Chicken Mix
SEASON
Annual & Perennial Mixture
HEIGHT
Up to 48 inches if not eaten down
ENVIRONMENT
Full sun
USDA ZONES
3 - 9
SEASON
Perennial
HEIGHT
12 - 36 inches
ENVIRONMENT
Full sun
USDA ZONES
5 - 10
About...
Whether you have a small backyard chicken coup or acres for your chickens to roam, this forage mix promotes soil health and provides optimal chicken nutrition. Save time and money by producing quality forage rather than purchasing feed over and over.MORE SMALL ANIMALS & BIRDS OPTIONS
Whether you have a small backyard chicken coup or acres for your chickens to roam, this forage mix promotes soil health and provides optimal chicken nutrition. Save time and money by producing quality forage rather than purchasing feed over and over. Backyard chicken keepers know that healthy chickens produce bright orange yolks as this is a sign of a happy and healthy hen. Get your chicks started off right with Outsidepride's Chicken seed mix.
Finding the right forage seed mixture for your chickens should not be hard. We’ve done the research so you don’t have to. Our premium blend is designed to give your chick pasture the lush, nutritious growth that chickens will gobble down. This mixture contains annuals and perennials your chickens will love. Due to the fact it does contain annuals, it will likely require overseeding periodically.
Why Choose Premium This Premium Mix?
- It Will Grow Pretty Much Anywhere: Whether you're a big farmer or a homeowner looking to enhance your backyard, this mixture adapts well to various soil types and climates.
- Nutrient-Rich Growth: Think of Chick's Mix as the multivitamin for your brood. It’s packed with high-quality seeds that are specifically chosen to boost soil health and provide optimal nutrition for grazing chickens.
- Easy to Sow, Easy to Grow: You don't need a horticulture degree to get great results. Our forage seed mixture is designed for even the novice gardener. Just spread, keep the seeds moist, and let nature do the rest when soil temperature are about 55F.
- Cost-Effective: Chicken feeds become very expensive, very fast. Planting your own pasture mix saves you time and money. This chicken seed mix ensures robust growth, reducing the need for constant replanting and maintenance.
For best results, please keep your chickens off of the newly planted seed until the plot has come up, and a decent stand is present. Our premium seed mixtures contains these approximate percentages:
Common Flax - 20%
Buckwheat - 10%
Peas - 10%
Red Clover - 10%
Crimson Clover - 10%
Proso Millet - 10%
Kale - 10%
Purpletop Turnips - 10%
Alfalfa - 10%
This mix is subject to slight change, depending on seasonal availability of certain seed varieties. Common flax, a well-known source of omega-3 fatty acids, is the highest percentage. Not only feed your chickens, but you may also this versatile seed mixture as a cover crop.
All of our seed varieties are non-GMO and untreated in this mix. The clover is coated with a clay based, water absorbing material.
Chufas (Cyperus esculentus) - Chufas area warm-season, perennial bunch grass with a peanut-like underground nut used for food plots of deer, turkey, hogs and wild hogs. This legume is very similar to peanuts and hogs will root them the say way they do peanutes. Plant in spring through summer. Wildlife digs up the chufas once they mature. Also called yellow nutsedge or tiger nuts.
Chufas prefer fertile, sandy and loamy soils. Chufa plants have underground tubers, which are part of the plant that turkeys eat. One chufas tuber will produce a plant that can grow to 15 - 75 tubers when mature. Turkeys find the tubers by scratching them from just under the surface of the ground. The tubers are high in protein and fat, which makes them especially nutritious for wild turkeys. Chufa can also make an excellent food source for other wildlife including ducks and waterfowl.
Chufa plants grow well in the southern half of the US from Northern California across to Southern Iowa and even Southern Pennsylvania. Clay soils can support chufa. When growing in clay soils, lightly turn the soil in the fall to expose the tubers. In general, chufas will grow anywhere that corn can be successfully grown.