FAQ

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3 Grain Scratch

Where are the ingredients for your 3 Grain Scratch sourced from? What is the shelf life of 3 Grain Scratch? Can I feed my birds 3 Grain Scratch as their main food source? How should I feed the 3 Grain Scratch to my chickens? How much 3 Grain Scratch should I feed my chickens? What’s the difference between your 3 Grain Scratch and Scratch + Corn?

Bundles

What should I purchase once I’m done with my bundle and want the larger size versions of these items? Can my ducks use the bundles as well? What are the age recommendations? Do I need to provide anything else for my chickens besides what’s in the bundle? What stages do you offer your bundles in?

Cracked Corn

What is the shelf life of your whole corn? What is the shelf life of your cracked corn? Is your corn Non-GMO? What about organic? When should I give my chickens and ducks cracked corn?

Feeding Chickens

Why is there powder in the bottom of my bag? What else should I feed my hen besides feed? What does a complete diet feed mean? Can I feed my chickens kitchen scraps and supplement with chicken feed? Which feed format should I pick for my flock? How do I transition my chickens to a new feed? My chickens won’t eat their new feed, what should I do? Can I switch my chickens to Grower feed when they’re not laying in the winter? What is the shelf life of your whole grain mash feeds? What is the shelf life of your Crumble feeds? What is the shelf life of your layer pellet feed? What supplements should I give my hens with their Layer Feed? What supplements should I give my pullets with their Grower Feed? What supplements should I give my chicks with their Starter Feed? Can I feed this to my mixed flock? What are the benefits of fermenting feed? How do I ferment feed? Can my quail eat your chicken feed? Can ducks, geese, and waterfowl eat your chicken feed? Can I ferment the layer feed? Can I ferment the grower feed? Can I ferment the chick starter feed? Why is there layer feed 18% with corn and when should I feed that to my chickens? When do I choose layer feed with corn over regular layer feed? When do I choose 18% protein over 16% protein feed? Why does my chicken need layer feed? Why does my chicken need grower feed? Why does my chick need starter feed? Can I ferment the pellets? Can I ferment the crumbles? How much do I feed if I’m fermenting the feed? How much do broilers eat? How much do chicks eat? How much do grower chickens eat? How much do laying hens eat? My chickens are free-range, do they still need grit? Can my chickens digest whole grains?

Grit

My chickens are free range, do they still need grit? What stage grit should I get my chickens and ducks? Why do chickens and ducks need grit? Can I use grit for my ducks?

Grubs

What is the shelf life of grubs? Can my quail eat grubs? When can chicks and ducklings eat grubs? Why do some of the grubs look darker than others? Where do you source your grubs from? How many grubs should I feed my chickens and ducks? What kind of pre-consumer food waste do grubs feed on? Why are grubs an environmentally friendly nutrition option? What animals can I feed grubs to? What are grubs?

Herbs

What is the shelf life of your herbs? How many treats can I give my flock each day? How do I make herbal tea for my chickens? Do your herbs contain any added fragrances or dyes? How do I share these herbs with my flock? What are Cluckin’ Good Herbs?

Limestone/Oyster Shell

I put out supplemental calcium but they’re not eating it. What should I do? How much oyster shell should I put our for my chickens? Why do I need to supplement calcium for my chickens? Why does your oyster shell look different from what I’ve purchased elsewhere? How much limestone should I put out for my chickens? What is limestone?

Oats

Where are Scratch & Peck’s whole oats sourced from? What is the shelf life of whole oats? Can I sprout whole oats? Can my chickens, ducks, and turkeys eat whole oats? Isn’t it bad for them? What livestock eat whole oats?

Organic and Non GMO

Why do you offer a feed with corn in it? Why Animal Welfare Approved? Why is B Corp important? What is a Certified B corp? What are GMO’s? Why Non GMO? Why corn free? Why soy free? Why Organic?

Quality/Sourcing

Do you test for heavy metals?

Scratch + Corn

What’s the difference between your Scratch + Corn and 3 Grain Scratch? Where are the ingredients for your Scratch + Corn sourced from? What is the shelf life of your Scratch + Corn? Can I feed my birds Scratch + Corn as their main food source? How should I feed Scratch + Corn? How much Scratch + Corn should I give my chickens and ducks?

Sprouting Peas

What is the shelf life of your sprouting peas? Can my ducks eat sprouting peas? How much sprouting peas can I give to my flock? Why should I sprout whole peas? How do I sprout the peas? Can I feed the whole peas dry?

Wheat

What is the shelf life of wheat? Can I sprout the wheat? Can my ducks have wheat? How much wheat should I give to my chickens?

Whole Barley

What is the shelf life of the barley? How much barley can I feed my chickens? How long is sprouted barley good for? What is the benefit of sprouting the barley? How do I sprout the barley? Can I feed whole barley dry?

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