layer feed

  1. Drumstick63

    1st time chicken Mom

    I have 3 chickens that free range about 5-8 hrs a day, they have a continuous feeder with layer pellets and I give them fruits and or veggies when they go back in their coop for the night, also give them a bit of corn and mealworms as a treat. I am wondering if I am feeding them to much , when...
  2. Drumstick63

    Besides layer feed

    I feed my 3 hens layer feed in a continuous feeder (I guess that’s what you call it 😆) and in the late morning I also give them usually cabbage, apples,broccoli,carrots and whatever else I buy or have around or other veggie and fruit. Is this ok, they expect this everyday (I have had them a few...
  3. Crazy Duck Lover

    Good layer feed?

    Hello everyone! Currently I have a few sets of duck eggs incubating but I was wondering if y’all could help me pick out a good quality layer feed for top notch eggs. I plan to sell eggs once my ducks can lay! Also, what would be a good food for drakes? Can they eat what the ducks eat, or do they...
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  4. C

    Accidently been feeding layer feed to pullets

    I’m new to chickens and have been feeding my chickens from around 12 weeks (now to around 16-18 weeks) purina layer feed. They all seem very active and fine without problems, but i learned today this is an issue. Should I switch them to grower feed now and then go back to layer once they start...
  5. Phantom_k9

    Question about changing flock's feed?

    Hello We have recently lost a young cockerel (4 months old), suddenly and out of the blue. I have already made a few threads about trying to figure this out, however I still am a bit confused on what did him in. Without posting pictures, he did have a pale / fatty liver, leading me, others on...
  6. Pharsewear

    Is it ok to feed laying hens layer feed

    So what I was told yesterday was that if I have a rooster, I don't have to give my girls layer feed. I just had one of my girls pass away in her nesting box, so sad. We dont know why, maybe her egg was too big? I have no clue, but we were all so devastated. We have 12 chickens, and I believe 6...
  7. Quacking ducks

    Is it ok to give my drakes layer feed?

    Hi, I have read some things that said that giving drake ducks layer pellets can give them kidney problems. Is that true? Do I need to get different feed for my 2 drakes? What should I get?
  8. V

    For the Chicken

    Haha, I don't see any threads for chicken food recipe and I really need one. I've got whole corn, whole oats, whole wheat, BOSS, whole flax seed Whole soybean (for protien) Whole Millet Transitioning from layer crumbles bc I didn't realize how full of extras it had and the stuff is...
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  9. K

    Layer vs Maintenance Feed

    Hello! I have heard mixed messages about feed when it comes time for laying. I’ve read that maintenance feed and providing oyster shells is something beneficial/safer for ducks in the long run (mine are all females) instead of feeding them layer feed. But, I’ve also read you should use later...
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  10. BookThief

    Gluten Free feeds

    I may be new to BYC, but I wanted to share my findings. My mom is severely allergic to wheat, so when we got our birds, we decided to feed them an all gluten free diet. I did hours and hours of research, trying to find layer feed, chick starter, and scratch that was completely gluten free. It...
  11. V

    Chicken Calamity

    I’m so lost with what to feed my girl’s. I have 7 RIR and 8 Barr Rocks. Both Groups are almost 5 months old. Currently I have them on grow/finisher food. In the last week, eggs have appeared. Maybe 1 a day. Some have very soft shells. Here’s my question, I purchased Purina Layer food. Do I wait...
  12. spiritpots

    Grower or layer feed for 23 week old pullets?

    I have three 23 week old pullets and three 18 month old chickens, all heritage breeds. The pullets have not started to lay yet and because of their breeds may not for a while yet. The pullets began living in the same coop/run with the older girls six weeks ago and I have been feeding all six...
  13. analyticalblonde

    Five Girls Laying...Five Haven't Started Yet...Help with Feed?

    Hi All, Since I can't determine which of my five girls have started laying and which aren't, I am concerned that I have started ALL the girls on Layer feed but read that I could be hurting the girls who haven't started laying. I read in an article that only layers should get layer because the...
  14. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Switching to Layer Feed

    Hello, Our hens are going on 5 months old. We recently started mixing layer feed (Nature's Best Organic Crumbles) into our starter/grower feed because a few of the hens were showing signs that they'd be laying soon (squatting and getting really big, red combs and wattles). Sure enough, we...
  15. hannah green

    Bulk layer feed

    Where is a good place to buy bulk later feed that’s not extremely expensive? I’m in the Baton Rouge, LA area and can’t find too many feed stores. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough?
  16. brigburke

    Layer feed reccomendations

    I have 3 laying or almost laying Rhode Island Reds and 2 younger Ameracaunas. I have only had them for 2 weeks, so still learning. The place we purchased them is an hour away and they fed them Hugelland feed. Just hoping there was a way to get the feed somewhere a little closer to Fischer...
  17. K

    Thin shells in new layers.

    I’ve been feeding a 19% broiler pellet with oyster shells on the side to my mixed flock because I want to avoid excessive calcium in my breeding Boys diets and it’s the closest thing I can get to an all flock feed. I Have broilers arriving Sunday as well. My pullets have been laying for about a...
  18. T

    Layer feed for younger birds

    How detrimental would a layer crumble feed be for chickens that are between 0-12 weeks old? or right until before it should be consumed. I read that it can damage the chickens liver somewhere. I'm curious to know how badly layer feed would affect younger birds. will the consequences be faced...
  19. P

    Feed Question: 25 weeks/ not laying

    I have 5 chickens in my flock. 3 are 25 weeks old ( a Frizzle, a Sizzle, and Silkie - all bantams) and 2 are 20 weeks old ( not bantams- a Barred Rock and a Wyandotte). I have been feeding them Manna Pro Organic Grower Crumbles. They still have not laid a single egg. They have a very large run...
  20. K

    Layer feed and breeding/roosters

    If layer feed’s higher calcium levels are detrimental to non laying chicks, and is not generally used for meat birds either, would it possibly have a negative effect on a rooster in with the hens for breeding?
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