I'm trying my best to stay local with my meat bird feed purchases but this last batch of Cornish crosses I raised were not very impressive with their weight gain. I talked to the hatchery and they recommended a higher protein on my feed but my local mills are not making a 20% plus protein chick starter. The one mill actually recommended I get my chick starter from tractor supply which I am trying not to do. Would there be a downside to getting my chick starter from tractor supply and then switching to my local Mills 19% chick meal for the middle phase of growing? I would then go to a 15% finisher feed for the last two weeks. I guess the question is is there a downside to feeding chick meal to "middle-aged birds"?
turkey starter is usually 24% protein. Game bird feed is around 28%, but harder to source in some areas.
on BYC,under “Social” there are state threads. Go to “Where am I, ....”. Then at thetop is a pinned post containing state threads. You might get some more local people to give you mill advice.
good luck