And they loved it!
Normally, feeding time erupts into a mad, scrambling, squawking mess as the hens all fight for the food, but with the soup, it's calmed into a quiet, peaceful chore.
For their breakfast this morning, I gave them some alfalfa mash. To make it, I just soaked some alfalfa pellets in water over night and voila! Instant breakfast! The pellets swell to roughly three times their original size, which means that it doesn't take much. I tried soaking 5 cups of pellets, and ended up with 16-17 cups of mash the next morning; way too much!! From now on, I will only soak 2-3 cups per day.
The hens all seem really content on their new diet, and I am happy to have them off of the commercial chicken feed, which is expensive and causes health problems.
Why not try giving your chickens some soup today?
5 comments:
Bravo! So glad to see this, those chickens do look kinda calm.
You will notice that they seem a little more alert, eating this way.
Those are beautiful birds! What are they? Hee, hee! That's what our chickens eat a lot. ;)
Hey there Krista! They are all Delawares. This was our first year to try the breed out, and so far I am really pleased with them!
Beautiful birds. I want those in the future. Do you find they lay well?
Ours aren't laying yet; they should start in a couple weeks though... I've heard that they are pretty good layers, but I guess we'll find out!
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