Does your feed have grit included in the list of ingredients?

[Crazy Maizie]

In another discussion it was brought to my attention that some feed has grit as an ingredient. I'm curious as to which feeds include "insoluble grit" as an ingredient.
If your feed lists grit as an ingredient please post the brand.
Thanks!

 

[Finnie]

I voted. Mine does NOT. (Producer’s Pride 16% layer crumbles)

 

[Crazy Maizie]

But I know it has grit in it because I feed a wet mash every morning, so I see the ingredients broken down in the bucket. Amount varies by manufacturer/formula.

What is the name of the feed? It might not be grit as much as other grains.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Are.. Are you... trying to tell me I don't know grit from grain?

Nope. What's the brand of feed?

 

[K0k0shka]

No need to be guessing by looking at the grainy residue in a bucket or to get defensive. The ingredients list will tell the truth, and will be the only reliable truth.

I have never seen grit added to poultry feed among the brands available at feed supply stores in the US. Doesn't mean it's not there, just that this is the first time I've ever heard of it. It would be a bad practice even if it existed, and I would never buy feed that had grit in it. When mixed in with the other stuff, especially if the grit particles are the same size as the feed crumble, chickens may not be able to tell one from the other and, the way they guzzle food indeterminately sometimes, they can end up consuming way more grit than their bodies need. There have been people posting to this forum with problems when their chickens ate too much grit - because they mixed it in with the feed. One person took their chicken to the vet (I think the chicken had died, actually) and the vet said the chicken's crop looked like the bottom of a fish tank Too much grit is dangerous and even deadly. Chickens need to be able to see and distinguish the grit clearly, so they can regulate how much they eat. It takes a very long time for granite to break down in their gizzards, so they don't actually eat grit often. They can regulate their needs themselves best. We don't need to sneak grit into their food for them.

 

[3KillerBs]

No, and if it did I wouldn't pay feed prices for rock.

 

[Brooks_]

"In another discussion it was brought to my attention that some feed has grit as an ingredient."

I'm wondering if the one that brought it up misunderstood that if only fed feed, they don't need grit.

 

[K0k0shka]

"In another discussion it was brought to my attention that some feed has grit as an ingredient."

I'm wondering if the one that brought it up misunderstood that if only fed feed, they don't need grit.

Must have been a misunderstanding of some sort. I honestly don't see how feed can ever contain grit, it's dangerous.

 

[Brooks_]

Must have been a misunderstanding of some sort. I honestly don't see how feed can ever contain grit, it's dangerous.

Not to mention, wouldn't putting in the feed make it too small to be effective?

 

[K0k0shka]

Not to mention, wouldn't putting in the feed make it too small to be effective?

I guess it depends on the size of the feed particles, the size of the rock particles...

Another problem with mixing grit with the feed is that the rocks will eventually grind down the feed in the bag and turn it into powder, as it's being processed, tossed around in transit, from the mill to the supplier to the store to your home... Crumble feeds already have the problem of dust as the particles rub together during handling of the bags, and you always end up with a sizable amount of dust in the bag. Imagine if the crumble has rocks in it! You'd end up with grit+dust by the time you open your bag