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MountainFireflyAcres
In the Brooder
Interesting feed back, especially on the changes to ingredients over the seasons. GC-Raptor, I will be doing the same thing thing and saving the ingredient listing just to see the changes, good idea there!
With humans, dogs and cats.....and I can only assume with chickens, Different foods may have a set protein, fat or vitamin content but the source of nutrients vary in their digestibility based on the animal consuming it. A bag of dog food may have 35% protein but if the main portion of that protein comes from corn and other grains it wont be digested and utilized like it would if fed to a horse.
I wonder what food sources chickens are very good at digesting that are common in feeds as compared to what ingredients may not be so well digested that would be fillers to prop up the nutrient percentages on paper? anyone know?
Also, imnuksensec....thank you for putting a proper link on that website I referenced in my initial post! I'm still learning the ropes on here so much appreciated. If you look at that link and say click on the layer feed for chickens, some feeds....purina, nutrena and a couple others have some vitamins that others are completely free of, such as vitamin e and d if I remember from the other day comparing. I was scratching my head as to how important or helpful it was to have these in them when so many of the other brands don't have it added to their formula at all. it really makes me lean heavily towards the feeds that adds them as a precaution vs the others that are similar in most other ways except lacking them. anyone that might have any feed back on that I would defiantly love to hear too.
I am always happy to hear others so feel welcome to chime in! , thanks ~Brian
With humans, dogs and cats.....and I can only assume with chickens, Different foods may have a set protein, fat or vitamin content but the source of nutrients vary in their digestibility based on the animal consuming it. A bag of dog food may have 35% protein but if the main portion of that protein comes from corn and other grains it wont be digested and utilized like it would if fed to a horse.
I wonder what food sources chickens are very good at digesting that are common in feeds as compared to what ingredients may not be so well digested that would be fillers to prop up the nutrient percentages on paper? anyone know?
Also, imnuksensec....thank you for putting a proper link on that website I referenced in my initial post! I'm still learning the ropes on here so much appreciated. If you look at that link and say click on the layer feed for chickens, some feeds....purina, nutrena and a couple others have some vitamins that others are completely free of, such as vitamin e and d if I remember from the other day comparing. I was scratching my head as to how important or helpful it was to have these in them when so many of the other brands don't have it added to their formula at all. it really makes me lean heavily towards the feeds that adds them as a precaution vs the others that are similar in most other ways except lacking them. anyone that might have any feed back on that I would defiantly love to hear too.
I am always happy to hear others so feel welcome to chime in! , thanks ~Brian