Concern for my Drake

[fieldandfaithhomesteading]

Hey everyone. So we have 1 year old chickens & ducks. And 11 week old chicks & ducklings. The 1 year olds have been getting the same food since they were able to. We typically feed them the Dumore feed I’ll add as a pic, from Tractor Supply. We switched to our local feed store and the 2nd pic is the Purina feed they gave us. On the back it says don’t feed to male poultry or poultry 18 weeks or younger. Our chickens and ducks eat out of the same feeder and they started on this fresh bag of Purina feed today. From what I read it is due to increased calcium levels that can cause kidney problems in males. So do we think that it is OK for me to just finish out this bag and then switch to something else? We only have 1 male out of 16 chickens and 7 ducks.

 

[Jpat]

Hey there! None of your pictures uploaded for some reason

It would be safe to feed out the rest of the back you have now, What most folks use is an all Flock feed and give a dish of crushed oyster shell for the girls, The females will use the oyster shell as needed

If your feed store is packaging their own feed they should have a good feed for ducks and chickens, If not try and find Purina flock raiser

 

[fieldandfaithhomesteading]

Hey there! None of your pictures uploaded for some reason

It would be safe to feed out the rest of the back you have now, What most folks use is an "all Flock" feed and give a dish of crushed oyster shell for the girls, The females will use the oyster shell as needed

Omgosh I’m so sorry! I just uploaded them again and I think it worked! And thank you for your advice, I was so nervous!

 

[Jpat]

Omgosh I’m so sorry! I just uploaded them again and I think it worked! And thank you for your advice, I was so nervous!

I edited my post, and you have to upload the photos and also hit insert full image, its a little tricky at first!

 

[Jpat]

There are a lot of people who use different feeds and have a lot more experience too, But that is what works for me and a lot of others

@Miss Lydia does that recommendation sound logical to you?