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NOTE: “CORN” means “GRAINS” (in UK) and “MAIZE” (in US) These recipes are from an expert poultry nutritionist working at a long-established organic feed company.

He says,”Below I have included all of my general rations.”

Alfalfa Included! For Pastured or Confined Chickens

19% Broiler Grower:1015 lb. Shelled Corn625 lb. Roasted Soybeans 100 lb. Oats 100 lb. Alfalfa Meal 75 lb. Fish Meal, 60% 25 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.16% Pullet Grower:1215 lb. Shelled Corn 450 lb. Roasted Soybeans100 lb. Oats100 lb. Alfalfa Meal 25 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 50 lb. Fish Meal, 60% 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.17% Layer Ration:965 lb. Shelled Corn 600 lb. Roasted Soybeans100 lb. Oats100 lb. Alfalfa Meal175 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.All Rations should be Medium ground or rolled.

The Chick Starter Ration may be slightly altered to feed other speciesof fowl.

You may add 2lb. of fishmeal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower19%. This addition will provide a 21% protein mix for Chick Starter.This would be for chicks while in the brooder.

You may add 4lb. of fishmeal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower19%. This addition will provide a 26% protein mix for turkey and gamebird starter. To be fed from day 1 thru day 28.

You may add 2lb. of fishmeal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower19%. This addition will provide a 21% protein mix for Turkey Grower #1.To be fed from day 29 thru day 56.

Once Turkeys are out on pasture they should receive regular broilergrower until slaughter.

No Alfalfa Rations19% Broiler Grower:1015 lb. Shelled Corn 625 lb. Roasted Soybeans 200 lb. Oats 75 lb. Fish Meal, 60% 25 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.16% Pullet Grower:1215 lb. Shelled Corn 450 lb. Roasted Soybeans 200 lb. Oats 25 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 50 lb. Fish Meal, 60% 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.17% Layer Ration: 965 lb. Shelled Corn 600 lb. Roasted Soybeans 200 lb. Oats 175 lb. Aragonite(calcium) 60 lb. Poultry Nutri-Balancer2000 lb.

All Rations should be coarse ground or rolled.The Chick Starter Ration may be slightly altered to feed other species offowl.

- You may add 2lb. of fish meal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower 19%.This addition will provide a 21% protein mix for Chick Starter. This wouldbe for chicks while in the brooder.

- You may add 4lb. of fishmeal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower 19%.This addition will provide a 26% protein mix for turkey and game birdstarter. To be fed from day 1 thru day 28.

- You may add 2lb. of fishmeal to 20lb. (5gal. Pail) of Broiler Grower 19%.This addition will provide a 21% protein mix for Turkey Grower #1. To befed from day 29 thru day 56.

- Once Turkeys are out on pasture they should receive regular broiler groweruntil slaughter.

~~~~ end of nutritionist’s instructions ~~~~

“This is what I take to the co-op to getmy broiler and layer rations made:”Broiler Mix:Ingredient Weight (pounds)Corn, ground 250Corn, crimped 250Soybeans, roasted 310Oats 110Oyster shell 50Nutri-Balancer 30 provided by Fertrell’sMicrobials 1 provided by Fertrell’sTotal 1001 ~~~~~ Randy SimpsonEmail: Things Eternal FarmFairfield, PA

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The following is taken directly from the 1979 source. Anything in SQUARE BRACKETS [ ] is an entry by The World of Chickens.

The Family Poultry Flock by Lee Schwanz Farmer’s Digest, Inc., 1974 (no city given)

See Feeding Instructions from this book, also.

General Formulas for Home Mixes

Use a combination of ingredients in each category,if possible.

lbs/100 lb. of mix Starter Grower Layer Coarsely ground grain (corn, milo, 46 50 53.5 barley, oats, wheat, rice, etc.)Wheat bran, mill feed, rice bran, 10 18 17 milling by products, etc.Soybean meal, peanut meal, cottonseed 39.5 16.5 15 meal, safflower meal, sesame meal, etc. (Soybean meal is the preferred protein source. Cottonseed meal should be egg- tested type low in gossypol.)Meat meal, fish meal (If meat meal or 5 5 3 fish meal is unavailable, soybean meal may be substituted.)Alfalfa meal (Can be eliminated if 4 4 4 fresh pasture is available.)Yeast, milk powder (Can be eliminated 2 2 2 if the vitamin supplement is properly balanced.)Vitamin supplement (Must supply 200,000 I.U. of Vitamin A, 80,000 I.C.U. of vitamin D, 100 mg. riboflavin.)[Note: see Nutrition section. Pastured poultry receive ample vitamins A and D from grass and sunshine. Modern research has shown it is unwise to supplement only one B vitamin. Grains are naturally very high in all Bvitamins. Follow the above 1974 advice withdiscretion.]Salt with trace minerals (Trace 0.5 0.5 0.5 mineral salt or iodized salt supplemented with 1/2 oz. of manganese sulfate and 1/2 oz. of zinc oxide.)Bone meal, deflourinated dicalcium 2 2 2 phosphateGround limestone, marble, oyster 1 2 3 shells (Oyster shells and grit should be fed free choice to layers.)

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A Natural Diet for Laying HensIngredient lbs/100 lb. of mix Yellow corn meal 60.00 Wheat middlings 15.00 Soybean meal (dehulled) 8.00 Maine herring meal (65%) 3.75 Meat & bone meal (47%) 1.00 Skim milk, dried 3.00 Alfalfa leaf meal (20%) 2.50 Iodized salt 0.40 Limestone, grd. (38% Ca) 6.35

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A Joel Salatin Layer Ration

From: mayorsson1@hotmail.comHello Folks, Here’s a Joel Salatin layer ration from ’98, for 1 ton of feed.

Roasted soy beans 617#Ground corn 596#Cracked corn 398#Crimped oats 219#Feed grade limestone 99#Nutri-balancer 60#Kelp meal 11#

Here in NC I don’t have access to roasted soybeans, so I will substitute soybean meal, a soybean oil and alfalfa meal. My wheat prize will replace the crimped oats, so there is the possibility of their lower protein content being offset by the inclusion of alfalfa meal. I had thought of using a probiotic and possibly some DE. Another producer topdressed their layer ration with aragonite for available calcium.In the past I have used a broiler ration, which uses Sea-Lac fish meal to boost protein, and the layers ate and produced well.I say that “prize wheat makes a tasty treat, and that the price can’t be beat!” Any new rhymes or feed recipes anyone? Edward.

Helfter Feeds Broiler Formulas for Starter, Grower and Finisher (Click HERE)

from THE POULTRYMAN’S HANDBOOK:

A Convenient Reference Book For All Persons Interested in the Production ofEggs and Poultry for Market and the Breeding of Standard-Bred Poultry forExhibition

by International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, PA INTERNATIONAL TEXTBOOK COMPANY1912

(Everything is quoted accurately from the book, unless it is in square brackets “[ ]” in which case it is an entry by the ChickenFeed website.)

RATIONS FOR SIXTEEN HENS FOR 30 DA.

—The accompanying table contains twelve desirable rations for feeding to hens. The quantities given in each division are sufficient for feeding 16 hens for 30 da., and provideabout 4 oz/ of food daily for each hen. The whole grain in all these rations is fed by hand;the meal and meat in each is mixed together and fed either as a wet or a dry mash. Rations (i) and (j) are double, or two-part, rations. One-half of the daily ration is fedfrom each; the two answer for 60 da. Rations (a), (b), (c), and (d) are best suited to apromiscuous lot of fowls ranging in age from 6 mo. to several years. Rations (e), (f), (g),and (h), being largely composed of concentrated foods, are best suited for laying hens. Rations (i) and (j) are for laying hens that have free range and are able t0o pick up insectsenough to supply their demand for animal food. Rations (i) and (k) are fed in hoppers asdry mash. The molasses feed used should be of good quality. Ration (l) consists ofmeals, wheat and milk; the meals should be moistened with the milk. In the use of allrations where meals only are mentioned, a daily ration for each hen should consist of 2pz. or dry meal, fed wet or dry, and an equal quantity of whole grain.

[None of these rations furnish sufficient mineral matter for egg formation and for the other demands of nature. Grit, limestone, oyster shell, or some similar material must be supplied in addition, especially if chickens are confined in any way.]

Note: GRIT and OYSTER SHELL or SEA SHELLS are twoentirely different things. Sea shells and other calcium-containing substances just dissolvein the chicken’s. They cannot be a substitute for grit. [Grit is hard rock.] It is what grain-eatingfowl need in place of “teeth” and it must be available in the right sizes. Substituting seashells for “grit” is like giving someone false teeth made of chalk. I think the old timershad so many free range hens (notice the early use of the term “free range”) that the hensgot enough grit when they were out and about, so it wasn’t a concern.

30-DAY RATIONS FOR SIXTEEN HENS

Food Pounds (a)Corn 50Oats or barley 24Wheat bran 10Middlings 5Corn meal 25Meat scrap 8Cut clover 10 (b)Corn 50Oats or barley 24Wheat bran 10Flour middlings 4Corn meal 28Animal meal 7Cut clover 10 (c)Corn 50Wheat 25Corn meal 28Flour middlings 2Hominy chop 10Meat scrap 7Cut clover 10 (d)Corn 50Wheat 25Corn meal 25Wheat bran 10Middlings 5Alfalfa meal 4Meat scrap 7 (e)Alfalfa hay or meal 18Wheat bran 10Middlings 30Coconut-oil-cake meal 10Meat meal 6Wheat 60 (f)Alfalfa 18Wheat bran 14Middlings 17Linseed-oil-cake meal 6Blood meal 4Barley or oats 25Wheat 50 (g)Corn meal 24Wheat bran 18Alfalfa meal 10Blood meal 3Meat meal 6Oats or barley 30Wheat 40 (h)Wheat shorts 18Corn meal 25Blood meal 5Alfalfa meal 5Cottage cheese 12Wheat 60 (i)Wheat bran 40Middlings 20Corn meal 20Alfalfa meal 40 (j)Wheat 60Cracked corn 30Oats 15Barley 15 (k)Corn meal 10Molasses feed 20Middlings 40Wheat bran 30Meat scrap 10Clover hay 10 (l)Middlings 30Wheat bran 24Meat meal 6Skim-milk 90Wheat 60 FEEDING FARM FLOCKS

Farm flocks, to be profitable, must have a ration suitable for the production of both eggs and good table meat. No error in feeding farm flocks is more common or more disastrousthan that of giving too much fat-forming food. [Note: this is confirmed by modern breeders.] An all-green ration renders the hens excessively fat, sometimes induces apoplexy, and causes the production of but few eggs. A grain ration for farm flocks may be composed of grains in the following proportions, by weight:

Food PartsCracked corn 20Wheat 40Oats 15

Cracked corn is preferable because it is small, and, like wheat and oats, when cast into litter must be sought for by the fowls. During the winter all grain should be thrown intodry chaff or litter of some kind in order to keep the hens busy hunting for it.

During the winter months the hens on the farm should have a noonday feed of warmmash, the mixture being composed, by weight, as follows:

Food PartsCorn meal 40Meat 30Short-cut alfalfa or clover hay 30Oyster shell 2Grit 1Charcoal 1

The meat and hay should be cut into small pieces and voiled to a pulp, and before cooling the mass should be mixed with enough meal to make a dry, crumbly mass. This should be fed cool in troughs.”

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