Corn, Wheat/Gluten Free DIY feed

[aseatmon]

Hiya fellow central Floridian (Ocala here)...
I just wanted to point out, since dust is one of your main concerns, you could choose a feed with intact, whole grains. Kalmbach is one brand offering that sort of feed.
If your daughter wears gloves to tend the birds, she should be safe with whole grains.

Personally, I've never found Seminole to be a good resource for anything chicken related. I remember once trying to get them to tell me what was in a clear baggy of chick starter that had no nutritional label, just the name written on tape, and no one on duty had any idea.

However, on all things feed related, Stormcrow is the one you should listen to. Most of us have benefited from his knowledge at some point or another.

Hey I am also in Ocala small word I figured I will have to source form multiple retailor for what I'm trying to do.

 

[aseatmon]

That's interesting...
I did a search and found this, which states it's $5.29 / Kg
($2.40 / Lb @ 25 lbs = $60...?)
Mad Barn Feed Bank

I can also order this from Chewy and its 30 for a 50lb bag

https://www.chewy.com/buckeye-nutri...Z8syLqn9qnY7oC6wa6BQ9GyDkh1FlvSsaAkKOEALw_wcB

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I can also order this from Chewy and its 30 for a 50lb bag

https://www.chewy.com/buckeye-nutri...Z8syLqn9qnY7oC6wa6BQ9GyDkh1FlvSsaAkKOEALw_wcB

That has wheat the original poster won't be able to use

 

[U_Stormcrow]

That's interesting...
I did a search and found this, which states it's $5.29 / Kg
($2.40 / Lb @ 25 lbs = $60...?)
Mad Barn Feed Bank

Yes, that's the Seminole Milk Pellets I linked above. Wish it disclosed the Met content. But being soy / whey based, it should be better than most other plant sources. Lys is extremely good as well, though not really needed in these numbers for OP's purposes.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

@aseatmon have you looked around to see what ingredients you can get at the local farm stores? sorghum, oats (rolled or whole?), and kind of field peas, seeds, nutribalancer, etc? also, any agriculture "products" like soy, peanut, or safflower meals?

 

[aseatmon]

That has weak the original poster won't be able to use

@aseatmon have you looked around to see what ingredients you can get at the local farm stores? sorghum, oats (rolled or whole?), and kind of field peas, seeds, nutribalancer, etc? also, any agriculture "products" like soy, peanut, or safflower meals?

I can go buy the local feed store tomorrow and look/ask we are in the middle of horse Country so i think i can get most of that i will aks about

Sorghum
Oats
Peas (idk if all peas are good should I ask for certain kinds?)
nutribalancer (I will look this up as I don't know that it is)
Meals (Soy, Peanut, of Safflower [is that spelled right?]

anything else i need to look for and i will report back?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I can go buy the local feed store tomorrow and look/ask we are in the middle of horse Country so i think i can get most of that i will aks about

Sorghum
Oats
Peas (idk if all peas are good should I ask for certain kinds?)
nutribalancer (I will look this up as I don't know that it is)
Meals (Soy, Peanut, of Safflower [is that spelled right?]

anything else i need to look for and i will report back?

Somebody just hand it off bar and stuck it out if it's not inconvenient to you yes please do and if it's easier to just snap a couple of photos with your cell phone that's fine too I honestly don't expect that they'll have Nutri balancer but if they do that would be great

 

[SourRoses]

Yes, that's the Seminole Milk Pellets I linked above. Wish it disclosed the Met content. But being soy / whey based, it should be better than most other plant sources. Lys is extremely good as well, though not really needed in these numbers for OP's purposes.

Yes, I was just looking for the price is all.

I'm super interested in this topic of horse / livestock feed from my area made into chicken food! Although it's not cost effective for me compared to basic chicken food, it could possibly come in handy in an emergency.

I'm in Ocala just like OP, and I can confirm we do not have Nutri-Balancer in feed stores. I have looked at shipping it in, but the cost / large size of bag was an issue for me (worried about it losing potency).

We have every horse food / supplement ever made in this town.
Quality green Alfalfa hay is something I like to toss my chickens from time to time. You've said before that it's a good source of Methionine.
They don't eat the stems, only the green leaves. Which is why it'd better to be as fresh looking and smelling as possible. The stems can make a real mess outside, and no other animals want to touch it after the chickens have pooped in it, but they have fun.

Horse supplements... I have long wondered about using these in some perfect ratio for chickens. A lot of the hoof supplements have Methionine as a featured ingredient.
But there are probably contraindications such as copper, zinc, etc inclusion rates (?)

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I can confirm we do not have Nutri-Balancer in feed stores. I have looked at shipping it in, but the cost / large size of bag was an issue for me (worried about it losing potency).


Quality green Alfalfa hay is something I like to toss my chickens from time to time. You've said before that it's a good source of Methionine. They don't eat the stems, only the green leaves. Which is why it'd better to be as fresh looking and smelling as possible. The stems can make a real mess outside, and no other animals want to touch it after the chickens have pooped in it, but they have fun.

A.) Same issue here, and I'm a lot closer to "chicken county", I expected that to be the case.

B.) Agree, it is available to you. Worse comes to worse, if its available enough and cheap enough, use it in the coop w/ a deep bedding/deep litter system.