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Flock Block From “Scratch”

Make your own Flock Block from “Scratch.” Ha Ha, get it? OK, enough with the puns! I don’t know about you, but I don’t like buying something if I can make it. So. On my run to the feed mill this week, I picked up a few extra things to make my poor molting girls some flock blocks!

Hubby walked in a bit late from work and discovered a very messy experiment happening in the kitchen. Usually these experiments have an end result of him eating something sweet.

So when the feed bucket, a bag of scratch and a bag of sunflower seeds were sitting on the counter, I most certainly got a major eye roll. The chickens have now invaded the kitchen, and at first glance I don’t think he was impressed.

Fortunately, after I showed him the finished product (and a clean kitchen) I got the stamp of approval! Here is my recipe for Flock Block.

 

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Ingredients

3 cups scratch

1 1/2 cup feed

2 cups black oil sunflower seeds

2 cups flour

1/2 cup egg shells

1/2 tsp cayenne

1 Tbsp cinnamon

fresh or dried herbs from your garden (here I used oregano and sage)

4 eggs ( save and add the shells)

1/2 cup blackstrap molasses

1/2 cup coconut oil or lard

 

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350°F.

Mix your dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Mix your wet ingredients in a medium bowl.

Combine the two and mix well.

Form this mixture into pans or with a cookie cutter on a parchment lined baking sheet. I used a large heart shaped cutter. It fell a bit in the oven but when it was still warm I placed the cutter over it again and hit it with a kitchen mallet to sharpen up the edges.

Bake for 30 mins and remove to cool on a wire rack.

*If you’d like to hang it, use a toothpick to poke a hole through, while it is still warm.

*To harvest and store your own sunflower seeds check out my post here.
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