Are breeder pellets necessary?

[Fluffyflufffluff]

Hello,

I will be incubating in a few days and have just realised i have been feeding the chickens on layers pellets
I know that breeder pellets are supposed to be used for hatching fertile eggs, but it is absolutely vital and will it have a negative effect on the eggs if I don't use them?

Thanks for any help

A prepared pellet is often the preferred nutritional basis for a pet bird. That's because those pellets are designed to be a nutritionally full, nutritious food. To keep your bird happy they will have the right fat content, vitamins and minerals. Not all pellets are however created equally

 

[JoannaJ]

Ive never bothered actually buying breeders pellets, to be honest I thought it was just the same thing, maybe just packaged differently. All our feed comes straight off the farm anyway.
But I did a little digging and turns out I was wrong! (first time for everything eh!)
In essence Breeders Pellets contain 80+% more vitamins and minerals and contain yeast and 'bio-mos' (had to google it).
Source: https://www.poultrypages.com/layers-pellets-vs-breeders-pellets-whats-the-difference/

So my question now is if I already put a vitamin/mineral supplement in their water do I really need the extra vitamins found in the breeders feed??
Im thinking not......

 

[Rooster G]

We hatch hundreds of chicks every spring and have never fed breeder pellets.