Flock block

[gritsar]

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Agreed. Plus, I make my own flock block rather than buy the purina ones. I'm able to control the ingredients and don't use preservatives. There's a long thread in this category about making your own.

 

[7L Farm]

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Exactly, the weather here has gone south so I gave it to the chicks for something to do & it will fatten them up for winter. It is a food supplement. I'm not telling anyone to go get one. That's your call. They do contain protein,calcium,grit, sunflower, Etc. I want my chickens to be healthy as most do. I also feed my chickens table scraps. I also free range 2 to 3 hours everyday. Pretty soon when winter settles in everything will be dormant. No grass, no bugs.I do have a winter garden so hopefully my chickens will continue to be healthy along with everyones chickens.

 

[Grammahen]

I took a chisel and hammer and gave a small hunk of it in a bowl this morning as a treat. I came home for lunch and found that my Golden Comet was so pleased, that she laid her first egg for me. Coincidence? I think she was just thanking me. LOL

 

[amberu]

I just came on here to post the same question and we are in Texas too...LOL..I guess I'm just going to watch it to make sure it doesn't get moldy.

 

[nczookeeper]

I bought a flock block a few weeks ago, but hadn't put it out for them - worried since they are 13-16 weeks that they are too young for it, or are they? Don't want to see them bored

 

[patman75]

I put one in the run when I was trying to break a feather picking problems. It took about 1 month for 12 girls to go through it. It was under the overhang in a dry place.

If memory serves me right... I think they are only 10% protien.

Nope, I was wrong 8+% protien.


http://poultry.purinamills.com/OURPRODUCTS/Products/FlockBlock/default.aspx

Guaranteed Analysis
Protein, not less than 8.0%
Lysine, not less than 0.30%
Methionine, not less than 0.25%
Crude Fat, not less than 2.5%
Crude Fiber, not more than 4.0%
Calcium (Ca), not less than 2.3%
Calcium (Ca), not more than 2.7%
Phosphorus (P), not less than 0.65%
Salt (Nacl), not less than 0.70%
Salt (Nacl), not more than 1.2%
Sodium (Na), not less than .35%

Ingredients:
Cracked Corn, Whole Wheat, Whole Milo, Whole Barley, Whole Sunflower Seed, Molasses, Oyster Shell, Calcium Lignin Sulfonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Granite Grit, Salt, Propionic Acit (A Preservative), Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine, Biotin, Vitamin A Acetate, Nicotinic Acid, Riboflavin, DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Cholecalciferol, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K), Folic Acid, Cyanocobalamin, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite.​