Best food for geese of these two

[happybooker1]

The labels are below I’m looking for recommendations for which one is best for my four geese.

 

[sylviethecochin]

I don't raise geese, but I have ducks. Based on protein and niacin alone... definitely the second feed. Waterfowl need a lot of niacin.

Also, compare the feeds to this very informative chart: http://www.metzerfarms.com/NutritionalRequirements.cfm and the second definitely comes out ahead.

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

My geese, ducks, and chickens get Nutrena Country Feed All Flock with 18% protein. Mostly my geese eat grass and nibble feed. You can always add Niacin.

 

[Kiki]

I don't know what geese eat/need.
May I ask where you found this feed?
I've not seen this brand name before.
I am adding these two to my Google sheet now...thank you for posting these labels!

 

[happybooker1]

My tractor supply has them. $22/50#

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

A thing to note: geese as backyard flock aren’t entirely gamebirds. They teeter on the edge of fowl and gamebird. Are they fully grown? If not, neither has enough protein.

 

[Kiki]

My tractor supply has them. $22/50#

Thank you.

 

[Kiki]

I am going to have to say that based on food made for Duck and GEESE that I see nothing wrong with the PROTEIN amounts in your two choices above.

Here are some duck and goose labeled feeds to compare yours to:

https://farmerswarehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Duck-Goose-Food.pdf
http://www.mazuri.com/mazuriwaterfowlmaintenance.aspx
https://www.starmilling.com/pdfs/pr.../labels/starmilling-waterfowl-maintenance.pdf

and these:

 

[1goose2ducks]

I just give my geese flock raiser from Purina.

 

[Iain Utah]

I have never used gamebird feed for my geese. Growing birds need about 16-18% protein, maintenance runs more like 12-16%. I feed a mix of mazuri maintenance (16%), flockraiser (20%), and whole corn (9-10%). I feed approx. 1/2-1 cup per goose 2x daily. This is only to supplement their primary diet of grass (summer) or grass hay (winter).

Rather than use gamebird feed, I recommend flockraiser (available everywhere) with a mix of whole grains, like corn, oats, wheat, etc.