Mash, Pellets or Crumbles? Poll!

[gander007]

Crumble soaked in water and allowed to sit

 

[The Yakima Kid]

I use a USDA certified organic feed so it is whole grains. It does not come in pellets or crumbles. I will sometimes soak the seeds then sort of mash them up because my girls like it this way. Before I switched to the organic whole grains I was using crumbles. I would mash up the crumbles as well. The organic feed is now all whole seeds and they do not offer in crumbles or pellets. So when voting on this I guess it qualifies as "other". It's simply whole grains that are not processed into any form.

King Feeds (L. A. Hearne Company, Caliornia) makes USDA organic layer crumbles and pellets, as well as organic starter crumbles.

 

[birdlady79]

I leave pellets out for mine during the day... Then in morning and night I make up a mash and add BOSS and cracked corn... They don't really like the plain pellets...

 

[RJSorensen]

I feed mash in those long floor feeders, back in the good old days, mash was all there was. Pellets, I believed are made for the user more so than for the chickens. The big commercial companies use mash, it works in the automated feeding systems best. In the Not For Profit, backyard chicken world I would suppose pellets would win, and it looks to be leading by a large margin on the poll at the start of this thread.

Pellets dispense the best in tube feeders, pvc feeders, and other homemade feeding devices. Mash sticks in everything but the long floor feeders at my place. Nothing wrong with using whatever type you wish, and feeders to match. Choice and management style are what make keeping birds so much fun. When I do use a pellet, I just feed them in the floor feeders, my tube feeders are retired for sometime now.

Anyway, interesting thread, fun read, new ideas and thoughts from other folks are always of interest to me.

Best to you and your birds,

RJ

 

[birdlady79]

I feed mash in those long floor feeders, back in the good old days, mash was all there was. Pellets, I believed are made for the user more so than for the chickens. The big commercial companies use mash, it works in the automated feeding systems best. In the Not For Profit, backyard chicken world I would suppose pellets would win, and it looks to be leading by a large margin on the poll at the start of this thread.

Pellets dispense the best in tube feeders, pvc feeders, and other homemade feeding devices. Mash sticks in everything but the long floor feeders at my place. Nothing wrong with using whatever type you wish, and feeders to match. Choice and management style are what make keeping birds so much fun. When I do use a pellet, I just feed them in the floor feeders, my tube feeders are retired for sometime now.

Anyway, interesting thread, fun read, new ideas and thoughts from other folks are always of interest to me.

Best to you and your birds,

RJ

I use pcv split in half for mash feeder... It works great and easy to clean!! I didn't know commercial companies use mash... Learn something new everyday...

 

[oldbird1]

Hi my feeding is staggered 4 to 1 which is 4 bags pellets to 1 bag grain which is cracked corn, wheat and milo biggest percentage being corn I also add sunflower seed when I fill my garden with sunflowers also have to watch the Cockatoo's and Parrots as they also love them but works out 4 months pellets to 1 month grain my chooks are thriving 'Plymouth Rocks', Road Island Reds and 1 White Sussex so must be doing something right oldbird.

 

[Chris09]

I been feeding a Extruded Pellet to everything. I like it better than mash, crumble or a regular pellet.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

I been feeding a Extruded Pellet to everything. I like it better than mash, crumble or a regular pellet.

Off topic, is your brand registered?

 

[Chris09]

Off topic, is your brand registered?

The brand is Mazuri. I get it through a local dealer and it's a little expensive but it's not near as bad as the sight price.

The chick starter I use (first 4 week of life) then I switch to a similar 20% feed.
Exotic Gamebird Starter-

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein not less than
Lysine not less than
Methionine not less than
Crude fat not less than
Crude fiber not more than
Ash not more than
Calcium (Ca) not less than
Calcium (Ca) not more than
Phosphorous (P) not less than
Salt (NaCl) not less than
Salt (NaCl) not more than
Moisture not more than
30.0%
1.5%
0.60%
2.5%
6.5%
9.0%
0.95%
1.5%
0.90%
0.10%
0.50%
12%


Ingredients
Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, wheat middlings, fish meal (menhaden), porcine meat meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, brewers dried yeast, glyceryl monostearate, soybean oil, calcium carbonate, salt, dl-methionine, choline chloride, dicalcium phosphate, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), vitamin A acetate, manganous oxide, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (natural source vitamin E), zinc oxide, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), niacin, calcium pantothenate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (vitamin K), vitamin B12 supplement, copper sulfate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, calcium iodate, thiamin mononitrate, sodium selenite, biotin.

NUTRIENTS
Protein, 30%
Arginine, 2.0%
Cystine, 0.47%
Glycine, 1.8%
Histidine, 0.78%
Isoleucine, 1.3%
Leucine, 2.3%
Lysine, 1.8%
Methionine, 0.62%
Phenylalanine, 1.4%
Tyrosine, 0.94%
Threonine, 1.2%
Tryptophan, 0.36%
Valine, 1.4%
Fat (Acid hydrolysis), 5.1%
Linoleic acid,1.6%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, 0.22%
Omega-6 Fatty Acids, 1.6%
Fiber (Crude), 4.3%
Neutral Detergent Fiber, 15%
Acid Detergent Fiber, 5.0%
Metabolizable Energy2, kcal/kg 2,625

MINERALS
Ash, 7.6%
Calcium, 1.2%
Phosphorus, 0.94%
Phosphorus (non-phytate), 0.57%
Potassium, 1.3%
Magnesium, 0.25%
Sodium, 0.22%
Chloride, 0.33%
Iron, ppm 220
Zinc, ppm 130
Manganese, ppm 140
Copper, ppm 21
Iodine, ppm 1.9
Selenium (added), ppm 0.30

VITAMINS
Thiamin, ppm 7.8
Riboflavin, ppm 14
Niacin, ppm 95
Pantothenic acid, ppm 23
Choline, ppm 2,375
Folic acid, ppm 4.8
Pyridoxine, ppm 8.5
Biotin, ppm 0.30
Vitamin B12, μg/kg 31
Vitamin A (added), IU/kg 13,425
Vitamin D3, IU/kg 2,135
Vitamin E, IU/kg 150
Vitamin K (as menadione), ppm 0.76
Beta-carotene, ppm 1.1
Ascorbic acid, ppm 72

 

[The Yakima Kid]

The brand is Mazuri. I get it through a local dealer and it's a little expensive but it's not near as bad as the sight price.

The chick starter I use (first 4 week of life) then I switch to a similar 20% feed.
Exotic Gamebird Starter-

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein not less than
Lysine not less than
Methionine not less than
Crude fat not less than
Crude fiber not more than
Ash not more than
Calcium (Ca) not less than
Calcium (Ca) not more than
Phosphorous (P) not less than
Salt (NaCl) not less than
Salt (NaCl) not more than
Moisture not more than
30.0%
1.5%
0.60%
2.5%
6.5%
9.0%
0.95%
1.5%
0.90%
0.10%
0.50%
12%


Ingredients
Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, wheat middlings, fish meal (menhaden), porcine meat meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, brewers dried yeast, glyceryl monostearate, soybean oil, calcium carbonate, salt, dl-methionine, choline chloride, dicalcium phosphate, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), vitamin A acetate, manganous oxide, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (natural source vitamin E), zinc oxide, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), niacin, calcium pantothenate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (vitamin K), vitamin B12 supplement, copper sulfate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, calcium iodate, thiamin mononitrate, sodium selenite, biotin.

NUTRIENTS
Protein, 30%
Arginine, 2.0%
Cystine, 0.47%
Glycine, 1.8%
Histidine, 0.78%
Isoleucine, 1.3%
Leucine, 2.3%
Lysine, 1.8%
Methionine, 0.62%
Phenylalanine, 1.4%
Tyrosine, 0.94%
Threonine, 1.2%
Tryptophan, 0.36%
Valine, 1.4%
Fat (Acid hydrolysis), 5.1%
Linoleic acid,1.6%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, 0.22%
Omega-6 Fatty Acids, 1.6%
Fiber (Crude), 4.3%
Neutral Detergent Fiber, 15%
Acid Detergent Fiber, 5.0%
Metabolizable Energy2, kcal/kg 2,625

MINERALS
Ash, 7.6%
Calcium, 1.2%
Phosphorus, 0.94%
Phosphorus (non-phytate), 0.57%
Potassium, 1.3%
Magnesium, 0.25%
Sodium, 0.22%
Chloride, 0.33%
Iron, ppm 220
Zinc, ppm 130
Manganese, ppm 140
Copper, ppm 21
Iodine, ppm 1.9
Selenium (added), ppm 0.30

VITAMINS
Thiamin, ppm 7.8
Riboflavin, ppm 14
Niacin, ppm 95
Pantothenic acid, ppm 23
Choline, ppm 2,375
Folic acid, ppm 4.8
Pyridoxine, ppm 8.5
Biotin, ppm 0.30
Vitamin B12, μg/kg 31
Vitamin A (added), IU/kg 13,425
Vitamin D3, IU/kg 2,135
Vitamin E, IU/kg 150
Vitamin K (as menadione), ppm 0.76
Beta-carotene, ppm 1.1
Ascorbic acid, ppm 72

Thanks.

I meant your ranch brand. Circle Paren M Paren? Is that how it is read?

I've seen a number of brands that are read as Paren instead of 1/2 circle or quarter circle.