Feed info/help

[Goatduckens]

Hey all, was looking for some help.I have 3 New Hampshire reds and a Pekin that I have together.I just got 2 leghorns and a Gl Wyandotte from a local farm.They are supposedly 20 weeks but don't look like it to me,they still have more growing to do and the leghorns don't have a larger red comb it's still pale and short.I believe I have roughly 12-15 week pullets.I have the new guys separated right now but gave them a mix of scratch grains and dumor layer crumbles upon arrival.So my question is if I give them flock raiser and put them in with my other guys in a week or so can I give my 3 other hens and Pekin flock raiser and then switch back when they are all laying? Ultimately I'm worried about switching their feed back and forth within a few weeks.Has anyone ever done this? I did this before a little over a year ago but it was only with 2 pekins and a red hen I had also a short sample time.Thanks for any input and answers!

 

[Mace Gill]

Give them folk raiser while they are separated, mix a bit of the flock raiser in with the flock's regular feed when they're all together and week it out as you go ... everyone wild be fine

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Well, since the young ones haven't been there very long, they won't know the difference.
You could technically give them flock raiser year-round with a supplement of oyster shells. Read the label, there may be enough calcium in Flock Raiser. Normal is like 3%

 

[Goatduckens]

Thank you for the replies Mace Gill and Fanci Feathers! Yea, I think Im going to give the new guys Flock raiser and then eventually slowly introduce some of the flockraiser to my other hens. I wouldnt bother but I cant tell how old my new hens are and I have a feeling theyre at least a month away from laying.At this point they are kind of in a quarantine/isolation period anyway. Im going to wait to introduce them for probably at least 2-3 weeks until the newbies get bigger and I know theyre healthy. Ideally I would like to wait until theyre all laying so I can put them all on layer feed but I dont know if I can wait that long. So ill give the new hens some flock raiser and then slowly introduce flockraiser to my original 3 as well until they can all be on layer,I guess. Haha