- Feed to adult poultry
- Scatter on ground or in coop to supplement diet
- Adjust feeding rate to maintain the desired body condition, growth rate or production
- Scratch Grains is not a complete feed
- Do not allow Scratch Grains to take up more than 10% of the diet
- Provide fresh, clean water at all times
- Provide appropriate size grit as needed
Wondering how much feed your birds will eat? Check out our feeding tables here.
Wild ancestors of modern chickens spent their days foraging through meadows and forests in search of food. That natural feeding and pecking instinct still survives, and scattering a few handfuls of scratch grains for your poultry will help satisfy those instincts and keep birds content.
Scratch grains are high in carbohydrates and low in protein. They are not a complete feed; instead, they are an occasional, tasty treat for your layers, broilers, turkeys, geese, ducks and pheasants.
To properly digest their food, chickens occasionally swallow tiny stones (called “grit”) that lodge in the gizzard. This powerful muscle grinds feed and tough seeds against grit to aid digestion. Free-range birds usually find the pebbles they need but confined chickens should have grit scattered along with their scratch grains.
