Neither am I. I just spent a couple weekends reading.No, I'm just not a feed expert.
If you can snap a photo of the label, we can help more.
Is there nutritional information on the label? Including not just protein, but also amounts of lysene, methionine, fat, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, salt/sodium? I found their website and saw a photo of the feed (looks yummy!), but there's no nutritional information.
No, but there was oyster shell and ground limestone so that's calcium, I think there was 18 or 12 or something (I think it was 18) % of protein. I think there was salt in there too if I remember correctly. It doesn't show properly on my computer, really. Fiber is the barley, I know that's in there. I don't know what lysene or methionine is. But the person I got my chickens from when I was getting started says he gets his feed from Healthy Herds and he gets the Layer #2. And he has very healthy chickens, and gets a huge, overflowing basket of eggs a day. This is just in time because I am low on chicken feed, the mix.
Oh good, you found it! Now..... does anyone know what the nutrient contents of these ingredients are? Does it sound like a well-balanced, complete feed for layers?
I looked into this as a potential source for lysine and methionine, essential amino acids, - And there it is.
Okay. Is the canola oil necessary? I was going to ask them to remove it and add alfalfa pellets instead, as alfalfa is a good source of protein.I looked into this as a potential source for lysine and methionine, essential amino acids, - And there it is.
I don't know. I'm just learning about nutritional and mineral requirements of chickens, myself. I can only say to this ^^^ question, that canola oil and carmelina meal both provide amino acids.
