Feed questions

[Agathas]

Ok so I go to a new feed store yesterday and I'm just taking mychickens off starter food and wanted to do layer but was told that they use it basically for a treat. So I got a 50lb bag of .. says chicken feed on the bag. See pic. So my question to this is , is this good food for my chickens? Was I rite to wanna get layer, or was they rite? Next question is I wanna use wheat in my feed , I know I'd have to soak it 24 hrs and for the following 7 days I have to keep it moist. I'm trying to make my feed last longer , i like the savings but it's no concern either way..but on the last day of my wheat being wet , what do i do. Do i dry it out or give it to them with the regular feed the way it is. I'm not trying to take away the chicken feed they need but just add to it and it still be healthy for my flock???

 

[ChickenCanoe]

To answer your primary questions we need two things. How old are the chicks and post a picture of the guaranteed analysis tag on the bottom of the bag. Poultry feed tells us nothing about the nutrition.
Adding a single grain won't make it healthier. Without seeing the ingredient and guaranteed analysis list, I can still say that the feed alone is likely to be more nutritious than that feed with wheat added.

 

[Agathas]

There almost 4 months besidesmy new baby and she is almost 2 months. I have 3 silkies a d one barred rocks.

 

[Agathas]

So wheat is no good for them or I can use some but not much? Now I'm lost. Or google sucks!

 

[Agathas]

Then by looking at tag I posted it says layer. So they told me one thing but sold me the other. When they were pose to sell me the feed we talked about when I asked about layer and was told its just a treat..

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Wheat is ok, some manufacturers use it as an ingredient but the feed is already balanced nutritionally. Adding more of a grain will lower the crude protein content in the feed.
But your birds are way too young for layer feed.

 

[Agathas]

Wheat is ok, some manufacturers use it as an ingredient but the feed is already balanced nutritionally. Adding more of a grain will lower the crude protein content in the feed.
But your birds are way too young for layer feed.

Well poop, how old do they have to be for this feed I bought?

 

[Agathas]

Well poop, how old do they have to be for this feed I bought?

Is there a supplement I can add if I do want to add my own wheat to make it as nutritious as just the feed

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You may have misunderstood. They were probably speaking of scratch grains that are only used as a treat, or possibly even the wheat.
They have to be layers to eat layer feed. 2 and 4 month old birds aren't layers, they are female chickens who don't need the extra calcium in order to build egg shells.
I assume the calcium level on the tag is about 4%.

 

[Agathas]

Yes 3.50-4.0% so layer is only for my HENS when they start laying? Well that's not for a few more months.. what harm can it do if I feed them this since its already bought? Again I dont wanna hurt them at all as they are my pets.!