Dumor vs Purina Laying Feed

[PopoMyers]

My Layena just changed color, from a sort of milky tan to a brighter yellow, I buy at the local feed store. Hens are taking it ok. I wasn't aware of Dumor brand, which does say purina on it, until my helper gave me a bag of hay for my bunny in a dumor bag and I actually read the bag. Is it better than Layena? Cheaper? I've been feeding Layena since 2010 but have had intermittent calcium problems with my hens, it's not enough by itself especially coming out of molt

Do you switch feed when they are molting? Do you have oyster shell always available? What are the signs of your calcium problem? I have finally settled on an 18% protein mixed flock feed with oyster shell always available. Have used Dumor, Naturewise, Purina layer, Producer's Pride before with no issues. Cost depends on where you buy feed, sales, etc.. The prices sure have gone up since supply chain issues happened. Flock dynamics change so I buy feed accordingly. I also have males, so layer feed is not good for them. The girls will eat the oyster shell as needed, and I also give them all the crushed eggshells to recycle.

 

[Gypsi]

I don't switch when they are molting, I pretty much offer Layena crumbles in bowl, oyster shell in bowl, and scratch on ground. Only a little scratch for my young laying hens, enough to play with, and a lot of scratch for my roosters and my one older hen.

Symptoms - had a young hen have trouble with heat last year and try to die on me, then eyes closed in daytime and weak about 2 weeks ago, she is now in a dog crate by herself, ate scrambled eggs with shells yesterday, have given her a couple of calcium citrate pills one Saturday, one Sunday, but she's still kinda eating drinking and I don't want to overdose calcium. Her appetite for crumbles, or scratch, is not outstanding.

I've been keeping hens since 2010, and thin eggshells tend to turn up when the sand gets dirty so I refreshed sand in run yesterday. But this trying to die on me and needing a calcium pill daily has me concerned.