Homegrown Protein for the Poultry

[Chris09]

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You have Sunflower seed at 26.3% protein and that is incorrect.
In average Sunflower seeds like BOSS is between 14 to 16 percent protein.

Chris

 

[BarredBuff]

Whats Amaranth?

 

[Chris09]

Alfalfa Meal -------------------------- 19%
Barley Grain ------------------------- 12%
Beat Tops (sugar) ----------------- 14%
Black Oil Sunflower Seed ----------16%
Brewers Grain (wet) --------------- 27%
Brewers Grain (dry) ---------------- 25%
Carrot (top) ------------------------- 13%
Corn Grain Whole ------------------ 9%
Cotton Seed Whole (solvent) --- 48%
Distillers Grain (wet) -------------- 28%
Distillers Grain Corn (wet) ------- 28%
Fish Meal ---------------------------- 66%
Milk Dry Skim ----------------------- 36%
Milo Grain --------------------------- 13%
Peanut Meal (solvent) ------------ 50%
Pearl Millet Grain ------------------ 13%
Rye Grain --------------------------- 13%
Wheat Grain (hard) --------------- 14%
Wheat Grain (soft) ---------------- 12%

Chris

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

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We raise mealworms also. I know what you mean about the fingers. Our 4-h leader(also our neighbor) is raising them now, he said he wondered why all our chickens were so friendly !!!