All flock vs layer feed??

[Ted Brown]

@NatJ the label says for chickens, turkeys and ducks so guessing it is an All Flock.

I will visit my feed store, have a discussion with the staff and do some label reading. As noted the higher protein is of interest as we get cold, long winters.

 

[Ted Brown]

@U_Stormcrow your two likes took me over 5000. Thanks!

 

[aart]

I wonder if "Gold'n" might be a name for a whole line of foods

Upon looking closer that is waht I found too:
https://multipurina.ca/en/chicken/products/

 

[U_Stormcrow]

@U_Stormcrow your two likes took me over 5000. Thanks!

always happy to upvote a good post.

 

[Ted Brown]

Mine is the Gold'n Harvest.

 

[Ted Brown]

I visited my local feed store this morning, ended buying Purina Gold'n Start and Grow Crumbles; 20% protein, 0.85% calcium.

Other ingredients:

Added selenium 0.30mg/kg
Crude fat min 3%
Crude Fibre max 5%
Phosphorus actual 0.70
Sodium actual 0.16%

Vitamins A, D3, E various IU/kg

I have oyster shell aways available in a separate large plastic jar on the wall.

Goal is to feed this year round to hens, roosters, chicks; will this work?

Additional question: what is the value of adding milled Flax to their feed and how and in what amounts?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Brooks_]

Being a start & grow, it will probably be fine for the whole flock. Did it list numbers for lysine or methionine?

 

[Ted Brown]

Being a start & grow, it will probably be fine for the whole flock. Did it list numbers for lysine or methionine?

No, list I gave above is complete from label:

 

[Brooks_]

The numbers listed looked fine and being Purina, I would like to think that the AA profile would be fine as well. Does it have an ingredient list? @U_Stormcrow might be able to infer some based on that. I know he has gone into the weeds on nutrition and looked at several feeds from around the world.

 

[NatJ]

I visited my local feed store this morning, ended buying Purina Gold'n Start and Grow Crumbles; 20% protein, 0.85% calcium....I have oyster shell aways available in a separate large plastic jar on the wall.

Goal is to feed this year round to hens, roosters, chicks; will this work?

Yes, I think that should work fine.

Additional question: what is the value of adding milled Flax to their feed and how and in what amounts?

@U_Stormcrow might know that. Unfortunately I don't.