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As already noted the feed available to each of us can be very regional, what I can get here someone else in another State has probably never heard of it.
Why have them on layer? Why not a flock raiser with oyster shell offered on the side? This will open up more feed types to you that you might find more comfortable feeding.
I do the same NYREDS, they are all on the same feed, babies and oldsters. Mine is a combination of game bird breeder/flight conditioner (20%) from our co-ope with equal parts of game cock (18%) from the local mill. The game cock feed consists of several grains, minerals, vitamins and pork for protein. I use the co-op because this is the only way I can be assured that the feed is fresh that week and had not been languishing on a feed store shelf.
Speaking of the prominate keels and weight question, are these birds under a year old? Its not uncommon to have them feel light with a prominate keel during the growth phase. Its always a shock for me to pick up one of my young birds to find them light and boney. They just hit that growth phase like puppies do where they become all legs.
Why have them on layer? Why not a flock raiser with oyster shell offered on the side? This will open up more feed types to you that you might find more comfortable feeding.
I do the same NYREDS, they are all on the same feed, babies and oldsters. Mine is a combination of game bird breeder/flight conditioner (20%) from our co-ope with equal parts of game cock (18%) from the local mill. The game cock feed consists of several grains, minerals, vitamins and pork for protein. I use the co-op because this is the only way I can be assured that the feed is fresh that week and had not been languishing on a feed store shelf.
Speaking of the prominate keels and weight question, are these birds under a year old? Its not uncommon to have them feel light with a prominate keel during the growth phase. Its always a shock for me to pick up one of my young birds to find them light and boney. They just hit that growth phase like puppies do where they become all legs.
