MUCH OF THIS MIND FRAME YOUR SEEING COMES FROM LARGE GAMEBIRD FARMING TYPE OF BACKGROUND... MOST SPECIFICALLY BOB WHITES AND RING NECK PHEASANTS. FARMS THAT RAISE THESE BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS FOR HUNTING PRESERVES DO OR DID THIS AT 1 POINT IN TIME... START WITH 28-30% STARTER, THEN 24% FINISHER/ CONDITIONER, THEN 20% LAYER/ MAINTENANCE FOR THE BREEDERS HOUSED OVER THE WINTER( KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE AND ARE EMPLOYED AS "SEASONAL LAYERS" AS NATURE INTENDED- WINTER IS THEIR OFF SEASON)~~~ NOW HERE'S WHERE THE REASONING COMES INTO PLAY= A. IT
WAS ORIGINALLY CHEAPER, AND B. THEY WERE NOT MEANT AS LONG TERM PRODUCTION STOCK, NOR ARE THEY USED IN A YEAR ROUND CAPACITY
TODAYS FLAWS WITH THE MASTER PLAN ABOVE... A. THERE'S LIL OR NO APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE TO THE AVERAGE HOBBYIST... IN FACT THERE'S NO APPRECIABLE PRICE TO ME AND I BUY IT A TON AT A TIME DIRECT FROM THE MILL... AND B. HOBBYIST DONT RAISE THEM TO BE SOLD AS SHOTGUN FODDER IN MASSIVE QUANTITIES. EVEN IF THIS IS YOUR GRAND SCHEME- SEE A. AGAIN
NOW MANY FOLKS HERE FEED ANYTHING FROM END OF THE RAINBOW TO THE OTHER. THEY'RE YOUR BIRDS... DO AS YOU SEE FIT. REMEMBER, THEY ARE NOT CHICKENS. THEY HAVE EVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MEET THEIR INDIGENOUS NEEDS OR NICHE IN NATURE SO THEY HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT DIETARY SET OF RULES TO EXIST BY. GAMEBIRDS IN GENERAL NEED MORE CONCENTRATED PROTIENS AND NOT ALL TYPES ARE READILY DIGESTABLE TO THEM AS MOST ARE TO OTHER POULTRY, THEY NEED LESS FIBER AND LESS SALT, MORE MINERALS AND COMPLETE B SPECTRUM VITAMINS~ MOST ESSENTIALLY B12.
NOW YOU SEEM LIKE A WELL ADJUSTED AND SELF THINKING KIND OF INDIVIDUAL, LOOK AROUND THE WEB, FIND INFO AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
A HARD AND FAST RULE I HAVE LEARNED IN LIFE... THE FOLKS MOST LIKELY TO LIE TO YOU= POLITICIAN, FINANCIERS, FEED STORE CLERKS, ADVERTISING COMPANIES HIRED BY FEED STORES... AS TO WHY THEY LIE? GOD ONLY KNOWS FOR SURE, BUT MONEY SEEMS TO BE THE 1ST ROOT OF ALL EVIL
SOUPED UP CHICKEN FEED (FLOCK RAISER) AND 1 SIZE FITS ALL STARTERS (DUMOR ) ARE LIKELY CANDIDATES TO START WITH. YOU CAN FIND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON PURINA MILLS WEBSITE OR NUTRENAS EITHER 1, THERE MAY WELL BE MORE TOO- READ LABELS AND COMPARE AND MAKE YOUR WELL INFORMED DECISION
