Layer Chicken Feed

Natural Packaging

Our bags are made of unbleached kraft paper. Unlike most feed bags that have a plastic living, our bags have ZERO lining. After all, we go through so much trouble to produce a chemical free feed, why would we allow the packaging to leach chemicals into it?

This means that the bag may naturally absorb some oils from the feed. Your bags may become a bit speckled... just like your eggs! This is normal and truly natural.

Feeding Directions

Feed as sole ration to pullets and hens starting from 16-20 weeks of age, just before they start laying. An average adult chicken usually eats about 1/4-1/2 lb of feed per day.

Nutrition

Eggs produced from pasture raised hens on this feed were tested for nutrition. The results were amazing! The eggs had a 4:1 omega 6/3 ratio, lower PUFAs, and lots of vitamins. They offered more nutrition than any other egg tested. Read more and see the test results here.

Yolk Color

There are NO colorants in this feed! That includes synthetic dyes as well as natural ingredients like marigold and paprika that makes yolks superficially orange. 

This means that your yolk color will vary depending on what your hens are foraging for or what kitchen scraps you're feeding them. If you don't feed your hens any greens, the yolk color will be very pale. Regardless of yolk color, the nutrition of the egg will be the same. 

Yolk color is such an incredible indicator of what your hens are truly eating. Read more about what foods create which yolk colors here.

Ingredient Quality & Sourcing

We hold the highest standards for our natural chicken feed. Each feed ingredient has a purpose. It's providing necessary nutrition for the chickens, and that transfers to the eggs. And it's not just the ingredient alone. How it's grown and handled matters a lot, too. That's why we're so careful about where we source our ingredients. They're all US grown and chemical-free. Read more about the nitty gritty on each feed ingredient here.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (minimum).......... 17%

Lysine (minimum)........... 0.85%

Methionine (minimum)........... 26%

Crude Fat (minimum)........... 7.5%

Crude Fiber (minimum)........... 5%

Calcium (minimum)........... 3%

Calcium (maximum)........... 4.6%

Phosphorous (minimum)........... 0.6%

Salt (minimum)........... 0.3%

Salt (maximum)........... 0.8%

Just want to buy eggs from hens on this feed?

As a home grower, you don't need to grow it all. A community can be part of your self sufficiency and food freedom plan. Miller's Bio Farm's egg farmers use this same exact feed. You can buy Miller's eggs here.

*Manufactured for Merry Natural (Kutztown, PA) by County Line Feed LLC (Dalmatia, PA)