Feed Protein level confusion

[SouthernParadise]

Ive been feeding kalmbach turkey starter feed 28% to my peachicks for the last few years. Today I joined a group on FB that declared peachicks shouldn’t have anything more than 18% protein. Have the guidelines changed for some reason?

Thanks

 

[KsKingBee]

Ive been feeding kalmbach turkey starter feed 28% to my peachicks for the last few years. Today I joined a group on FB that declared peachicks shouldn’t have anything more than 18% protein. Have the guidelines changed for some reason?

Thanks

Peafowl are not chickens or turkeys but they are closer to turkeys. There is a reason why game bird feed is high protein, because they need it. We start our chicks on 20 to 23% non-medicated chick starter, when they go to the ground and have lots of space to run off extra energy they get 28% game bird feed.

Just because turkey feed is high-protein doesn't make it a good alternative. Turkeys are raised for meat production in a short amount of time, peafowl are not domestic meat birds. Peas are lean and long-lived birds and do not require all the additives in turkey feed, especially the high calcium.

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