Scratch and Peck Feeds Organic Grower Mash Chicken Feed - 25-lbs - 17% Protein, Non-GMO Project Verified, Naturally Free Chic

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 2,672 ratings

Price: 49.99

Last update: 12-18-2024


About this item

Boosts Growth and Vitality - Packed with 17% protein from organic grains, this feed helps support continued growth and a gloriously healthy gloss for your chickens and ducks, ensuring a thriving flock.
Pure Organic Nutrition – Give your flock a healthier choice with our premium feed, made from a formula with no unnecessary additives, delivering clean, wholesome nutrition for your laying chickens and ducks.
Versatile Feeding Options - Choose what’s best! Feed dry for easy, mess-free meals or choose fermented to prevent picky eaters from selecting only their favorites. Both methods provide balanced nutrition, keeping every bird healthy and satisfied.
Eco-Friendly Packaging - Comes in recyclable and compostable packaging, making it a simple, sustainable choice for your flock and the planet. Enjoy quality feed while reducing waste and supporting eco-friendly farming practices.
Grown and Milled in North America - Our feed is proudly sourced and milled in the USA and Canada. Choosing our feed means investing in local businesses and sustainable agriculture.

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Top reviews from the United States

  • A. Austin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent feed (especially for fermentation)
    Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2014
    I've ordered Scratch & Peck feeds 3 or 4 times now and my chickens have gone crazy for it since day 1. You can definitely tell the difference in your flock when you give them a quality feed vs. the mass produced highly-processed crap they sell in most feed stores (the biggest difference that I've noticed is in the smell of their poop - much less potent when on this stuff). I love that you can actually see the grains in this feed, but the downside is that the chickens will pick out their favorites and leave the rest (at least that's been my case). There is some powder in this feed as well, which is more difficult for them to eat. You could add water to the powdery stuff and give it to them as a mash, but what I've been experimenting with recently is fermenting feed. I'm down to the last bit of the bag on their current feed, so much of my experimenting has been with the powder or bits that they "rejected", but you can ferment all the feed if you wish to do so (which I plan on doing with the next bag that I get).

    If you're not familiar with fermenting feed, here's a quick run-down:

    There are tons of benefits to fermenting - the process produces what are essentially probiotics (healthy bacteria) that promote digestive health. I've also read that the components of the feed are better utilized by the chickens' bodies after the feed is fermented - they don't have to eat as much to get the nutrients that they need (which saves you money, essentially, because it takes them longer to get through a bag of feed). Since fermentation produces a wet feed, they also don't require as much water. From the first day of offering this feed to them after it had fermented, I've noticed that their poop is well formed for the most part (not runny) and there is nearly no stink to it (yay!). Others have also reported healthier looking feathers and less illness (I haven't been fermenting long enough to see these benefits in my flock yet).

    The fermentation process is pretty simple - you just place some feed into a vessel/bucket, add a source of healthy bacteria (I use apple cider vinegar with "the mother"), and add enough water to cover the feed. You can also add other things to the mix that you would normally feed them (kitchen scraps, etc), though I haven't tried adding other components yet. Loosely cover the container (so gasses can escape & air can get it - you don't want to leave the container completely uncovered or it'll attract bugs... unless that's what you're going for, lol) and place the container in a location where it is somewhat warm and dark. After a day or two, you should notice the odor change to kind of a sour scent (if you've ever made sourdough bread or worked with a sourdough starter, it's along those same lines) and it'll get frothy - when this has occurred, it's ready to feed to the flock. If your birds are adults, it may take a day or two for them to "accept" it, though mine didn't really have an issue with it. There are tons more details about fermenting in the forum of the Backyard Chickens website - one of the threads on there is over 1000 pages long, lol (just search for fermented feed).

    From what I've seen, fermenting is definitely the way to go - it keeps the flock happy & healthy and it stretches the feed budget (win-win-win). This feed on it's own is great, but fermenting just takes it to the next level.
  • Karen G
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great grains
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2024
    My hens love their grains! I ferment the grains and also feed a different pellet food every day along with any extra greens I can get my hands on. But the hens still gobble up their grains every day. They’re healthy and happy and most lay an egg every day. I’m very satisfied with the feed. I have had no issues with mold or rot.
  • KP_JN
    5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Manna Pro on every account
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2015
    This stuff is great. Granted I'm only a couple days into it, but so far so good. I had intended on getting the chick starter locally. Then ran down the clock trying to find organic chick starter in LA... Because I have Prime I ordered Manna Pro Organic Chick Starter which is roughly $20 for 5 pounds and guaranteed to arrive within two days. It seem like a pricey but safe bet to be sure I'd have it when the little ones arrived. I'm new to this, I didn't know what to compare it to, seemed fine enough. The first ingredients were corn and soy, which I wasn't wild about, both for health and for environmental reasons. But the chicks ate it, they look healthy, good enough. Come time to order more food and I try the starter from Scratch and Peck.

    It arrived in four days. Which was awesome and unexpected. These little ladies get a pretty diverse snack diet and plenty of time outside in the hot California sun. I wouldn't say they are picky, but I would say they aren't suckers, they've tasted all sorts of stuff and they've shown their individual preferences even now at just under 4 weeks. They all went nuts on it. Bonanza style. Chicken party.

    Because they were so into it, I got curious and compared. Visually the Manna Pro looks like tiny torn up pieces of flimsy cardboard, left to bleach in the sun for a week. Scratch and Peck looks more like a packet of soup spices mixed with ground up Muesli. There looked to be a few pieces still too big for them, but when poking around their bedding later I didn't see any left; perhaps they became accustom.

    The Manna Pro didn't smell like much of anything, while this stuff smelled like foodstuffs – dry grass and a TINY hint of cooked fish. Then I looked for packing dates. When the Manna Pro shipped it was already nearly 3 months old. When the Scratch and Peck shipped it was a few days old. Even if the chicks liked it the same, if it cost just as much; that alone would cause me to only buy this ever again. Wait two extra days for it to arrive and get food that's three months fresher, seems like a fair deal.

    Okay, now packaging. Manna Pro, plastic ziplock back. Convenient but wasteful. Scratch and Peck, sturdy paper packaging filled to the brim, densely pressed, with ingredient list and product name sewed along one of the seams. If that kind of thing matters to you as well, you'll feel better about getting this. I put the feed into large mason jars for storage.

    Finally, cost. Manna Pro cardboard crumble = $4 per pound. Scratch and Peck tasty looking chick Muesli $1.60 per pound
  • Florida Gal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money if you're willing to soak the feed
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2021
    Yes this feed is on the expensive side, but it contains no fillers or junk. My ladies like it best if it's "fermented", which in my case means mixing in a Mason jar, 1 1/2 cups of feed with enough water to cover, putting the lid on loosely and letting it sit overnight, or for 24 hours. The grains swell and all the fines are absorbed and when you give it a good stir, it makes a mash my ladies can't resist. That jar full will usually last me for two feedings for my four hens. That's a cup and a half of food for 4 chickens over two days, which is pretty great! So, my kind of expensive feed lasts quite a while and none of it goes to waste, so that's a pretty good value for the money . My hens also free range during the day and do get treats like dried black fly larvae and dried crickets as well. I get four beautiful, hard shelled eggs every day! I do recommend this feed if you use it "fermented", or soaked. Straight from the bag it can seem wasteful because there is some dust and fine particles that aren't easily consumed from a trough feeder, which is what I use.
  • Erin Nicole Salinas
    4.0 out of 5 stars Dusty inside
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2024
    Yes there is product but it’s very dusty.
    I wouldn’t feed dry, I would go ahead and submerge in water bc for 24hr to ferment then feed to get more bang for your Buck on account of it being very dusty.

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