Justin RhodesAbundant Permaculture, LLC · Boss

How I turn waste into chicken feed

Name: How I turn waste into chicken feed
Uploaded: 2026-03-21T17:30:04+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Justin Rhodes
Description: In this brief instructional monologue, the speaker explains how a homestead dairy operation can repurpose skim milk—a byproduct left after extracting…

21 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional monologue, the speaker explains how a homestead dairy operation can repurpose skim milk—a byproduct left after extracting cream for butter, cream, or sour cream—by adding it to chicken feed. By pouring a couple of gallons of skim milk onto the feed, the liquid soaks the feed, which helps break down anti‑nutrients, making the feed easier for chickens to digest. The added skim milk also contributes high‑quality protein, further improving the nutritional value of the feed. The speaker emphasizes that skim milk is an excellent animal feed supplement and highlights the simplicity and effectiveness of this waste‑to‑feed conversion.

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This is how I use a byproduct of the— our milking operation here on the homestead to improve the chicken's feed. We have some skim milk. We've harvested the cream for butter or cream or sour cream, and we pour it into the chicken's feed. And we poured about, I don't know, a couple gallons. And that not only soaks it, breaking down the anti-nutrients, making it easier for the chickens to digest, We've added that skim milk protein, and nothing feds an animal like skim milk.