Current Social Media Chicken Feed Craze - posted testing results

[Brooks_]

Producer's Pride - their Layer formulation

Honest question: does PP have another formulation? Other than scratch.

 

[Geena]

Moisture: 11.2% (Honestly, this ain't great. You want dry food <10% to discourage thngs from colonizing -

I wonder if the sample was collected from a bag that had been sitting around open, might that account for the excess moisture?

 

[Sally PB]

I wonder if the sample was collected from a bag that had been sitting around open, might that account for the excess moisture?

If I recall correctly (and I think I do, because I would never have even thought of this), my Kalmbach feed bags say that they are not waterproof, and not to store on cement. So perhaps that might be the same for the feed tested. Or the bag may not have been stitched closed as well as it should have been.

 

[Bhubbard]

If I recall correctly (and I think I do, because I would never have even thought of this), my Kalmbach feed bags say that they are not waterproof, and not to store on cement. So perhaps that might be the same for the feed tested. Or the bag may not have been stitched closed as well as it should have been.

Most of my bags were clumped pretty good from TSC and the store always had them flat on pallet so I wonder where it picked up moisture?? Truck? Sat outside?

 

[Bhubbard]

I should note I get my feed home and store in bin that’s sealed.

 

[Geena]

If I recall correctly (and I think I do, because I would never have even thought of this), my Kalmbach feed bags say that they are not waterproof, and not to store on cement. So perhaps that might be the same for the feed tested. Or the bag may not have been stitched closed as well as it should have been.

I've noticed even with waterproof bags the strips that are used to close off the top and bottom are often not waterproof and will take on moisture.

 

[Bhubbard]

That would lead to a soft shell. Not so much not laying. A factor, at best.

I had a handful of soft shells over 5 years of using this feed. However, I always throw scraps back to them including shells and throw oyster shells in run also for them to scratch and peck at.

 

[David61]

Well who cares about the % specifications of protein, fat, fiber, minerals... Whats in the feed that is NOT these things that would put them off laying. For that matter, What can put them off laying if eaten? Thats is what to test for.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I wonder if the sample was collected from a bag that had been sitting around open, might that account for the excess moisture?

Absolutely, it could, depending on the environment it was in.

 

[Bhubbard]

Well who cares about the % specifications of protein, fat, fiber, minerals... Whats in the feed that is NOT these things that would put them off laying. For that matter, What can put them off laying if eaten? Thats is what to test for.

I disagree. I think the nutrition being poor or to low in these nutrients matters most. That was my concern for the feed. I never felt it was “poisoned”