CrazyTownChick
Songster
I'd be interested especially in hearing from any local Kentuckians about commercial chicken feed.
We get a 50# bag of Kalmbach 20% protein flock maker feed from Chewy.com. First bag was about a month old. Last 3 bags (one rec'd yesterday) were over 4 months old. Not acceptable. I've spoken to their customer service about 3 times, they say it ships from the warehouse and they can't control it. The last time they put a note on my file that said don't ship anything older than 2 months, max. Because it hasn't been fresh, we have been mixing it with Rural King's locally made Country Road layer crumbles. The girls like it, but it's only about 15-16% protein, not really enough for laying hens.
Kalmbach is the best mix of protein and nutrients, but I can't get a fresh bag. Rural King Country Road is very fresh, but not as high in protein & nutrients.
We give them a variety of extra stuff daily, including scrambled eggs with cheese twice a week, Quinoa, feed mash with Egg Maker, and meal worms (in moderation, high in fat) and more carefully selected goodies. But I need a reliable source of good FRESH feed.
So.....what do you all do (any Kentuckians our there?) for commercial feed?
I did put this question on the Kentucky group thread too.
We get a 50# bag of Kalmbach 20% protein flock maker feed from Chewy.com. First bag was about a month old. Last 3 bags (one rec'd yesterday) were over 4 months old. Not acceptable. I've spoken to their customer service about 3 times, they say it ships from the warehouse and they can't control it. The last time they put a note on my file that said don't ship anything older than 2 months, max. Because it hasn't been fresh, we have been mixing it with Rural King's locally made Country Road layer crumbles. The girls like it, but it's only about 15-16% protein, not really enough for laying hens.
Kalmbach is the best mix of protein and nutrients, but I can't get a fresh bag. Rural King Country Road is very fresh, but not as high in protein & nutrients.
We give them a variety of extra stuff daily, including scrambled eggs with cheese twice a week, Quinoa, feed mash with Egg Maker, and meal worms (in moderation, high in fat) and more carefully selected goodies. But I need a reliable source of good FRESH feed.
So.....what do you all do (any Kentuckians our there?) for commercial feed?
I did put this question on the Kentucky group thread too.