10+ Ways to Save Money on
Your Chicken Feed Bill

You’ll almost never cut your feed bill by doing only one thing. Growing a garden or raising earthworms alone isn’t going to cut it. You need multiple sources for sustainability before breaking away from commercial feed. Then if one of your food sources is not available or out of season, you have other foods available to them. 

Here are some of the best ways you can cut your chicken feed bill. The earlier ones are easier, more holistic, and sustainable. They also require less of your attention for bigger benefits to your entire homestead. 

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A Way of Thinking That Sets You Up for Success...

• How to Feed Chickens Commercial Feed with the End Goal to Break away from it
• 11 Things NOT to Feed Chickens & The Best Ways to Dispose of Them on the Homestead -You need to know what not to feed them before getting far into your planning.

The Bare-Bone Holistic Basics...

Management is key to obtaining these money savers. You might be surprised how much you can save just from good management. 

• Beyond the Basic Free-Ranging Chickens--The #1 Way to Save on Feed
• How to Save Money on Chicken Feed With Manure Management
• 2 Ways to Compost with Backyard Chickens to $ave Money on Your Feed Bill--Passive & Intensive
• 4 Ways to Use Kitchen Food Scraps & Save the Most on Your Chicken Feed Bill
• How to Use Chickens with Bugs on the Homestead

Grow A Chicken Garden...

This one is great in so many ways. Beauty, healthy microbes, food for your family, the chickens and more can all come out of an amazing chicken garden.

• How to start a Chicken Garden
• 15 Plants to Grow That Will Lower Your Chicken Feed Bill
• Layers in a Chicken Garden
• Why You Need to Plant Herbs in a Chicken Garden
  

Extra Chores for Extra Savings...

These are the extra steps. Nonetheless, many may make another way to save money on your feed. You could also give jobs like these to your kids.

• How to Ferment Chicken Feed--In 3 Easy Steps
• Grow Sprouts for Your Chickens and Save on Feed
• 6 Kinds of Bugs You Can Grow For Your Chickens

Getting Kids Involved...

• Kids Can Do That! --Finding Jobs for the Littles To Save Money on Your Chicken Feed Bill

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