best brand of chicken feed?

[countrystarfarm]

We have around sixty chickens and twenty-five ducks, so it goes fast.

 

[chickenlover478]

You should get flock raiser.it's a really healthy feed.If you have a flock of chickens you should get it.

 

[kuntrygirl]

We have around sixty chickens and twenty-five ducks, so it goes fast.

I feel your pain. :/

 

[ArnucaChooks]

here in Aus i"m using golden yolk grains (not pellet version) and my girls love it but i also grow sprouts and grow silverbeat and spinich.
i mix it up so they get there fresh greens and suppliment with seeds.
The flavour of the eggs and colour of the yolk is amazing.

 

[Mogli]

i buy & feed my laying hens DUMOR layer crumble they love it

 

[flockoffour]

I use Purina Layena but I could not say whether it is balanced or not becasue my chickens mostly free range and they also get mealworms

 

[Michael Apple]

My preferred feed is California Bar Ale's Organic High Energy Layer mini-pellet. Even my two Bantams can eat it. Once I find top ingredients that the chickens don't waste, I stay with it. When I want to boost the protein level for moulting, I mix their organic starter which is 22% protein.

 

[Fryguy]

Does anyone have experience or opinions with Payback (CHS)? It is around $18 for 50 lb (same as Purina Layena or Flock Raiser). I did not have good results with Layena, but my flock loves Flock Raiser and seems to do well on it.

I was recently advised to try CHS/Payback by some chicken show people here in Oregon. So I am giving it a try. My flock definitely likes it so far.

I've had great results with CHS Payback....way better than Layena. Egg production and size goes way down when I have to use Layena. Here in the Tri-Cities (WA) we're paying $16.00 for 50lbs of the CHS.

 

[shamrockmommy]

I'll be switching to countryside natural as soon as this bag of layena is gone. My girls are only 19 weeks and haven't started laying yet but I don't like the idea of soy being in their food. Thankfully, the mill owner makes a trip up my direction and I can pick it uo with no shipping

 

[sarah92107]

A little research is always good. I've heard it said that 90% of Soy is GMO, Weston A Price Org does not recommend soy. Heck most places don't recommend soy. Something about the way it effects our hormones and for a long time soy could not be processed by the human body until it had been fermented.
http://danyelledemchock.com/the-flo...-the-5-most-dangerous-reasons-not-to-eat-soy/
( just randomly googled this but wow love her video)

Here I was thinking I was doing such a great thing, raising our own eggs. Till I really read the label on the feed bag, not just the protein and fat analysis but the actual ingredients list. I've had chickens for about 4 years and I really thought i was doing good for my family until i watched the video "the world according to Monsanto". The next day i switched to the best thing i could find at my feed store in San Diego, even if i couldn't afford it...., which was Ranch Way All Organic non GMO Non Soy Easy Feed- price $29.95 for 40 lbs ouch!@#*&. In compression the Eco lay mash i was buying before was $16 for 50lbs.

Its been about 6 months and we are using about 1.2 bags per week of the non soy feed$144 a month compared to 2.3 bags of the Eco $147 a month, 1st ingredient soy, 2nd corn.
I was very afraid to change to something that was going to cost more. I'm still not 100% sure on the ranch -way feed either, but i don't have my own pasture to grow my own feed so until i do I'm open to easy ideas if anyone has any. I am trying to raise worms to supplement the chicken feed. Its slow going so far.
http://www.ranch-way.com/products/organic-feed/easy-feed-organic-no-soy-layer-16

I know this isn't maybe the best place for this type request, but i really do want to know what others are using in the San Diego Area that they purchase locally at the feed store. I didn't know that the hens would eat that much less on the organic food. Has anyone else done any side by side comparassions?

Like the idea of sprouting seed, I've never done it *on purpose* my wild bird seed sprouted when it rained. It was wild bird seed with sunflower and millet from costco, theres seems to have lots of sunflowers. Anyone know what the analysis is for different type of grain to sprout? I've never asked if the feed store carrys bags of wheat or oats that are raw or ready to sprout.

Anyone gone to the beach and scrageved some seaweed? I've seen the sun dryed and ground seaweed at the feed store but its mega bucks something like $40 for 10lbs in a tub. I'm not sure if the ladies would even like the seaweed. I know i do when its mixed with oil or wrapped around sushi San diego used to be a big producer of kelp and we had kelp cutters that were out there like half the year cutting away. I can't remember why they stopped if it was fuel cost to high or something like that. Like i was saying this might not be the right place for this question but any ideas to help supplement or add to the health of the flock would be great.