How much grass do broiler chickens eat?
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This is yet another area of farming where there are a lot of variables. Grass height, age of your chickens, pasture quality, time of year, weather, etc...
In general I find that my hens will average about 10-25% of their feed requirements from the pasture. In addition to that I give them a pre-mixed broiler ration from my local feed mill. They cannot survive in this system on pasture alone.
When I am budgeting for the year I take the pessimistic view of not accounting for grass consumption at all. That way I end up coming out on top. And if something goes wrong I've built a buffer into the system.
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