Black flakes in layer feed?

[MysteryChicken]

I’m going to try burning it tomorrow like you suggested

Sounds good.

 

[PeepingK]

Sounds good.

Ok so I just got an email back from the mill and they said that it’s most likely sunflower meal

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ok so I just got an email back from the mill and they said that it’s most likely sunflower meal

I was gonna say it kind of looked like black oil sunflower seeds

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ok so I just got an email back from the mill and they said that it’s most likely sunflower meal

First time I've heard of that. That's good news.

 

[Geena]

Ok so I just got an email back from the mill and they said that it’s most likely sunflower meal

Good that it's not anything harmful. Looking up sunflower meal it's what is left after the oil is extracted from the seeds. So maybe it's mostly hulls and that's why the chickens don't really like it so much.

 

[WallyG74]

Taste it.

 

[Kiki]

Are you going to go back to the mill and ask?

 

[Kiki]

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking too. I just emailed the mill so hopefully I’ll have some answers by tomorrow morning.
The place looked kind of sketchy when I was there but their website says that they’re certified organic.

Link to the website please?

 

[Kiki]

I was gonna say it kind of looked like black oil sunflower seeds

Good deal.


I highly recommend that you use a crumbled or pelleted feed instead of offering whole grain feed like you're offering now.
Offering this type of feed gives the birds a choice to pick and choose what they want to eat or don't want to eat, which could cause them to not get a balanced diet... Which in turn will cause issues.

 

[EagleEyes]

I went back and looked at your pictures and that looks like what I buy when I buy a bag of scratch to throw in the run in the afternoon once in a while.
I just looked at my scratch and it's all grains, no sunflower hulls.
I'm guessing if you look at the tag that there is no way that's layer feed.