Help! I don't know what food to buy

[ChxLadyMary]

My chickens are 11 1/2 weeks old (born April 20) and I need to purchase food for them. They are currently eating the Purina Starter/Grower non medicated. Should I just buy another bag of that or should I switch them a Grower/Finisher. I was planning on switching to the DuMOR Grower/Finisher. What should I do?

 

[hysop]

I use DuMor for my chickens. I would go ahead and buy Grower/Finisher.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It somewhat depends on the breed. The feeding instructions for those two products are in a chart on the back of the bags.
In general, you can feed the starter/grower till they start laying. If you want to cut their protein you can switch to the grower finisher but they may be a bit young for that since it is only 15% protein.

 

[ChxLadyMary]

It somewhat depends on the breed. The feeding instructions for those two products are in a chart on the back of the bags.
In general, you can feed the starter/grower till they start laying. If you want to cut their protein a bit you can switch to the grower finisher but they may be a bit young for that.

Is there any benefit to cutting the protein?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Is there any benefit to cutting the protein?

It can slow down growth a little so they don't mature too early (though many people want them to grow up faster).