Posted by Ralph WD45 on January 02, 2011 at 22:15:53 from (216.227.114.124):
In Reply to: raising chickens posted by mosi nee dave on January 01, 2011 at 16:40:15:
I raise corn, and chickens also. I grind my ear corn thru a hammer mill, add flakes of alfalfa hay, and soy bean meal. They thrive on it.Dont go very heavy on the bean meal, you dont need protien poisoning! The cob has never been a problem, but my biggest screen is too small at 5/16". The cob is powder. I am ordering a larger screen 3/4" from Rubber Belting and Hose,Inc online, for my sears hammer mill. The responders here have given you the right stuff, about the Cornish birds, for meat. Dont let them get too big! Ducks I dont know a thing about,However even Rode island Reds will quit laying in the winter, unless you extend their day with a chicken house light. I use one 4' florecent shoplight, with a cheap rat shack timer, and it comes on at 4:00 pm, goes off at 9:00 pm and comes back on at 6:00 am till daylight at 8:30. The flock is still laying well and I have 25 per cent white leghorns, and the rest are Rode Island reds.
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