OK, I had to cut and paste off the
TSC website, but here is the guaranteed analysis for the Dumor "EggMaxx":
Guaranteed Analysis
| Nutrient | Analysis |
|---|
| Sodium (Na), (Max) | 16% |
| Lysine (Min) | 0.70% |
| Methionine (Min) | 0.35% |
| Crude Fat (Min) | 2.50% |
| Crude Fiber (Max) | 7% |
| Ash (Max) | 15% |
| Calcium (Ca), (Min) | 3.50% |
| Calcium (Ca), (Max) | 4.50% |
| Phosphorus (P), (Min) | 0.45% |
| Salt (NaCl), (Min) | 0.25% |
| Salt (NaCl), (Max) | 0.75% |
| Sodium (Na), (Max) | 0.51% |
Ingredients
Ground Corn, Wheat Middlings, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Yeast Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Zinc Hydroxychloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Manganese Hydroxychloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Active Dry Yeast, Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Chloride, Basic Copper Chloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Silico Aluminate, Tagetes (Aztec Marigold) Extract (Color), Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Sodium Selenite, Organic Soybean Oil, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Calcium Iodate.
And here is the same for their standard 16% Layer:
Guaranteed Analysis
| Nutrient | Analysis |
|---|
| Crude Protein | 16.00% min |
| Lysine | 0.70% min |
| Methionine | 0.30% min |
| Crude Fat | 2.50% min |
| Crude Fiber | 7.00% max |
| Ash | 15.00% max |
| Calcium | 3.50% min |
| Calcium | 4.50% max |
| Phosphorus | 0.45% min |
| Salt | 0.25% min |
| Salt | 0.75% min |
| Sodium | 0.51% max |
Ingredients
Wheat Middlings, Ground Corn, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Corn Distillers Dried Grains, Calcium Carbonate, Corn Gluten Feed, Animal Fat Preserved with Ethoxyquin, Salt, DL-Methionine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Yeast Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Selenium Yeast, Thiamine Mononitrate, Zinc Proteinate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Zinc Oxide, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Hydroxychloride, Niacin Supplement, Manganese Hydroxychloride, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Active Dry Yeast, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Choline Chloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Basic Copper Chloride, Folic Acid, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Silico Aluminate, L-Lysine, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Organic Soybean Oil, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite
TL;DR?
Both use the same "probiotic" mix - those dried bacteria and fermentation products at the end to make some things more digestible. Both appear to use the same trace vitamin mix (a block ot text in the middle of the ingredient list. Both have the same gross guaranteed nutritional labels.
The "EggMaxx" uses ground corn as its first ingredient, instead of a wheat by-product, which requires the addition of substantially more synthetic Lysine to compensate (L-Lysine on the list), as well as the addition of some Marigold extract, and seemingly no animal products. It is tweeked to encourage a more yellow/orange yolk.
The standard layer uses wheat and some animal fats, needs much less L-Lysine to make a complete meal, and is lower overall in beta carotinoids (and thus, the intensely yellow/orange colored yolks) but it otherwise substantially identical.
Nutritionally, they are basicaly interchangeable, but since EggMaxx (at least in my area) is $0.50 more expensive for a bag 10# lighter, its a
SUBSTANTIAL price premium you pay for those extra yellow eggs. I would not bother.
and if I were interested in the long term health of my flock, I'd feed (if I were sticking with DuMor) the 20% Starter/Grower to all my birds, all their lives, with free choice grit and free choice oyster shell on the side.
| Nutrient | Analysis |
|---|
| Crude Protein | 20.00% min |
| Lysine | 1.00% min |
| Methionine | 0.50% min |
| Crude Fat | 3.00% min |
| Crude Fiber | 6.00% max |
| Calcium | 1.00% min |
| Calcium | 1.50% max |
| Phosphorus | 0.70% min |
| Salt | 0.25% min |
| Salt | 0.75% max |
| Sodium | 0.50% max |
Better Lysine, Better Methionine, lower fiber, no calcium toxicity, and at $20/50#, its $0.40/lb. The EggMax, for comparison, lists at $18/40, or $0.45/lb. While it lacks the probiotics to aid digestibility (and the marigold extract to provide food coloring for your yolks), it also has better phosphorus levels, and your chickens - fed a regular diet - with quickly develop a natural biome in their gutt to aid digestion.
