Heritage Feeds for Heritage Breeds

[Tracydr]

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Egyptian Fayoumi is another ancient breed, not APA.

 

[Tracydr]

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I'm paying 19.00 for flock raiser. I want to mix my own but can't find the raw ingredients, especially protein ( peas, fish meal, meat meal), or even bulk molasses!

 

[Tracydr]

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Where do you get your meat meal? And what kind of minerals? I have pigeon grit with minerals. I could add kelp and brewers yeast for vitamins.

 

[Clay Mudd]

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Countryside Organics is one good source for the peas and fish meal, but shipping is a killer unless you're buying a pallet load of stuff. I think they have the molasses, too. I don't think anybody sells meat meal at small-flock quantities, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

 

[Cindy in PA]

Pigeon grains that are mentioned here are a good base for your own feed, however I doubt it will save you money. I can get Purgrain or FM Brown Pigeon grains around here and both were over $20/50lbs last year for a 16% no corn feed. They are beautiful, no dust grains, but they are not cheap. I bought organic peas from an Amish farmer who does Fertrell recipes last year, but I was lucky to have him around here.

 

[tennesseeckn]

I have a local guy that acts as a Countryside reseller. He doesn't mark it up very much and is great to meet me on pretty short notice. (I always go through the second half of my feed bin WAY faster than the first half). If you check their website their local venders are listed.

I've bought scratch and field peas from him before as a basis for my homemade feed and supplemented with bulk grains from our grocery co-op. I just have a hand mill and got way too many birds to keep up. I was getting biceps to rival Arnold Schwarzenegger... and I'm a girl...

 

[welasharon]

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Okay, thanks Jake.

 

[Jake Levi]

I bought 50# bags of meat meal through a distributor, its high, but has a LOT of protein, depending on the maker, in MI I bought fish meal because it was in state, and my birds wernt laying yet, if I can find it here I will use some but much less.

I will see if I can find an Countryside dealer in Wa. and organic dealers Right now I am aiming at 30-40% corn, then oats, wheat, and probably barley and BOSS. For the base grains. I will be looking for peas also.

Yesterday I picked up a bag of layer pellets in Colville from a big 'farm store', the Big R, $28 a hundred, too high. Chickens are a break even project at that price. It has to come down.

 

[Jake Levi]

Hi Daron

We will appreciate your input, and your info on your crop. You are off to an excellent start with your flock. Excellent stock.

I am searching this area now for the best prices on the ingredients, and will be looking for all of what I want, and plan to get it done in 5-600# batches. I can store that much I know.

When are you picking your corn?

 

[Farmerboy16]

A farmer is going to harvest for me either today or tomorrow or so, as I do not have the stuff to harvest it. The past 4 years I have been picking the corn by hand, with lots of family help. One year I did not finish harvesting the corn until February, it was cold!!! One year I did not harvest 2 acres of corn and the deer ate them all.

This year is my biggest crop, and it will take forever to harvest it by hand.

So glad that the farmer that plants the corn for me is going to harvest it.