From pmaki@aol.comSun Apr  7 08:58:15 1996
Date: 5 Apr 1996 11:28:01 -0500
From: Pmaki <pmaki@aol.com>
To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: Homegrown chicken feed?

I've raised free-range layers for two years and had no problems with my
own mix that the local feed mill makes up for me.  My own recipe is
slightly different since I have an animal nutritionalist who lives next
door, (which I'd forward, but can't find right now) but it is similar to
this one from a book called "The Real Dirt -- Farmers tell about Organic
and low-imput practices in the Northeast" from Northeast Region SARE/ACE,
Hills Building, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05405 Phone:
802-656-0471.

Layer mix:
Cracked Corn 58 percent
Soymeal 30 percent
Oyster shell 5 percent
Lime 4 percent
Layer minerals 3 percent

This makes a 16 percent protein food. This recipe, which is in the book,
comes from Many Hands Organic Far, RR2, Sheldon Road, Barre, MA  01005 and
a 12-page poultry packet is available from them for $5.

Good luck -- I really had a hard time finding a mill that would mix in
small amounts.  I ended up buying in 1000 lb. loads and finally 1 ton
loads, which even then I had to pick up.