Dates on Feed Bag

[Stephine]

Manufactured feed has all the right amounts of minerals and vitamins added to it. That's why it's easier to feed to poultry. No guess work involved..Why there is some that's medicated, and different percentage protein feeds..
Age appropriate feeds..etc..Turkey feed, Duck feed....And so on..

There is also formulated feed based on whole grains. Much better than then processed stuff imho...

 

[chickens really]

There is also formulated feed based on whole grains. Much better than then processed stuff imho...

Anyways..

 

[Stephine]

Anyways..

Anyways? My reply was in response to someone who stated feeding whole grains is being discouraged.
Your answer was about feeding homemade feed versus formulated rations by a feed manufacturer. Yes, don’t make up your own stuff without having thorough knowledge of what it is you’re doing. But feeding whole grains in a properly formulated feed is superior to processed crumble etc... feed, and I certainly never heard of it being discouraged.

 

[chickens really]

Anyways? My reply was in response to someone who stated feeding whole grains is being discouraged.
Your answer was about feeding homemade feed versus formulated rations by a feed manufacturer. Yes, don’t make up your own stuff without having thorough knowledge of what it is you’re doing. But feeding whole grains in a properly formulated feed is superior to processed crumble etc... feed, and I certainly never heard of it being discouraged.

You quoted me..sorry ..

 

[chickens really]

I feed whole grains at 25% of my Ducks ration daily..

 

[casportpony]

From Purina:

Textured (sweet) feeds generally have more moisture and often also have cracked grains, so we recommend that they be sold within 3 months of manufacture. Crumbles are exposed to moisture more than pellets, so again, we recommend they be used within 3 to 6 months.

The environment the product is stored in has the most impact on shelf-life. Heat, humidity, direct moisture, being stored in direct contact with a concrete floor or in direct sunlight, etc., will all greatly reduce the shelf-life of any product

Personally, like many of you, I will not buy a bag of feed that is three months old, which is why I stopped shopping at Tractor Supply and now shop at a local farm store that gets fresh bags in weekly.

 

[casportpony]

I have quoted my source often. An independent poultry feed and nutrition expert quoted in Harvey Ussery's book, The Small Scale Poultry Flock. I accept the knowledge and expertise of this independent expert over any info fed to us by the feed manufacturers. As for feed working or not working for customers, how many threads are dedicated to folks with woes about feather picking and blood shed in their flocks? How many threads dedicated to chicks with wry neck, crooked toes, and other issues? Do a search related to congenital abnormalities, and one of the primary causes cited is malnutrition in the breeder stock. I'm on my way to work, so don't have time to cite my source for yet the umpteenth time, but the info is there if any one cares to do a thread search for it. I have bolded the words which should locate my previous posts.

I think this is a book worth buying! Thanks for that info.

Source:
https://books.google.com/books?id=P...v=onepage&q=Harvey Ussery's mill date&f=false

 

[Cindy in PA]

I have found no feed that is actually whole grain, even scratch & peck & that has too much barley. I fed whole grain a few years ago & yes I added Fertrell Nutri Balancer for the minerals etc. Had a problem with the chickens not eating whole peas, so I quit. Most grain mash feeds are great, but milled too fine for me & then there is the whole thing that they are not whole grain, so they oxidize.

 

[chickens really]

I have found no feed that is actually whole grain, even scratch & peck & that has too much barley. I fed whole grain a few years ago & yes I added Fertrell Nutri Balancer for the minerals etc. Had a problem with the chickens not eating whole peas, so I quit. Most grain mash feeds are great, but milled too fine for me & then there is the whole thing that they are not whole grain, so they oxidize.

Peas are not grains..

 

[Cindy in PA]

Peas are not grains..

Neither are soybeans, but if they are cracked, they are not whole & it blows the whole theory of whole feed lasting longer than pellets!