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    Out of curiosity, what prompted the follow?

    Out of curiosity, what prompted the follow?
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    Switching feed

    While there is variation brand to brand and label to label, an "All Flock" formulation can generally be fed from hatching (assuming its crumble, or you are making mash of pellets) to culling. In the case of some brands, their "All Flock" is nutritionally superior to their Starter/Grower, in...
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    Best quality food for your buck

    These guys https://wardlefeed.com/denver-chickens-and-poultry/ carry Scratch & Peck. I think its overhyped, may be outside your price point target, but not a bottom barrel feed choice. You might also check out https://curvefeed.com/poultry-feed - more Scratch & Peck, Purina, but they also have...
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    Best quality food for your buck

    Check these guys out. https://www.gehmanfeedmill.com/feeds/poultry Look to be in your area. I don't know their price points or labels - they don't seem to publish on line, but hopefully it points you in the right direction. If you are unsure, snap some photos of the guaranteed feed labels w/...
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    Compare Nutrena vs. Purina

    Your understanding is more than a little inaccurate, and congratulations on resurrecting a thread opened in 2009 and last commented on, correctly, a year ago. This isn't a secret. And has been repeated ad infinitum for many many years. Here are posts from 2014, 2017, another from 2019. I can...
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    Is purina feed okay?

    Home made starter is easy. People have been doing it for thousands of years. Which ferment process to use varies by what you are feeding, and what your birds most need. Sourdough, beer, wine, vinegar, yogurt, kombucha, natto, soy sauce, surströmming, rakfisk are all the results of...
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    Is purina feed okay?

    Making feed at home is cheap and easy. Making quality, nutritionally balanced, feed at home is difficult and expensive. In my years here on BYC I've looked at LOTS of "make at home" feed recipes - and with two exceptions, they couldn't even get crude protein, mKe, and a decent amino acid...
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    Best quality food for your buck

    A local mill - if you have one - is probably your best bet. You don't say where you are, so I can't offer suggestions. Were you in Mid TX, I'd say check out West Feeds. NW Florida, Southern Alabama, and surrounding? Tucker Milling. I use HMC (Harrell Milling) but you would probably call it...
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    Yes, though I'm not currently selling any. I have a culling project in place, working towards a...

    Yes, though I'm not currently selling any. I have a culling project in place, working towards a set of relatively heavy, decent egg layers that forage well and have at least some predator awareness. Its a long process.
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    Sadly, I can't help - forget the 2+ hour drive each way, I'm NPIP certified. I can't bring new...

    Sadly, I can't help - forget the 2+ hour drive each way, I'm NPIP certified. I can't bring new poultry or eggs onto my property, unless its from another NPIP certified source, or I lose my NPIP status. Fortune favor your search.
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    Thanks for the follow. Curious as to which of my posts resulted in you making that choice?

    Thanks for the follow. Curious as to which of my posts resulted in you making that choice?
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    "my" expression is attributed in origin to the Navy SEALS, but I first read it some decades ago in a (military) sci fi novel, and have seen it since in lots of other novels. Most recently a Progression Fantasy (similar to LitRPG) book. So, no credit to me. All props to US Special Forces...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Started a fresh pot before I went out to survey the damage. Life is better now. Sidewalls seem fine. I was spreading rock on a hill when the tire collapsed. Didn't take my time yesterday, getting the tractor ready for use - and it show today. "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast." I rushed, and...
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    Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

    Starting the morning with a flat tire and stale coffee, zero of ten do not recommend At least the tire seems to have reseated overnight. Yesterday I thought I was going to drive right off of it when it blew
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    How much niacin is in Nutrena feed?

    SAVING - NIACIN NUTRENA Nature Wise. and yes, mg/kg is the same as PPM.
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    Nutrient deficiency I can’t figure out

    Honestly, I'm going to have to look over everything you are giving your birds, mull it over a bit, then make some recommendations. Having an egg stuck internally can happen to any chicken - there are a bunch of potential causes, but the high production breeds - leghorns, RIRs, NHRs, and the...
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    Perennial Grass Options for Poultry Forage Lawn in the Southeast?

    Apart from talking to your extension office as others recommended above (and I am going to recommend it too), from experience ( I am also Zone 8a, FL Panhandle / Wiregrass region) I can tell you that fescue toxicity is a bit overblown. Clovers are excellent choices - I planted several varieties...
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    Nutrient deficiency I can’t figure out

    Math. I do Math. Lots of Math. Yet another service I provide BYC After a shower. I was on the tractor earlier moving tons of gravel. and yes, I think you are too fixated on calcium - chances are they are getting too much calcium, which is why they are avoiding discrete Ca sources like egg...
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    Nutrient deficiency I can’t figure out

    3,000-4,500 iu / kg. A little shy 4,000 iu/kg is probably the "sweet spot" for most adult birds laying birds in most circumstances. 1 mg of Vitamin D3 is equal to 40,000 IU. and I'll recheck the label before doing the math. Seeing 0.01 mg per mg just isn't the way things are normally...
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    Nutrient deficiency I can’t figure out

    Which brand? which feed, specifically. good chance I can look up the label on my own. A well made Layer should provide all the Ca those birds, at those ages, should need.
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