➡ POULTRY FEED COMPARISION CHART (Feed brand NAMES needed)

[Ducklover2]

Supplement to what? Supplementing feed or what they find foraging?

We free range our birds. So its supplement to foraging. (we know just foraging they wont lay many eggs)

 

[Nambroth]

I apologize if this has been mentioned, I didn't have a chance to go though all pages in this thread. I didn't see it in the first post so I thought I'd mention it.
I researched feed for about a year before getting my first chickens, and decided to go with this one as I don't have the means to mix a totally complete feed on my own.

I use New Country Organics, which is a complete mash feed. This company was previously known as Countryside Organics. I've been using this feed for over 7 years. This is slowly becoming one of the more popular organic soy-free feeds out there. They have also started making a corn-free and wheat-free feeds for those that need them. Here is a direct link to their chicken feeds. They have a nutritional breakdown on each shop page for the feed, under the "features" tab.

I use Farmer's Helper Ultrakibble in very small amounts as a mix in/additive. (note this is NOT a complete feed, it is an additive/supplement/mix in)

About three years ago I started using Grubblies as my main "treat", given in careful moderation.

I also do supervised ranging as often as possible (I have predator central here so I can't do full time free range, as mine are pets and I'd be devastated to lose them so easily), and they get clean (mostly vegetable) scraps in moderation, as well as weeded plants from a local organic farm.

 

[Kiki]

I apologize if this has been mentioned, I didn't have a chance to go though all pages in this thread. I didn't see it in the first post so I thought I'd mention it.
I researched feed for about a year before getting my first chickens, and decided to go with this one as I don't have the means to mix a totally complete feed on my own.

I use New Country Organics, which is a complete mash feed. This company was previously known as Countryside Organics. I've been using this feed for over 7 years. This is slowly becoming one of the more popular organic soy-free feeds out there. They have also started making a corn-free and wheat-free feeds for those that need them. Here is a direct link to their chicken feeds. They have a nutritional breakdown on each shop page for the feed, under the "features" tab.

I use Farmer's Helper Ultrakibble in very small amounts as a mix in/additive. (note this is NOT a complete feed, it is an additive/supplement/mix in)

About three years ago I started using Grubblies as my main "treat", given in careful moderation.

I also do supervised ranging as often as possible (I have predator central here so I can't do full time free range, as mine are pets and I'd be devastated to lose them so easily), and they get clean (mostly vegetable) scraps in moderation, as well as weeded plants from a local organic farm.

Thanks I do not have the New Country Organics feeds on my sheet yet.
Will be adding them today!
WOOT!

 

[Kiki]

I apologize if this has been mentioned, I didn't have a chance to go though all pages in this thread. I didn't see it in the first post so I thought I'd mention it.
I researched feed for about a year before getting my first chickens, and decided to go with this one as I don't have the means to mix a totally complete feed on my own.

I use New Country Organics, which is a complete mash feed. This company was previously known as Countryside Organics. I've been using this feed for over 7 years. This is slowly becoming one of the more popular organic soy-free feeds out there. They have also started making a corn-free and wheat-free feeds for those that need them. Here is a direct link to their chicken feeds. They have a nutritional breakdown on each shop page for the feed, under the "features" tab.

I use Farmer's Helper Ultrakibble in very small amounts as a mix in/additive. (note this is NOT a complete feed, it is an additive/supplement/mix in)

About three years ago I started using Grubblies as my main "treat", given in careful moderation.

I also do supervised ranging as often as possible (I have predator central here so I can't do full time free range, as mine are pets and I'd be devastated to lose them so easily), and they get clean (mostly vegetable) scraps in moderation, as well as weeded plants from a local organic farm.

May I ask why you feed soy free?
I am not understand the purpose or the point of feeding chickens soy free feed and I would like to understand.

 

[lingon]

May I ask why you feed soy free?
I am not understand the purpose or the point of feeding chickens soy free feed and I would like to understand.

For me, it was because my daughter got a rash after I ate soy or eggs and breastfed her, and I was hoping going soy free would make eggs ok for her. I think for many people it is because of an allergy. I believe it's the specific protein that triggers the allergy, and it can transfer through breastmilk, eggs, etc.

 

[Kiki]

For me, it was because my daughter got a rash after I ate soy or eggs and breastfed her, and I was hoping going soy free would make eggs ok for her. I think for many people it is because of an allergy. I believe it's the specific protein that triggers the allergy, and it can transfer through breastmilk, eggs, etc.

That makes sense, thank you.


From what I have read, I need to read more, if a chicken eats a soy food it, the soy, is NOT transferred into the EGG. The meat I know nothing about.

 

[lingon]

if a chicken eats a soy food it, the soy, is NOT transferred into the EGG. The meat I know nothing about.

I had many doctors tell me that it couldn't transfer through breastmilk, it couldn't be a food allergy, I'm just a crazy mom. I stopped eating all but the 10 least allergenic foods and her bleeding rash disappeared and she stopped spitting up every minute and finally slept more than 10 minutes. I added back any of a particular list of foods and the rash came back. Her grandparents thought I was crazy until they witnessed me trying flax seed and my daughter getting a head to toe awful rash. (5 years later I have yet to try flax seed in her diet.)

It might be that soy doesn't transfer through eggs. But it also might be that soy doesn't transfer in an ideal situation, where the chicken's digestion system works perfectly and everything gets broken up, digested, etc. before it reaches the bloodstream. I know that few people have a perfectly working digestion system and I doubt that every chicken does, as well.

Either way, for us, her issues with soy and eggs resolved around the same time - after she reached 2 years old - so I can't say whether it worked or not. She still has certain foods that give her a rash, and I have finally found a dermatologist that actually believes me, and have found a peer-reviewed study showing that eating nightshades can trigger eczema. Seems like the medical field might slowly start agreeing with me.

(Sorry for the tangent.)

 

[Kiki]

I had many doctors tell me that it couldn't transfer through breastmilk, it couldn't be a food allergy, I'm just a crazy mom. I stopped eating all but the 10 least allergenic foods and her bleeding rash disappeared and she stopped spitting up every minute and finally slept more than 10 minutes. I added back any of a particular list of foods and the rash came back. Her grandparents thought I was crazy until they witnessed me trying flax seed and my daughter getting a head to toe awful rash. (5 years later I have yet to try flax seed in her diet.)

It might be that soy doesn't transfer through eggs. But it also might be that soy doesn't transfer in an ideal situation, where the chicken's digestion system works perfectly and everything gets broken up, digested, etc. before it reaches the bloodstream. I know that few people have a perfectly working digestion system and I doubt that every chicken does, as well.

Either way, for us, her issues with soy and eggs resolved around the same time - after she reached 2 years old - so I can't say whether it worked or not. She still has certain foods that give her a rash, and I have finally found a dermatologist that actually believes me, and have found a peer-reviewed study showing that eating nightshades can trigger eczema. Seems like the medical field might slowly start agreeing with me.

(Sorry for the tangent.)

I hope you keep digging and don't give up until you find answers that work her.
Foods/things we eat are a very powerful thing.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We free range our birds. So its supplement to foraging. (we know just foraging they wont lay many eggs)

Corn and scratch grains would probably dilute the nutrition from foraging. It is very low in protein, high in fiber and energy. In winter there won't be much forage available to support chickens.

May I ask why you feed soy free?
I am not understand the purpose or the point of feeding chickens soy free feed and I would like to understand.

There are several reasons. Some are the anti-nutritional compounds in soy. For me, I avoid it if possible because it is likely GM since 85% of US soy is GMO,
Here's a list of 8 problems with consuming soy.
http://www.phoenixorganicfeed.com/why-no-soy.html

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That makes sense, thank you.


From what I have read, I need to read more, if a chicken eats a soy food it, the soy, is NOT transferred into the EGG. The meat I know nothing about.

According to the link I posted above, certain compounds in soy do show up in egg yolks.