Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart. Best Coop A Round. Take an old stock tank, 3 aluminum satellite dishes, couple of iron wagon wheels, rear wheel from a riding mower, 2 never flat bicycle wheels, couple of cattle panels, 2 x 4's, welded wire, chicken wire, T-111 siding, styrofoam insulation, discarded commercial gym set (pvc with metal pipe inserts), etc. etc. After losing 3 different flocks over the past 2 years to raccoons and coyotes on the very nights that I didn't lock the chickens up I knew something different was needed.
Also figured into this decision was the fact that by mid-summer the entire garden pen area (about 2000 sq. ft.) was cleaned of any vegetation that was eatable. CHICKEN FEED: Main Menu. Grass-Fed Chickens?
Chickens will consume 30% of their calories from grass, if allowed to truly "free range. " Since grass is very low in calories, that's a WHOLE LOT of grass! Another thing chickens need is animal protein. Chickens are omnivores, just like the humans they've kept company with for all these millennia. Dedicated to promoting backyard chickens in urban residential landscapes.
Raising BackYard Chickens, Build a Chicken Coop, Pictures of Breeds. Breeds of Poultry - Department of Animal Science, Oklahoma State University.