Kalmbach is known throughout the upper midwest. We also have a Kalmbach franchised Feed and Grain up the road a piece. Prices are fair and quality is good. I've only ever purchased the locally ground, 16% layer mash, not their pre-bagged products. I now use Hubbard, however.
One good...
It sometimes takes awhile to find a feed company or feed mill that sells top quality feed in one's area. Purina, at our local TSC stores is $17 and change for a 50# bag of Layena. That is $34+ a hundred pounds. I scanned my actual feed sack tag. We buy this for $17.75 a hundred pounds (50...
No way. I sent you a pm. If one goes to the Kalmbach, Buckeye, Hubbard websites for these national/regional feed companies, you may be able to find a dealer/ill near you, using their information.
Dumor is also Purina. It doesn't have the "anti-poop-smell" agent that Purina puts in their labeled products. DuMor is to TSC what Craftsman is to Sears, that's all.
One of our local mill only sells ground feed (mash) in a layer formula. Thus, it is chocked full of potentially harmful calcium for an adolescent bird. Feed is feed, whatever "shape" it comes in, it all begins as ground powder, then gets shaped into crumbles or pelletized. No layer formula...
Yup. We've a local Mill that is a Purina mill, ie, Land O' Lakes and a TSC that sells bagged Purina feed, which is Nestle. Two different things.
The Purina mill specializes in cattle, hog and horse feeds though.
Local ground feed varies in texture from mill to mill. Of course, all chickens balk a bit a changing their feed, but locally ground mash looks dusty at first. When you moisten it with a bit of water and stir you can see better that it is actually much coarser than what one might think. The...
Some people do not like ANY feed that contains GMO grains, and that includes Purina. Others, dislike Purina because of the high pricing of their sacked and shipped feeds sold in rural stores and prefer higher quality, but lower priced feeds made locally.
When you are as big and have the...