Quote: My breeders I supplement with greens and meaworms. Offer grit, cuttlebone free choice, or oyster shell.
Mine do "ok" on 24% unmedicated chick starter, if I can't get the purina gamebird. The kent feeds is 27%.
Mature adults say 6 months seem to do better on 24-27%.
I don't keep the meaties long, usually process 6-8 weeks. Those get the 27% or higher and the weight is much better on them.
They grow so very fast, the high protein encourages muscle growth. That's what I want in the meaties.
I have the majority hitting around 13 oz live weight, and keep setting the larger eggs only.
We eat the other eggs. If I get a 16oz bird, it goes right into a breeding pen.