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.
This chicken mash recipe is for a grain and meat mash. If you only have a small number of chickens, only use small amounts of the ingredients, and proportion them accordingly, 1:2 ration of corn meal to bran or middlings. Start with 2 quarts of corn meal that is mixed with boiling water.