow case and running over it with my truck to crush it up. Anyone have any suggestions.

 

[Cindy in PA]

My chickens eat field corn right off the cob if I get it! Always find some left in the field when the farmer is done. This year is soybeans, so no free food!

 

[Marlinchaser]

as long as they have grit they can crush it themselves.

 

[Hambone]

Awesome. Sounds like I have plenty of food then. If I put their tractor partially on a gravel drive is that sufficiant for grit.

 

[twentynine]

Whole kernal corn, and sweet feed, good stuff, no need to do anything with it, other than give it to the chickens.

I have fed and will continue to feed whole kernal corn to chickens, learned it from my PawPaw. One thing to note, the eggs, the yolks will be absolutel vibrant yellow.

 

[nikki24]

I do the farmers market and feed my chickens all the left over sweet corn.i throw it in there whole and they eat all of it and leave the cob for me to clean up! But they love it so much that its worth it!

 

[cmom]

I wouldn't worry about the birds eating whole kernels of corn. That is what their gizzard is for, breaking up (chewing). Chickens don't chew their feed they just swallow it and the gizzard does the chewing. A chicken's food goes, as is, into the crop, where it is slowly funneled into a very small " stomach" for some digestive additives--then to the Gizzard, where it is 'chewed', that is, ground into material that can be digested as it moves into the intestines and so on... The Gizzard is best able to break down whole grains and other chunky bits that they eat when full of grit. Longest lasting grit is Granite grit, that lasts well. All other rock and stone is so much softer, that it wears down fast and that is why granite grit is best choice, works really well for best utilization of feeds.