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Quote: NO No, I mean before you put the eggs in the incubator do you drop the temperature of the eggs? What I do is, I collect the eggs then put them in a egg turner in a cool spot in my basement. The eggs are then cooled and turned for 24 hours before being put in the incubator. Quote: I...

I never had a hatch less than 85% with a incubator unless it was user error or nutritional and all my chicks that I hatch in a incubator are healthy with lots of vigor. Most of the time my incubator hatch is at 90 to 95 percent, my broody hatch runs around 94 to 100 percent depending on breed...

I agree, With out supplementing vitamins and minerals I just cant see those grains providing what they need. @Organic Acres How are you figuring your proteins? You posted your grains in parts, you should be pounds. If you use the numbers you posted weight you only have a 11% protein feed (not...

If you have a room that stays around 68 to 70* F you can grow about anything you want including fodder. As for the lights I would recommend getting 2 shop lights putting them side by side and putting a set of Agrosun bulbs in them.

Most Sunflower seeds are only around 13% to 16% protein which is about the same as some other grain like Steamed Rolled Oats (17% protein), Barley (12% protein) Wheat Midds (18% protein) etc. There Total Digestible Nutrition (TDN) is low at 68% do to the high amount of indigestible fibers...

I though you was saying that I said something that was false information.

False information? What is the false information? Hog and chickens are two completely different animals with different needs, chickens may eat a lot of things but it doesn't mean there body can process the nutrition with in the product. As for the "Chicken Treat" page it's a joke, even the...

What conflicting information. I know that there is a ton of information out there some good and some not so good. The one thing that a lot of people forget or just don't know is that chickens eat to fill there caloric needs meaning when that need is met there eating stops weather or not they...

Most are brining down the nutritional value of the over all feed. The suet, is just a fat product that chickens don't really need. Kielbasa sold at most stores is just a mix of meat, fat, seasoning, and preservatives. It is also high in salt. The celery and peppers have a lot of fiber that is...

All members of the Allium family can cause Anemia in many animals if overly feed. *Allium family include Onions, Garlic, Chives etc. I would also take out the Potatoes, Celery, Peppers, Suet and Kielbasa.

First I was not "slamming" home made feed. If anything I was slamming the all whole grain incomplete diet that relies on the bird free ranging. (which this person was feeding/doing) Other than protein and fat do you know the nutritional value of your mix? If not how can you say that all your...

It might be a type-o but. Only the soy/bean or animal product is cooked not the feed mix. I'v seen some birds on a all grain diet and was not impressed at all (nor was the poultry judge) over all condition of the birds were bad and feathering was poor. If you get the chance to read some of...

Quote: Ok this is twice maybe more that you used the terms,"cooked and mashed together". So that you know there are very few ingredients in a poultry feed that are cooked, one being soybean (soy like legumes) and the others being animal proteins and fats. None of the other ingredients are...

If your birds have to free range to meet the rest of there dietary/nutritional needs then your not making a chicken feed (or at least a complete one) but more of a grain mix much like a glorified scratch grain. Lets face it anybody can go and mix a bunch of grains together and call it a "feed"...

I don't grind my feed and when I did send the feed mix off I just sent it as is. Your right at the turn of the century people didn't buy prepared poultry feed. The egg and meat production was low but the other thing we have to remember is that chickens now are not what they where than, meaning...

There are a number of reason for added Vitamins, Minerals and other Nutrients (example some amino acids). Grains and other ingredients can vary from batch to batch, from field to field and year to year. Some of them are added because some nutrients are harder for poultry to extract. Some forms...

I agree with this post. I will also add that people overlook the fact that chicken eat to fill there energy needs. When the energy need is met they stop eating. Nuffsaid had said that her birds eat less of her feed than a commercial type feed, this may be true and one of the reasons may be...