Jessamy Miller’s special warming mash recipe

Chooks will love your leftover porridge, but if you want to make them an even more nutritious brekkie, try this mash which has a better balance of grains. This recipe is for 10 chooks.

4 cups layer pellets or dry premixed mash
1 litre hot water
40g sunflower seeds (handful)
1 cup vegies, any combination of: grated carrot, grated pumpkin, chopped greens (silverbeet, kale, spinach etc)
1 tablespoons oregano leaves, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons vegie oil

1. Put pellets into a clean bucket. Pour water onto the pellets or dry mash and mix. Let stand for 5 minutes to absorb liquid. Add more water or pellets if required to get a porridge consistency.
2. Add sunflower seeds, vegies, oregano, garlic and oil. Add more water if needed for a porridge consistency.
3. Feed mash to fowls. Store any unused wet mash in the fridge in a sealed container and use within a day.

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