Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 years in Australia but is now available worldwide both as neat oil and as an active component in an array of products.
Conventional Grain and Legume Feeds for Chickens. Most grains in commercial feed for poultry (corn, legumes, and small grains such as wheat, rye, oats and barley) are easy for the homesteader to grow. I grow âHickory King,â a. vigorous, large-ear feed corn.
Whole Grains. To add some variety and more nutrition, give your chickens an occasional handful of cracked corn or other grains. Toss it into their straw or outside pen, so they can go scratching for it. Mixed grains of this kind for feeding chickens is called scratch, and should only be a supplement to the pellets. You'll have yourself some fat chickens if you only feed them corn and grains. Bugs and More Bugs . Chickens do eat more than just pellets and grain though, which can be pretty handy for your garden or yard. Any bugs that enter their pen will most likely get pecked up and eaten.