Backyard Chickens (BYC) vs FeedMixer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Chickens (BYC)
Discover how to raise backyard chickens and build a coop with this comprehensive guide. Connect with a large community for advice, share your flock's stories, and view photos from other chicken enthusiasts.
- Learn chicken raising basics
- Build a chicken coop
- Community forum access
- Share flock photos
- Read member experiences
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A pet that makes you breakfast? Learn how to raise chickens & build a chicken coop. Ask questions and get answers from our community of over 200,000 members! Share stories and upload pictures of your flock. Read some of the amazing experiences of other peeps just like you!
FeedMixer
This app helps farmers create custom chicken and poultry feed mixes using local ingredients and their costs. It offers guidance for various breeds and ages, with recommendations to consult local experts for further adjustments.
- Custom feed mix creation
- Ingredient cost tracking
- Guidance for different breeds
- Support for various bird ages
- Local ingredient utilization
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FeedMixer is meant for farmers intending to self-mix their own chicken and poultry feed with locally available ingredients including ingredient cost. While the FeedMixer app is intended to provide guidance across a range of breeds and bird ages, further tailoring of any feed mix should be considered based on the local environment where a farmer is rearing their flock. Additional guidance outside the app can be sought by contacting local veterinarians or other poultry experts. The FeedMixer App has been developed by the World Poultry Foundation (WPF) in partnership with the University of Georgia (UGA) Poultry Science Department.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backyard Chickens (BYC) at 3.2 against FeedMixer's 1.0. Backyard Chickens (BYC) also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and ratings volume (59 vs 1). FeedMixer's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 27 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backyard Chickens (BYC) holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Chickens (BYC) has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Backyard Chickens (BYC)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of FeedMixer's.
Backyard Chickens (BYC) ships an update every 27 months, FeedMixer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Chickens (BYC) | FeedMixer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (59 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludlow Concepts, Inc. | World Poultry Foundation |
Customer experience
Backyard Chickens (BYC)
FeedMixer
Bugs and requests
Backyard Chickens (BYC)
Reported bugs
50 issues- App is extremely glitchy
- Cannot type anything
- Cannot log in
- Amazon fire stick advertisement loop
- Cannot get past ads
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- Cannot make an account
- App glitches too much
- Hard to use
- Video ads kick user out of app
- Ads make it impossible to use
- Bombarded by constant advertisements
- Homing missile adds (pop ups)
- Ads keep popping up
- Can't look at any post before a pop up
- Buffers or cursor is outta whack when creating account
- Kicked out and opened a legal page
- App outdated or hacked
- Can't type out in search bar
- Kept popping up videos when scrolling
- Cannot scroll through without seeing video ad
- Cannot read one article
- Banned for being too young
- Won't let me post most of the time
- Goes back and forth to different screens
- Screen takes me out of typing mode
- Keeps interrupting typing
- Cannot log in
- Alert panel stays blank
- Cannot see alerts
- Barely log in, takes several tries
- Keyboard keeps going down
- Page constantly reloading
- Search function only works 30% of the time
- Will not let me sign in
- Won't work on iPhone 6
- Needs an update to use with iPhone
- Stated it needed to update
- 404 error message
- Creating an account was too hard
- iPhone 6 upload of PHOTOS not working
- Freezes phone and puts CANCEL message
- Uploading pictures not working
- Pop up ads have made the app unusable
- Opens app store and tries to get me to buy an app
- Ad opens full screen and kicks user out
- Keyboard disappears when typing private message
- Tapping on sponsored adds
- Private message is gone
- Notifications not working
- Alert panel blank
Requested features
18 requests- Fix glitches ASAP
- Fix app glitches
- Fix app bugs
- Fix keyboard issues
- Fix login issues
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- Fix ad interruptions
- Fix pop-up ads
- Fix search function
- Fix photo upload issues
- Add notifications
- Update app for iPhone 6
- Update app for iPhone
- Make app more user-friendly
- Improve navigation
- Allow photo uploads
- Fix private message typing issue
- Fix alert panel
- Improve overall usability
FeedMixer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backyard Chickens (BYC)
No in-app purchases
FeedMixer
No in-app purchases
