Mamagirl3
Songster
Some say roosters can eat layers feed and some say it is too much calcium for a roo and leads to heart problems and possibly death. Which is correct?
Additional salt/sodium same?
Additional salt/sodium same?
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Thank you very much. Raised day old chicks .. 12 girls and 1 boy. They are 5 months old today. (Got our first egg saturday) had started layers pellets last week... but for transitioning we had mixed their crumbles in with it, today being first day all pellets. Then read rooster shouldn't have the layers feed. So ... this may be difficult to keep him out of their feed. Morning and evening I could feed the separate... but I have feed available all day for my girls. So I don't know exactly how this will work?Do a search on here - there's lots of opinions about this topic. Basically long term it can cause health problems because of the elevated calcium in the feed that's designed for laying hens. How long until problems are evident? I don't personally know. But if you eat or cull your roosters around 6 months to a year, that probably won't be long enough to have these problems crop up. So it really depends on how long you plan to keep your rooster and how healthy you want him to be.
My two cents.
Tried to search in different ways, still don't come up with anything... can you give me the proper words to put in search to find this topic. Thank you!Do a search on here - there's lots of opinions about this topic. Basically long term it can cause health problems because of the elevated calcium in the feed that's designed for laying hens. How long until problems are evident? I don't personally know. But if you eat or cull your roosters around 6 months to a year, that probably won't be long enough to have these problems crop up. So it really depends on how long you plan to keep your rooster and how healthy you want him to be.
My two cents.
One idea would be to mix in the All Flock with your existing feed until the layer feed is gone, then buy All Flock from then on out. That way you don't waste feed, and the rooster would only be getting 50% or so of layer feed temporarily.Morning and evening I could feed the separate... but I have feed available all day for my girls. So I don't know exactly how this will work?
I agree with the general idea, but can chicks really eat whole pellet feed?The easiest way is to feed an all flock/ flock raiser with oyster shell on the side, if you ever hatch chicks you don't have to switch feed, and it will not harm your rooster, everyone can eat the same thing
They make both pellets and crumble in the Purina Flockraiser I like to feed my chickens. You could try either or feed both, whatever works best, it's the same nutritional makeup regardless of form.I agree with the general idea, but can chicks really eat whole pellet feed?