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.
Baby chickens are taught by the mother hen to scratch about in the soil for food, just as adults do. They will eat a variety of grass and plant shoots, grains, worms, beetles and crawling insects, as well as diced vegetables as lettuce. Preferred grains include wheat, oats, barley and rice.