feed question

[wvchickenboy]

is it true that if you give your laying hens starter/grower feed that it will turn the eggs toxic and unfit to eat ?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Not at all!!! Laying hens can eat layer feed, flock raiser, chick feed or even game feed and it won't effect the eggs.

 

[Chris09]

is it true that if you give your laying hens starter/grower feed that it will turn the eggs toxic and unfit to eat ?

That's false.
I know a lot of people that feed starter/grower to laying hens.

 

[wvchickenboy]

sweet !! thanks so much guys !

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

what you may have been hearing is a bit of a twist on the old spiel about use of medicated starter feeds and concern of the ingredients ending up in eggs.

 

[WhiteLeghorn2]

sweet !! thanks so much guys !

Hey man, just one more thing! If the chick feed has the word "medicated" on the bag, then that would make the eggs un-safe to eat. As long as it's not medicated than it is fine.

 

[LindaB220]

is it true that if you give your laying hens starter/grower feed that it will turn the eggs toxic and unfit to eat ?

Hey wvchickenboy

Glad to have you. A lot of good threads around and so much to learn. And yes, when I started on the forum I was so dumb that I wondered if you had to have a rooster to have your chickens lay eggs.

Truly you can keep them on starter/grower and just give them oyster shell on the side. Just so they have a little calcium. Good luck.